Actor, 1) Grossvater des Patroclus, seine Gemahlin war Aegina, sein Sohn Menötius, der Vater des Patroclus. - 2) A., Gemahl der Molione und Vater des Eurytus und Cteatus, welche als Bundesgenossen ihres Vater-Bruders Augias mit Hercules kämpften und von ihm erschlagen wurden. Nach einer Sage sollte ihre Mutter sie von Neptun empfangen haben. - 3) A., bei Virgil (Aen. 12, 94 ffg.) der »aurunkische«, »gewaltige« genannt, dessen Speer an Turnus gekommen war. - 4) Gefährte des Aeneas (Virgil Aen. 9, 500).Actor 1, im Privatprozess = is qui agit, Subject eines Prozessverhältnisses
Actor 2, Verwalter, Geschäftsführer
Actor 3, Schauspieler als Darsteller und Träger der Handlung, absolut als Direktor1. actor, ōris, m. [ago].
I. One who drives or moves something: pecoris actor, Ov. H. 1, 95: habenae, a slinger, Stat. Ach. 2, 419.
II. In gen., he who does any thing, a doer or performer (cf. ago, II.).
A. In gen. of every kind of action: ut illum efficeret oratorem verborum actoremque rerum, Cic. de Or. 3, 15, 57 (a translation of the Homer. πρηκτῆρα ἔργων, Il. 9, 443): Cato dux, auctor, actor rerum illarum fuit, id. Sest. 28 fin.; so Caes. B. C. 1, 26; Nep. Att. 3, 2 al.
B. In judicial lang., one who brings an action, a plaintiff: accusatorem pro omni actore et petitore appello, Cic. Part. 32; esp. of lawyers: Moloni Rhodio et actori summo causarum et magistro, id. Brut. 89 fin.; so Hor. A. P. 369 al.
Also, one who conducts a suit, an advocate, Cic. Caec. 1.
Hence,
C. At a later period, an agent or attorney; in gen., an administrator or manager or steward, overseer of property or an estate.
So in Tac.: actor publicus, he who administers the public property, Ann. 2, 30; 3, 67: actor summarum, a keeper of accounts or cashier, Suet. Dom. 11, and so often in the Dig.: sub actoribus, overseers (of a household), Vulg. Gal. 4, 2.
D. In rhetor. lang., one who delivers any oral discourse; and esp. one who delivers an oration, an orator: inventor, compositor, actor, Cic. Or. 19.
2. A player, an actor: actores secundarum et tertiarum partium, Cic. Div. in Caecil. 15; so id. de Or. 1, 26; id. Q. Fr. 1, 1, 16 (cf. ago, II., and actio, II. C.).
2. Actor, ŏris, m.
I. A companion of Aeneas, Verg. A. 9, 500.
II. An Auruncan, ib. 12, 94; 96.
Hence,Actŏ-rĭdes, ae, patron. m., son or grandson of Actor: his son, Menoetius, Ov. F. 2, 39; his grandson, Patroclus, Ov. Tr. 1, 9, 29; id. M. 13, 273; Erithos, id. ib. 5, 79.
In plur.:Actŏrĭdae, i. e. Eurytus and Cleatus, sons of Actor, King of Phthia, id. ib. 8, 308.
Actor 2, Verwalter, Geschäftsführer
Actor 3, Schauspieler als Darsteller und Träger der Handlung, absolut als Direktor1. actor, ōris, m. [ago].
Also, one who conducts a suit, an advocate, Cic. Caec. 1.
Hence,
So in Tac.: actor publicus, he who administers the public property, Ann. 2, 30; 3, 67: actor summarum, a keeper of accounts or cashier, Suet. Dom. 11, and so often in the Dig.: sub actoribus, overseers (of a household), Vulg. Gal. 4, 2.
2. Actor, ŏris, m.
Hence,Actŏ-rĭdes, ae, patron. m., son or grandson of Actor: his son, Menoetius, Ov. F. 2, 39; his grandson, Patroclus, Ov. Tr. 1, 9, 29; id. M. 13, 273; Erithos, id. ib. 5, 79.
In plur.:Actŏrĭdae, i. e. Eurytus and Cleatus, sons of Actor, King of Phthia, id. ib. 8, 308.
[Vollmer] [Pauly 1893] [LewisShort]
