deponent

deponent

English

Etymology

From Latin dēpōnēns (“laying aside”), the present active participle of dēpōnō (“lay aside”), from dē- + pōnō (“put, place”).

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /diˈpəʊ.nənt/
• (US) IPA^(key): /diˈpoʊ.nənt/

Adjective

deponent (not comparable)

1. (of some Latin, Greek, Sanskrit, Scandinavian or Old Irish verbs) Having passive form (that is, conjugating like the passive voice), but an active meaning. (Such verbs, originally reflexive, are considered to have laid aside their passive meanings.)

Translations

of a Latin verb: having a passive form

Danish: deponent Greek: αποθετικός (el) (apothetikós) Irish: diúscartach Italian: deponente (it)

Latin: dēpōnēns (la) Spanish: deponente (es) Swedish: deponentiell (sv)

See also

• Category:Greek deponent verbs
• Category:Latin deponent verbs
• Category:Old Irish deponent verbs

Noun

deponent (plural deponents)

1. (law) A witness; especially one who gives information under oath, in a deposition concerning facts known to him or her.
2. (grammar) A deponent verb.

Related terms

• depose
• deposition
• deposition de bene esse

Translations

a witness

Irish: teisteoir m

a deponent verb

Dutch: deponent French: déponent (fr) German: Deponens (de) n Icelandic: aflagssögn f, deponenssögn f

Irish: diúscartach m Italian: deponente (it) m Latin: deponens (la) Swedish: deponens (sv)

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Translations to be checked

Esperanto: deponento

See also

• affiant
• de bene esse

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Danish

Adjective

deponent

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Inflection

Inflection of deponent
	Positive	Comparative	Superlative
Common singular	deponent	—	—2
Neuter singular	deponent	—	—2
Plural	deponente	—	—2
Definite attributive1	deponente	—	—
1) When an adjective is applied predicatively to something definite, the corresponding "indefinite" form is used. 2) The "indefinite" superlatives may not be used attributively.

Further reading

• “deponent” in Den Danske Ordbog

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Latin

Verb

dēpōnent

1. third-person plural future active indicative of dēpōnō