actīvus, a, um, adj. [ago].
I Active : philosophia, practical (opp. to contemplativa): philosophia et contemplativa est et activa; spectat simul agitque, Sen. Ep. 95, 10: (opp. to spectativus) thesin a causa sic distinguunt, ut illa sit spectativae partis, haec activae, Quint. 3, 5, 11: (rhetorice) quia maximus ejus usus actu continetur, dicatur activa, id. 2, 18, 5.—
II In gramm.: verba activa, which designate transitive action (opp. neutra or intransitiva ), Charis. p. 138; Diom. p. 326 P. al.—Adv.: actīve , in gramm., actively , like a verb active , Prisc. pp. 794, 799 P.