"actor" meaning in Latin

See actor in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: [ˈaːk.tɔr] [Classical-Latin], [ˈak.t̪or] (note: modern Italianate Ecclesiastical)
Etymology: Agent noun formed from āctus + -tor, perfect passive participle of agō (“do, act, make”). Etymology templates: {{etymon|la|af|āctus>made|-tor>agent nouns|id=doer}}, {{suf|la|āctus|tor}} āctus + -tor Head templates: {{la-noun|āctor<3>|f=āctrīx}} āctor m (genitive āctōris, feminine āctrīx); third declension Inflection templates: {{la-ndecl|āctor<3>}} Forms: āctor [canonical, masculine], āctōris [genitive], āctrīx [feminine], no-table-tags [table-tags], āctor [nominative, singular], āctōrēs [nominative, plural], āctōris [genitive, singular], āctōrum [genitive, plural], āctōrī [dative, singular], āctōribus [dative, plural], āctōrem [accusative, singular], āctōrēs [accusative, plural], āctōre [ablative, singular], āctōribus [ablative, plural], āctor [singular, vocative], āctōrēs [plural, vocative]
  1. doer, agent Tags: declension-3
    Sense id: en-actor-la-noun-hSLOgXYa
  2. actor (person who performs in a theatrical play or movie) Tags: declension-3
    Sense id: en-actor-la-noun-a150gJ9s Categories (other): Latin entries with incorrect language header, Latin masculine nouns in the third declension, Latin terms suffixed with -tor, Occupations, Theater Disambiguation of Latin entries with incorrect language header: 5 70 24 Disambiguation of Latin masculine nouns in the third declension: 18 50 32 Disambiguation of Latin terms suffixed with -tor: 12 53 35 Disambiguation of Occupations: 6 79 16 Disambiguation of Theater: 11 76 13
  3. (law) prosecutor, plaintiff, advocate, orator Tags: declension-3
    Sense id: en-actor-la-noun-vXSuBvRh Categories (other): Law Topics: law
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: āctiō, āctrīx, āctus, agitō
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      "depth": 1,
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            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Asturian: actor",
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        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Asturian: actor"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ca",
            "2": "actor",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Catalan: actor",
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        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Catalan: actor"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
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        {
          "args": {
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            "2": "actour",
            "bor": "1"
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          "expansion": "→ Middle English: actour",
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        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Middle English: actour"
    },
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      "depth": 2,
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          "args": {
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            "2": "actor"
          },
          "expansion": "English: actor",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "English: actor"
    },
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      "depth": 3,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "gd",
            "2": "actair",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Scottish Gaelic: actair",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Scottish Gaelic: actair"
    },
    {
      "depth": 3,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "cy",
            "2": "actor",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Welsh: actor",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Welsh: actor"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "it",
            "2": "attore",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Italian: attore",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Italian: attore"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
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        {
          "args": {
            "1": "frm",
            "2": "acteur",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Middle French: acteur",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Middle French: acteur"
    },
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      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "nl",
            "2": "acteur",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Dutch: acteur\nAfrikaans: akteur\n→ Indonesian: aktor",
          "name": "desctree"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Dutch: acteur\nAfrikaans: akteur\n→ Indonesian: aktor"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "fr",
            "2": "acteur"
          },
          "expansion": "French: acteur",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "French: acteur"
    },
    {
      "depth": 3,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "nrf",
            "2": "acteur",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Norman: acteur",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Norman: acteur"
    },
    {
      "depth": 3,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "nb",
            "2": "aktør",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Norwegian Bokmål: aktør",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Norwegian Bokmål: aktør"
    },
    {
      "depth": 3,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "nn",
            "2": "aktør",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Norwegian Nynorsk: aktør",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Norwegian Nynorsk: aktør"
    },
    {
      "depth": 3,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ru",
            "2": "актёр",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Russian: актёр (aktjór), актёръ (aktjór) — Pre-reform orthography (1918)\n→ Azerbaijani: aktyor\n→ Bashkir: актёр (aktyor)\n→ Tajik: актёр (aktyor)\n→ Uzbek: aktyor\n→ Yiddish: אַקטיאָר (aktyor)",
          "name": "desctree"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Russian: актёр (aktjór), актёръ (aktjór) — Pre-reform orthography (1918)\n→ Azerbaijani: aktyor\n→ Bashkir: актёр (aktyor)\n→ Tajik: актёр (aktyor)\n→ Uzbek: aktyor\n→ Yiddish: אַקטיאָר (aktyor)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 3,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "sv",
            "2": "aktör",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Swedish: aktör",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Swedish: aktör"
    },
    {
      "depth": 3,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "tr",
            "2": "aktör",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Turkish: aktör",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Turkish: aktör"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "oc",
            "2": "actor",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Occitan: actor",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Occitan: actor"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "roa-opt",
            "2": "abtor",
            "slb": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Old Galician-Portuguese: abtor, autor, outor (semi-learned)\nGalician: actor\nPortuguese: ator",
          "name": "desctree"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Old Galician-Portuguese: abtor, autor, outor (semi-learned)\nGalician: actor\nPortuguese: ator"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "fa",
            "2": "بازیگر",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Persian: بازیگر",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Persian: بازیگر"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "pl",
