deponente
Italian edit
Pronunciation edit
Etymology 1 edit
Borrowed from Latin dēpōnentem, present active participle of dēpōnō (“to resign, to give up”), a translation of Ancient Greek ἀποθετικόν (apothetikón).
Adjective edit
deponente (plural deponenti)
Noun edit
deponente m (plural deponenti)
- (rare) depositor
- Synonym: depositante
- (grammar) deponent
Participle edit
deponente (plural deponenti)
Etymology 2 edit
From esponente, with the prefix changed to de-.
Noun edit
deponente m (plural deponenti)
Further reading edit
- deponente1 in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
- deponente2 in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
Latin edit
Noun edit
dēpōnente
Spanish edit
Adjective edit
deponente m or f (masculine and feminine plural deponentes)
Noun edit
deponente m (plural deponentes)
Further reading edit
- “deponente”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014