Say I, as long as the heir is a little child, he does not differ from a subordinate; he is a lord of all, but he is under tutors and minders, until the time determined by his father.
Galatians 4:3
■Wycliffe volume 4, page 402
Early Version
I seye forsothe, how moche tyme the eyr is litil, he dyuersith no thing fro a seruaunt, whanne he is lord of alle; but he is vndir tutouris and actouris, ’til to the tyme determyned of the fadir.
Later Version
But Y seie, as long tyme as the eir is a litil child, he dyuersith no thing fro a seruaunt, whanne he is lord of alle thingis; but he is vndur keperis and tutoris, in to the tyme determyned of the fadir.
Wycliffe forms
actouris, autours, keepers, minders, custodians.
Modern English
Modern form: actor;
Modern senses: one who acts, takes part, also an organization, ■Wiktionary.
Correlate terms
■mortal
■mover
■prime mover
■thespian
■Moby Thesaurus
Etymology
Latin ■āctor (“doer”), from ■agō (“to do”). Cognate with Ancient Greek ■ἄκτωρ (áktōr, “leader”), from ■ἄγω (ágō, “lead, carry, convey, bring”).
Comparative Latin
Poems by Emily Dickinson prepared for print by Teresa Pelka: thematic stanzas, notes on the Greek and Latin inspiration, the correlative with Webster 1828, and the Aristotelian motif, Things perpetual — these are not in time, but in eternity.
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