A dictionary of Greek and Roman . e length as the actusminimus, and of a width equal to its length: itwas thus 120 feet square, and contained 14,400square feet. It was the half of a juger. (; Varro, I. c, and R. R. i. 10. § 2, ed. Schneider).The following are the etymological explanations ofthe word: Actus vocabahir, in quo boxes agerenturcum aratro, uno impetu justo (Plin. xviii. 3) ; Utager quo agi poterat, sic qua agi actus. (Varro, L. c.) The actus furnishes an example of the use ofthe number twelve among the Romans, its lengthbeing twelve times the standard de
A dictionary of Greek and Roman . e length as the actusminimus, and of a width equal to its length: itwas thus 120 feet square, and contained 14,400square feet. It was the half of a juger. (; Varro, I. c, and R. R. i. 10. § 2, ed. Schneider).The following are the etymological explanations ofthe word: Actus vocabahir, in quo boxes agerenturcum aratro, uno impetu justo (Plin. xviii. 3) ; Utager quo agi poterat, sic qua agi actus. (Varro, L. c.) The actus furnishes an example of the use ofthe number twelve among the Romans, its lengthbeing twelve times the standard (/. c. § 6) says that the Gauls called theactus quadratus, aripennis ; but this could only bean approximate identification, for the actus qua-dratus is somewhat smaller than the great Frencharpent and much larger than the small arpent.(Compare Acna ; Niebuhr, Hist, of Rome, vol. I.) [P. S.] ACTUS. [Servitutes.] ACUS (&e\6vri, fiehovis, pacpls), a needle, a annexed figures of needles and pins, chiefly. 14 ADLECTI. ADOPTIO. taken from originals in bronze, vary in length froman inch and a half to about eight inches. Pins were made not only of metal, but also ofwood, bone, and ivory. They were used for thesame purposes as with us, and also in dressing thehair. (Mart. xiv. 24.) The mode of platting thehair, and then fastening it with a pin or needle, isshown in the annexed figure of a female head,taken from a marble group which was found atApt, in the south of France. (Montfaucon, Suppl. iii. 3.) This fashion has been con-
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