            "2": "aktor",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Polish: aktor",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Polish: aktor"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ro",
            "2": "actor",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Romanian: actor",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Romanian: actor"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "es",
            "2": "actor",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Spanish: actor",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Spanish: actor"
    }
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "la",
        "2": "af",
        "3": "āctus>made",
        "4": "-tor>agent nouns",
        "id": "doer"
      },
      "expansion": "",
      "name": "etymon"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "la",
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        "3": "tor"
      },
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      "name": "suf"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Agent noun formed from āctus + -tor, perfect passive participle of agō (“do, act, make”).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "āctor",
      "tags": [
        "canonical",
        "masculine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "āctōris",
      "tags": [
        "genitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "āctrīx",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "la-ndecl",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "āctor",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "āctōrēs",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "āctōris",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "āctōrum",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "āctōrī",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "āctōribus",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "āctōrem",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "āctōrēs",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "āctōre",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "āctōribus",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "āctor",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "āctōrēs",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "āctor<3>",
        "f": "āctrīx"
      },
      "expansion": "āctor m (genitive āctōris, feminine āctrīx); third declension",
      "name": "la-noun"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "āctor<3>"
      },
      "name": "la-ndecl"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Latin",
  "lang_code": "la",
  "pos": "noun",
  "related": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "āctiō"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "āctrīx"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "āctus"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "agitō"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "doer, agent"
      ],
      "id": "en-actor-la-noun-hSLOgXYa",
      "links": [
        [
          "doer",
          "doer"
        ],
        [
          "agent",
          "agent"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "declension-3"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "5 70 24",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Latin entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "18 50 32",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Latin masculine nouns in the third declension",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "12 53 35",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Latin terms suffixed with -tor",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "6 79 16",
          "kind": "other",
          "langcode": "la",
          "name": "Occupations",
          "orig": "la:Occupations",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "11 76 13",
          "kind": "other",
          "langcode": "la",
          "name": "Theater",
          "orig": "la:Theater",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "actor (person who performs in a theatrical play or movie)"
      ],
      "id": "en-actor-la-noun-a150gJ9s",
      "links": [
        [
          "actor",
          "actor#English"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "declension-3"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "langcode": "la",
          "name": "Law",
          "orig": "la:Law",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "prosecutor, plaintiff, advocate, orator"
      ],
      "id": "en-actor-la-noun-vXSuBvRh",
      "links": [
        [
          "law",
          "law#English"
        ],
        [
          "prosecutor",
          "prosecutor"
        ],
        [
          "plaintiff",
          "plaintiff"
        ],
        [
          "advocate",
          "advocate"
        ],
        [
          "orator",
          "orator"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(law) prosecutor, plaintiff, advocate, orator"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "declension-3"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "law"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈaːk.tɔr]",
      "tags": [
        "Classical-Latin"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈak.t̪or]",
      "note": "modern Italianate Ecclesiastical"
    }
  ],
  "word": "actor"
}
{
  "categories": [
    "Latin 2-syllable words",
    "Latin entries with incorrect language header",
    "Latin lemmas",
    "Latin masculine nouns",
    "Latin masculine nouns in the third declension",
    "Latin nouns",
    "Latin terms derived from Proto-Indo-European",
    "Latin terms derived from Proto-Italic",
    "Latin terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *h₂eǵ-",
    "Latin terms suffixed with -tor",
    "Latin terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "Latin third declension nouns",
    "Pages with 13 entries",
    "Pages with entries",
    "la:Occupations",
    "la:Theater"
  ],
  "descendants": [
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ast",
            "2": "actor",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Asturian: actor",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Asturian: actor"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ca",
            "2": "actor",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Catalan: actor",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Catalan: actor"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "enm",
            "2": "actour",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Middle English: actour",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Middle English: actour"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "en",
            "2": "actor"
          },
          "expansion": "English: actor",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "English: actor"
    },
    {
      "depth": 3,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "gd",
            "2": "actair",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Scottish Gaelic: actair",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Scottish Gaelic: actair"
    },
    {
      "depth": 3,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "cy",
            "2": "actor",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Welsh: actor",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Welsh: actor"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "it",
            "2": "attore",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Italian: attore",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Italian: attore"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "frm",
