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.

Number	Singular			Plural
Case / Gender	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).

Case	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.