deponent
Meaning of deponent
adjective
(of a verb, especially in Latin or Greek) passive or middle in form but active in meaning.
noun- a deponent verb.
- a person who makes a deposition or affidavit under oath.
late Middle English: from Latin deponent- ‘laying aside, putting down’ (in medieval Latin ‘testifying’), from the verb deponere, from de- ‘down’ + ponere ‘place’. The use in grammar arose from the notion that the verb had ‘laid aside’ the passive sense (although in fact these verbs were originally reflexive).
Information about deponent
- The plural form of deponent is: deponents.
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CatalanHyphenation of deponent
de-po-nent
- It consists of 3 syllables and 8 chars.
- deponent is a word trisyllabic because it has three syllables
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