"deponent" meaning in English

See deponent in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

IPA: /dɪˈpəʊnənt/ [UK], /dɪˈpoʊnənt/ [US], /diˈpoʊ.nənt/ [US] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame-deponent.wav [US]
Rhymes: -əʊnənt Etymology: 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. Etymology templates: {{etymon|en|:der|la:dēpōnēns|tree=1}} 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. 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  1. (grammar, of a verb) Having an active meaning, but conjugating as though it were being used with a different voice (such as the passive). Tags: not-comparable Derived forms: deponently, semi-deponent Translations (of a verb: having an active meaning but conjugating with a different voice): ἀποθετικός (apothetikós) (Ancient Greek), 異態 /异态 (Chinese Mandarin), 異相 /异相 (yìxiàng) (Chinese Mandarin), deponentní (Czech), deponent (Danish), deponent (Dutch), deponentti (Finnish), déponent (French), αποθετικός (apothetikós) (Greek), álszenvedő (Hungarian), deponens (Hungarian), diúscartach (Irish), deponente (Italian), dēpōnēns (Latin), bierny (Polish), depoente (Portuguese), dipunenti (Sicilian), deponente (Spanish), deponentiell (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-deponent-en-adj-nEM7Jo0K Categories (other): Grammar Topics: grammar, human-sciences, linguistics, sciences

Noun

IPA: /dɪˈpəʊnənt/ [UK], /dɪˈpoʊnənt/ [US], /diˈpoʊ.nənt/ [US] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame-deponent.wav [US] Forms: deponents [plural]
Rhymes: -əʊnənt Etymology: 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. Etymology templates: {{etymon|en|:der|la:dēpōnēns|tree=1}} 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. 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  1. (law) A witness; especially one who gives information under oath, in a deposition concerning facts known to him or her.
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  2. (grammar) A deponent verb. Translations (deponent verb): deponent (Dutch), deponentti (Finnish), deponenttiverbi (Finnish), déponent (French), Deponens [neuter] (German), αποθετικό (apothetikó) [neuter] (Greek), aflagssögn [feminine] (Icelandic), deponenssögn [feminine] (Icelandic), diúscartach [masculine] (Irish), deponente [masculine] (Italian), deponens (Latin), deponens [masculine] (Polish), deponens (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-deponent-en-noun-ulbr~-Ns Categories (other): Grammar, Verbs Disambiguation of Verbs: 23 26 52 Topics: grammar, human-sciences, linguistics, sciences Disambiguation of 'deponent verb': 0 100
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: depose, deposition, deposition de bene esse, affiant, de bene esse

Inflected forms

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        "4": "",
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      "word": "deposition de bene esse"
    },
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      "word": "affiant"
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              445,
              453
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          "text": "The said William Aitken, being of new solemnly sworn, &c., depones he is a Burgess of Hawick, and had the property of a house which he now liferents, the fee being disponed to his son-in-law, Bailie Robert Scot, for the use of his son William, his daughter, Bailie Scot's wife, having paid the price of the house; depones sixty years ago Gilbert Elliot was tenant in Nether Southfield, who broke Hawick Common by plowing a part of it, which the Deponent saw at the Common-Riding when the Magistrates and other persons at the Common-Riding potched the ground he had plowed, and was then sown that he might not reap the crop of this.",
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        "(grammar) A deponent verb."
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      "tags": [
        "UK"
      ]
    },
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      "ipa": "/dɪˈpoʊnənt/",
      "tags": [
        "US"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/diˈpoʊ.nənt/",
      "tags": [
        "US"
      ]
    },
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    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "lang_code": "nl",
      "sense": "deponent verb",
      "word": "deponent"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "lang_code": "fi",
      "sense": "deponent verb",
      "word": "deponentti"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "lang_code": "fi",
      "sense": "deponent verb",
      "word": "deponenttiverbi"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "lang_code": "fr",
      "sense": "deponent verb",
      "word": "déponent"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "lang_code": "de",
      "sense": "deponent verb",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "Deponens"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
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      "roman": "apothetikó",
      "sense": "deponent verb",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "αποθετικό"
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    {
      "code": "is",
      "lang": "Icelandic",
      "lang_code": "is",
      "sense": "deponent verb",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "aflagssögn"
    },
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      "code": "is",
      "lang": "Icelandic",
      "lang_code": "is",
      "sense": "deponent verb",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "deponenssögn"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "lang_code": "ga",
      "sense": "deponent verb",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
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      "word": "diúscartach"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "lang_code": "it",
      "sense": "deponent verb",
      "tags": [
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      ],
      "word": "deponente"
    },
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      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "lang_code": "la",
      "sense": "deponent verb",
      "word": "deponens"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "lang_code": "pl",
      "sense": "deponent verb",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "deponens"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "lang_code": "sv",
      "sense": "deponent verb",
      "word": "deponens"
    }
  ],
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}

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