deponent

Etymology
From, the present active participle of , from +. The name comes from the idea that such verbs were originally reflexive and then later "laid aside" their passive meanings.

Adjective

 * 1)  Having passive grammatical form (that is, conjugating like the passive voice), but an active meaning.

Derived terms

 * semi-deponent

Translations

 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin: 異態,
 * Danish: deponent
 * Dutch: deponent
 * Finnish:
 * Greek:
 * Ancient: ἀποθετικός
 * Hungarian:, deponens
 * Irish: diúscartach
 * Italian:
 * Latin:
 * Portuguese: depoente
 * Spanish:
 * Swedish:

Noun

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

Translations

 * Dutch: deponent
 * Finnish: ,
 * French:
 * German:
 * Icelandic: aflagssögn, deponenssögn
 * Irish: diúscartach
 * Italian:
 * Latin:
 * Swedish:


 * Esperanto: deponento

Etymology
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Etymology
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Noun

 * 1) depositor