deponens

See also: Deponens

Latin

Etymology

Present active participle of dēpōnō

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /deːˈpoː.nens/, [d̪eːˈpoːnẽːs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /deˈpo.nens/, [d̪eˈpɔːnens]

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.