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Examples of deponent
deponent
Compare deponent verbs, which are passive in form and active in meaning.
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Present deponent will testify no further as to the plot.
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The synthetic verbs also have periphrastic forms, for use in perfects and in simple tenses in which they are deponent.
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The imperative present of the passive voice is rarely used, except in the case of deponent verbs, whose passive forms carry active meaning.
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In linguistics, a deponent verb is a verb that is active in meaning but takes its form from a different voice, most commonly the middle or passive.
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Some verbs are deponent universally, but other verbs are deponent only in certain tenses, or use deponent forms from different voices in different tenses.
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Because Latin had no middle voice, Medieval Latin expresses such sentences by putting the verb in the passive voice, in a similar way to Latin deponent verbs.
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My understanding is that if syllabus is allowed to be imported into Latin, it is a deponent second declension, therefore neuter in the plural, not masculine.
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Deponent verbs are typically passive in form but active in meaning and their participles thus take the form but not the meaning of the perfect passive participle.
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- Testifier: a person who testifies or gives a deposition
- A witness; especially one who gives information under oath, in a deposition concerning facts known to him or her; A deponent verb; Having passive form (that is, conjugating like the passive voice), but an active meaning. ...
- A witness; an affiant.
- One who testifies under oath to the truth of facts.
- A person making a statement under oath or affirmation, often in an affidavit.
- A word describing the phenomenon of a verb setting aside some or nearly all of its active forms and translating the remaining passive forms as if they were active. ...
- A person who makes (deposes to) an affidavit.
- A person who testifies, especially in writing, under oath. The person answers questions put to him and these questions and his answers are recorded in shorthand by the court reporter. ...
- Person who, under oath or affirmation, gives oral testimony that is transcribed for use in a legal proceeding.
