deponent

Meanings

Adjective

• Having passive form (that is, conjugating like the passive voice), but an active meaning. (Such verbs, originally reflexive, are considered to have laid aside their passive meanings.)

Noun

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

Origin

• From Latin dēpōnēns ("laying aside"), the present active participle of dēpōnō, from dē- + pōnō.