Activus
From TTT
Latin-English
actīv|us, -a, -um. (akˈti.vus) adj.
- Active; given to action rather than contemplation; practical; operative.
[ago.]
Loci
- αʹ Quintilian, Institutio Oratoria 2.18:
| Si tamen una ex tribus artibus habenda sit, quia maximus eius usus actu continetur atque est in eo frequentissima, dicatur activa vel administrativa; nam et hoc eiusdem rei nomen est. | If [public speaking] has to be considered as one of these three arts, though, then since its main use is in an act, and it is most frequently found in that act, it should be called an active art—or a performing art, which is another name for the same thing. |
