deponens

See also: Deponens

Latin

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *de

Proto-Italic *dē

Latin dē

Latin dē-

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 dēpōnēns

Present active participle of dēpōnō.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [deːˈpoː.nẽːs]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [deˈpɔː.nens]

Participle

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

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

Declension

Third-declension participle.

	singular			plural
	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).

	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.