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===adjective===

[[busy]]: [[prose|P.]] and [[verse|V.]] [[ἄσχολος]], [[verse|V.]] [[πολύπονος]]; see [[industrious]].

[[eager]]: [[prose|P.]] and [[verse|V.]] [[πρόθυμος]], [[ἔντονος]], [[σύντονος]]; see [[eager]].

of [[mind]]: [[Aristophanes|Ar.]] and [[prose|P.]] [[ὀξύς]].

[[nimble]]: [[prose|P.]] and [[verse|V.]] [[ἐλαφρός]] ([[Xenophon|Xen.]]), [[Aristophanes|Ar.]] and [[verse|V.]] [[κοῦφος]], [[θοός]], [[verse|V.]] [[λαιψηρός]].

[[energetic]]: [[prose|P.]] and [[verse|V.]] [[δραστήριος]].

[[an active man]] (a good [[walker]]): [[prose|P.]] [[ἀνὴρ εὔζωνος]] ([[Thucydides|Thuc.]] 2, 97).

[[in active service]] (of [[ship]]s): [[prose|P.]] [[ἐνεργός]].

[[be on active service]] (of [[troop]]s): [[prose|P.]] [[ἐξεστρατεῦσθαι]] (perf. mid. of [[ἐκστρατεύειν]]); see [[take the field]], under [[field]].

[[take active part in]], [[be busy with]]: [[prose|P.]] and [[verse|V.]] [[ὁμιλεῖν]]; (dat.).

[[share in]]: [[prose|P.]] and [[verse|V.]] [[κοινωνεῖν]]; (gen.); see [[share]].

[[manage]]: [[prose|P.]] and [[verse|V.]] [[πράσσειν]]; (acc.).
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{{Lewis
|lshtext=<b>actīve</b>: adv.,<br /><b>I</b><br /> v. the foll. [[art]]. fin.
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{{Gaffiot
|gf=<b>āctīvē</b>, au sens actif : Prisc. Gramm. 8, 21.
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{{Georges
|georg=āctīvē, Adv. ([[activus]]), [[als]] [[ein]] Aktivum, aktiv (Ggstz. [[passive]]), [[verbum]] act. dicere, ponere, [[spät]]. Gramm.
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{{LaEn
|lnetxt=active ADV :: actively; (gram. like active verb)
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