Look up deponent in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Deponent may refer to: A person who makes a deposition Deponent verb, a verb active in meaning, but...

linguistics, a deponent verb is a verb that is active in meaning but takes its form from a different voice, most commonly the middle or passive. A deponent verb...

deponent, is usually notified to appear at the appropriate time and place by means of a subpoena. Frequently, the most desired witness (the deponent)...

languages, which lack deponent or passive verb forms, the Classical Latin deponent verbs either disappeared (being replaced with non-deponent verbs of a similar...

under oath") is a written statement voluntarily made by an affiant or deponent under an oath or affirmation which is administered by a person who is authorized...

present stem. The present stem can be found by omitting the -re (-rī in deponent verbs) ending from the present infinitive form. The infinitive of the first...

"in" becomes "incipio". contracted from duo and habitō suppletive deponent deponent Contracted from gnārus and agō Contracted from port- and sinō Contracted...

(-mai) have no active-voice counterpart. These are known as "deponent" verbs. Deponent middle verbs include verbs such as the following. Some have a...

divan which is Solomon's"). There are two and only two instances of a deponent participle (passive form with active meaning) in the Hebrew Bible: nəḥittim...

counterpart) are called deponent verbs: ipse in Italiam profectus est (Caesar) 'he himself set out for Italy' Although most deponent verbs are intransitive...