actuarius

A New Latin Dictionary by Charlton T. Lewis Ph.D. and Charles Short, LL. D.

actŭārĭus, a, um., adj. [ago]

that which is easily moved , swift , agile : navis, a swift sailer , Caes. B. G. 5, 1; Sall. Fragm. ap. Non. 535, 1, and Sisenn. ib. 534, 33; Liv. 25, 30: navigium, Caes. B. C. 1, 27; cf.: “actuariae naves sunt, quae velis simul et remis aguntur,” Isid. Or. 19, 1, 24: also, abs. actŭāria , ae, f., or actŭārium , ĭi, n., the same, Cic. Att. 5, 9; cf. Gell. 10, 25: limes, a road 12 feet wide between fields , Hyg. de Lim. p. 151: canes, hunting-dogs , hounds , acc. to Vel. Long. 2234 P.

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