deponent

Senso (Inglese)

Adj

Having an active meaning, but conjugating as though it were being used with a different voice (such as the passive).

Noun

1. A witness; especially one who gives information under oath, in a deposition concerning facts known to him or her.
2. A deponent verb.

Concetti

deponente

sinonimi

testifier

witness

deposer

deponent verb

voucher

attestant

vouchee

attestor

witnesser

lay witness

attester

verb deponent

depositor

martyr

verifier

Traduzioni

μάρτυρας

déponent

καταθέτης

Deponens

tanık

verbe déponent

deponens

dēpōnēns

deponent

deponente

αποθετικό ρήμα

Zeuge

Aussagender

αποθετικός

testificador

Pronunciato come (IPA)

/diˈpəʊ.nənt/

Etimologia (Inglese)

From Latin dēpōnēns (“laying aside”), the present active participle of dēpōnō (“lay aside”), from dē- + pōnō (“put, place”). The name comes from the idea that such verbs were originally reflexive and then later "laid aside" their passive meanings.