deponens

See also: Deponens

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.

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).

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.