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. A deponent verb has...

frequent of these is the verb sum, esse "to be" together with its prefixed derivatives. There also exist deponent Latin verbs, which though active in meaning...

Look up deponent in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Deponent may refer to: A person who makes a deposition Deponent verb, a verb active in meaning, but...

common verbs ending in -ομαι (-omai) or -μαι (-mai) have no active-voice counterpart. These are known as "deponent" verbs. Deponent middle verbs include...

Hungarian verbs and the Wiktionary entries of -ul/-ül, -ódik/-ődik and -odik/-edik/-ödik, three suffix groups that form such verbs. Deponent verb Passive...

as the same form for passive and reflexive. Anticausative verb Dative shift Deponent verb Description Diathesis alternation English passive voice E-Prime...

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Anticausative verb – type of unaccusative Copula Deponent verb Ergative verb – transitive equivalent of unaccusative Impersonal passive voice Reflexive verb Transitivity...

identified by the last letter of the verb's present stem. The present stem can be found by omitting the -re (-rī in deponent verbs) ending from the present infinitive...

often a verb or a verb-like word, though this is not universally the case. A verb that is a copula is sometimes called a copulative or copular verb. In English...

have active meanings) so historically speaking they are like deponent verbs. Some verb pairs only differ in the presence or absence of the -ik ending...

A modal verb is a type of verb that contextually indicates a modality such as a likelihood, ability, permission, request, capacity, suggestion, order,...

In grammar, an intransitive verb is a verb, aside from an auxiliary verb, whose context does not entail a transitive object. That lack of an object distinguishes...

Germanic languages, a strong verb is a verb that marks its past tense by means of changes to the stem vowel. A minority of verbs in any Germanic language...

reflexivity (anticausativity, reciprocity, etc.) There is a class of verbs (deponent verbs, отложительные глаголы otložitelʹnyje glagoly which only exist in...

patiens, the present participle of the deponent verb, patior, meaning 'I am suffering,' and akin to the Greek verb πάσχειν (paskhein, to suffer) and its...

general English usage, the verb "to deprecate" means "to express disapproval of (something)". It derives from the Latin deponent verb deprecari, meaning "to...

An auxiliary verb (abbreviated aux) is a verb that adds functional or grammatical meaning to the clause in which it occurs, so as to express tense, aspect...

An unergative verb is an intransitive verb that is characterized semantically by having a subject argument which is an agent that actively initiates the...

some linguistics theories, a stative verb is a verb that describes a state of being, in contrast to a dynamic verb, which describes an action. The difference...

traditional grammar of Modern English, a phrasal verb typically constitutes a single semantic unit consisting of a verb followed by a particle (e.g., turn down...

transitive verb is a verb that entails one or more transitive objects, for example, 'enjoys' in Amadeus enjoys music. This contrasts with intransitive verbs, which...

regular verb is any verb whose conjugation follows the typical pattern, or one of the typical patterns, of the language to which it belongs. A verb whose...

counterpart) are called deponent verbs: ipse in Italiam profectus est (Caesar) 'he himself set out for Italy' Although most deponent verbs are intransitive,...

A non-finite verb, in contrast to a finite verb, is a form of a verb that lacks inflection (conjugation) for number or person. In the English language...

linguistics a lexical verb or main verb is a member of an open class of verbs that includes all verbs except auxiliary verbs. Lexical verbs typically express...

-er, -oir, -re, -ir, but verbs with -oir and -re are in the third group, also known as irregular verbs. Latin deponent verbs like sequor and nascor (infinitive...

Certain verbs in Latin have the form of a passive verb, but the meaning is active. These verbs are known as deponent verbs. An example is the verb sequor...

"devilish", or its expressive variant djävulusisk. Jävla also derived a deponent verb jävlas "to be a jerk": Han jävlas med mig means "He's yanking my chain/fucking...

negative particles and negative affixes, negative verbs play a role in various languages. The negative verb is used to implement a clausal negation. The negative...