LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
verbthird-declension one-termination participle

dēpōnēns1

dēpōnēns (genitive dēpōnentis)
Classical[deːˈpoː.nẽːs]Ecclesiastical[deˈpɔː.nens]

Meaning

  1. one terminationparticipledepositing
  2. one terminationparticipleresigning
  3. one terminationparticipledeposing
  4. one terminationparticipledeponent

dēpōnens, entis, P. a.,
I. v. the foll. art. fin.

Origins

  1. Proto-Indo-European*de
  2. Proto-Indo-European*déh₁
  3. Proto-Italic*dē
  4. Latindēpōnēns

Latin dē- Proto-Indo-European *h₂ep Proto-Indo-European *-o Proto-Indo-European *h₂epó Proto-Indo-European *h₂pó Proto-Italic *po Proto-Indo-European *teḱ- Proto-Indo-European *-éyti Proto-Indo-European *tḱéytibf. Proto-Indo-European *tḱey- Proto-Indo-European *-né- Proto-Indo-European *-ti Proto-Indo-European *tḱinéti Proto-Italic *sinō Proto-Italic *pozinō Latin pōnō Latin dēpōnō Latin dēpōnēns Present active participle of dēpōnō.

noun · neuterthird declension
dēpōnēns2
dēpōnēns n (genitive dēpōnentis)
Classical[deːˈpoː.nẽːs]Ecclesiastical[deˈpɔː.nens]

Meaning

  1. deponent (verb)

Declension

declension
formsingularplural
nominativedēpōnēnsdēpōnenta
genitivedēpōnentisdēpōnentum
dativedēpōnentīdēpōnentibus
accusativedēpōnēnsdēpōnenta
ablativedēpōnentedēpōnentibus
vocativedēpōnēnsdēpōnenta

Origins

  1. Proto-Indo-European*de
  2. Proto-Indo-European*déh₁
  3. Proto-Italic*dē
  4. Latindēpōnēns

Latin dē- Proto-Indo-European *h₂ep Proto-Indo-European *-o Proto-Indo-European *h₂epó Proto-Indo-European *h₂pó Proto-Italic *po Proto-Indo-European *teḱ- Proto-Indo-European *-éyti Proto-Indo-European *tḱéytibf. Proto-Indo-European *tḱey- Proto-Indo-European *-né- Proto-Indo-European *-ti Proto-Indo-European *tḱinéti Proto-Italic *sinō Proto-Italic *pozinō Latin pōnō Latin dēpōnō Latin dēpōnēns Present active participle of dēpōnō.

Quick answers

What does dēpōnēns mean in Latin?
dēpōnēns, a verb, means “depositing; resigning; deposing”.
What are the principal parts of dēpōnēns?
dēpōnēns, dēpōnentis (third-declension one-termination participle).
How do you pronounce dēpōnēns?
In classical Latin, [deːˈpoː.nẽːs]; in ecclesiastical (church) Latin, [deˈpɔː.nens].
Where does dēpōnēns come from?
Proto-Indo-European *de → Proto-Indo-European *déh₁ → Proto-Italic *dē → Latin dēpōnēns.