            "2": "acteur",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Middle French: acteur",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Middle French: acteur"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "nl",
            "2": "acteur",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Dutch: acteur\nAfrikaans: akteur\n→ Indonesian: aktor",
          "name": "desctree"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Dutch: acteur\nAfrikaans: akteur\n→ Indonesian: aktor"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "fr",
            "2": "acteur"
          },
          "expansion": "French: acteur",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "French: acteur"
    },
    {
      "depth": 3,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "nrf",
            "2": "acteur",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Norman: acteur",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Norman: acteur"
    },
    {
      "depth": 3,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "nb",
            "2": "aktør",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Norwegian Bokmål: aktør",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Norwegian Bokmål: aktør"
    },
    {
      "depth": 3,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "nn",
            "2": "aktør",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Norwegian Nynorsk: aktør",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Norwegian Nynorsk: aktør"
    },
    {
      "depth": 3,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ru",
            "2": "актёр",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Russian: актёр (aktjór), актёръ (aktjór) — Pre-reform orthography (1918)\n→ Azerbaijani: aktyor\n→ Bashkir: актёр (aktyor)\n→ Tajik: актёр (aktyor)\n→ Uzbek: aktyor\n→ Yiddish: אַקטיאָר (aktyor)",
          "name": "desctree"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Russian: актёр (aktjór), актёръ (aktjór) — Pre-reform orthography (1918)\n→ Azerbaijani: aktyor\n→ Bashkir: актёр (aktyor)\n→ Tajik: актёр (aktyor)\n→ Uzbek: aktyor\n→ Yiddish: אַקטיאָר (aktyor)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 3,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "sv",
            "2": "aktör",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Swedish: aktör",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Swedish: aktör"
    },
    {
      "depth": 3,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "tr",
            "2": "aktör",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Turkish: aktör",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Turkish: aktör"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "oc",
            "2": "actor",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Occitan: actor",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Occitan: actor"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "roa-opt",
            "2": "abtor",
            "slb": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Old Galician-Portuguese: abtor, autor, outor (semi-learned)\nGalician: actor\nPortuguese: ator",
          "name": "desctree"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Old Galician-Portuguese: abtor, autor, outor (semi-learned)\nGalician: actor\nPortuguese: ator"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "fa",
            "2": "بازیگر",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Persian: بازیگر",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Persian: بازیگر"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "pl",
            "2": "aktor",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Polish: aktor",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Polish: aktor"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ro",
            "2": "actor",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Romanian: actor",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Romanian: actor"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "es",
            "2": "actor",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Spanish: actor",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Spanish: actor"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "la",
        "2": "af",
        "3": "āctus>made",
        "4": "-tor>agent nouns",
        "id": "doer"
      },
      "expansion": "",
      "name": "etymon"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "la",
        "2": "āctus",
        "3": "tor"
      },
      "expansion": "āctus + -tor",
      "name": "suf"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Agent noun formed from āctus + -tor, perfect passive participle of agō (“do, act, make”).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "āctor",
      "tags": [
        "canonical",
        "masculine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "āctōris",
      "tags": [
        "genitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "āctrīx",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "la-ndecl",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "āctor",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "āctōrēs",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "āctōris",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "āctōrum",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "āctōrī",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "āctōribus",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "āctōrem",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "āctōrēs",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "āctōre",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "āctōribus",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "āctor",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "āctōrēs",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "āctor<3>",
        "f": "āctrīx"
      },
      "expansion": "āctor m (genitive āctōris, feminine āctrīx); third declension",
      "name": "la-noun"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "āctor<3>"
      },
      "name": "la-ndecl"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Latin",
  "lang_code": "la",
  "pos": "noun",
  "related": [
    {
      "word": "āctiō"
    },
    {
      "word": "āctrīx"
    },
    {
      "word": "āctus"
    },
    {
      "word": "agitō"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "doer, agent"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "doer",
          "doer"
        ],
        [
          "agent",
          "agent"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "declension-3"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "actor (person who performs in a theatrical play or movie)"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "actor",
          "actor#English"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "declension-3"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "la:Law"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "prosecutor, plaintiff, advocate, orator"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "law",
          "law#English"
        ],
        [
          "prosecutor",
          "prosecutor"
        ],
        [
          "plaintiff",
          "plaintiff"
        ],
        [
          "advocate",
          "advocate"
        ],
        [
          "orator",
          "orator"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(law) prosecutor, plaintiff, advocate, orator"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "declension-3"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "law"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈaːk.tɔr]",
      "tags": [
        "Classical-Latin"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈak.t̪or]",
      "note": "modern Italianate Ecclesiastical"
    }
  ],
  "word": "actor"
}

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