Expertlatin
- How do you know if a Latin verb is deponent?
- What is a middle or passive deponent?
- What endings do deponent verbs have?
- What is the middle voice of a verb?
How do you know if a Latin verb is deponent?
When a Latin verb is passive in form, but has an active meaning, it is called a deponent verb. For example: sequor, sequi, secutus sum (3) means 'to follow' and not 'to be followed'. Even though it appears to be passive, it is translated with an active meaning and can have an object following it.
What is a middle or passive deponent?
A distinction commonly employed is that between “middle deponents” (verbs with middle forms in the present tense and in the aorist tense, e.g. μάχομαι, ἐμαχεσάμην) and “passive deponents” (verbs with middle forms in the present tense and passive forms in the aorist tense, e.g. πορεύομαι, ἐπορεύθην).
What endings do deponent verbs have?
Regular, non-deponent verbs have active principal parts by default. So their first principal part ends in -ō. Deponent verbs only have passive endings, so their first principal part ends in -or. Notice as well that deponent verbs only have three principal parts, instead of the standard four.
What is the middle voice of a verb?
Noun. middle voice (uncountable) A voice that is neither active nor passive, because the subject of the verb cannot be categorized as either agent or patient, having elements of both.
