ACTIUM

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Actium mean? 

• ACTIUM (noun)
  The noun ACTIUM has 2 senses:

1. an ancient town on a promontory in western Greece

2. the naval battle in which Antony and Cleopatra were defeated by Octavian's fleet under Agrippa in 31 BC

  Familiarity information: ACTIUM used as a noun is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• ACTIUM (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

An ancient town on a promontory in western Greece

Classified under:

Nouns denoting spatial position

Instance hypernyms:

town (an urban area with a fixed boundary that is smaller than a city)

Holonyms ("Actium" is a part of...):

Ellas; Greece; Hellenic Republic (a republic in southeastern Europe on the southern part of the Balkan peninsula; known for grapes and olives and olive oil)

Sense 2

Meaning:

The naval battle in which Antony and Cleopatra were defeated by Octavian's fleet under Agrippa in 31 BC

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Instance hypernyms:

naval battle (a pitched battle between naval fleets)

Domain region:

Ellas; Greece; Hellenic Republic (a republic in southeastern Europe on the southern part of the Balkan peninsula; known for grapes and olives and olive oil)

 Context examples 

He told me, he had for many years been commander of a ship; and in the sea fight at Actium had the good fortune to break through the enemy’s great line of battle, sink three of their capital ships, and take a fourth, which was the sole cause of Antony’s flight, and of the victory that ensued; that the youth standing by him, his only son, was killed in the action.

(Gulliver's Travels into several remote nations of the world, by Jonathan Swift)