actuosus

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Latin > English (Lewis & Short)

actŭōsus: a, um, adj. actus,
I full of activity, very active (with the access. idea of zeal, subjective impulse; diff. from industrius, which refers more to the means by which an object is attained, Doed. Syn. 1, 123): virtus actuosa (est), et deus vester nihil agens expers virtutis (est), Cic. N. D. 1, 40; so id. Or. 36, 125; Sen. Ep. 39.—Hence, acc. to Fest. s. v. actus, p. 15, subst., an actor or dancer.—Adv.: actŭōse, in a lively manner, with activity, Cic. de Or. 3, 26, 102.

Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)

āctŭōsus,¹⁴ a, um, (actus), plein d’activité, agissant : actuosa virtus Cic. Nat. 1, 110, la vertu se révèle dans l’action ; vita Sen. Tranq. 4, 8, vie active