deponens

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Latin

Etymology

Present active participle of dēpōnō

Pronunciation

Participle

dēpōnēns (genitive dēpōnentis); third-declension one-termination participle

  1. depositing
  2. resigning
  3. deposing
  4. (grammar) deponent

Declension

Third-declension participle.

Number Singular Plural
Case / Gender Masc./Fem. Neuter Masc./Fem. Neuter
Nominative dēpōnēns dēpōnentēs dēpōnentia
Genitive dēpōnentis dēpōnentium
Dative dēpōnentī dēpōnentibus
Accusative dēpōnentem dēpōnēns dēpōnentēs
dēpōnentīs 		dēpōnentia
Ablative dēpōnente
dēpōnentī1 		dēpōnentibus
Vocative dēpōnēns dēpōnentēs dēpōnentia

1When used purely as an adjective.

Noun

dēpōnēns n (genitive dēpōnentis); third declension

  1. (grammar) deponent (verb)

Declension

Third-declension noun (neuter, imparisyllabic non-i-stem).

Case Singular Plural
Nominative dēpōnēns dēpōnenta
Genitive dēpōnentis dēpōnentum
Dative dēpōnentī dēpōnentibus
Accusative dēpōnēns dēpōnenta
Ablative dēpōnente dēpōnentibus
Vocative dēpōnēns dēpōnenta

References

  • “deponens”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • deponens in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
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