deponent
adjEtymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *de Proto-Indo-European *-h₁ Proto-Indo-European *déh₁ Proto-Italic *dē Latin dē Latin dē- Proto-Indo-European *h₂ep Proto-Indo-European *-o Proto-Indo-European *h₂epó Proto-Indo-European *h₂pó Proto-Indo-European *teḱ-der. Proto-Indo-European *tḱey-der. Proto-Italic *sinō Proto-Italic *pozinō Old Latin *poznō Latin pōnō Latin dēpōnō Latin dēpōnēnsder. English deponent From Latin dēpōnēns (“laying aside”), the present active participle of dēpōnō (“lay aside”), from dē- + pōnō (“put, place”). The name comes from the idea that such verbs were originally reflexive and then later "laid aside" their passive meanings.
- derived from dēpōnēns
Definitions
Having an active meaning, but conjugating as though it were being used with a different…
Having an active meaning, but conjugating as though it were being used with a different voice (such as the passive).
A witness
A witness; especially one who gives information under oath, in a deposition concerning facts known to him or her.
A deponent verb.
The neighborhood
- neighbordepose
- neighbordeposition
- neighbordeposition de bene esse
- neighboraffiant
- neighborde bene esse
Vish — recursive loop
No curated loop yet for deponent. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.
sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA