Deponent verbs are passive in form but active in meaning. They were first introduced here:
23.02.25: Level 3;
deponent verbs (1)
https://adckl.blogspot.com/2024/12/230225-level-3-deponent-verbs-1.html
The present tense
was specifically discussed here:
27.02.25: Level 3;
deponent verbs (2)
https://adckl.blogspot.com/2024/12/270225-level-3-deponent-verbs-2.html
Image: Deponent
verbs also have subjunctive forms, but the present subjunctive can be formed
directly from the present indicative and by applying the vowel changes -e- /
-ea- / -a- / -ia- (wE, fEAr, A, lIAR) i.e. the endings remain the same; it is
only the stem vowels that change.
[i] conor, conārī,
conātus sum [1/deponent]: attempt
Sīc vīta hominum est ut ad maleficium
nēmō cōnētur sine spē (Cicero) │ Such is the life of men that
no one may attempt wrongdoing without hope.
[ii] vereor,
verērī, veritus sum [2/deponent]: fear
Tanta est tempestās ut nautae nūmen
deōrum vereantur │ The storm is so great that the sailors fear the power of the gods.
[iii] sequor,
sequī, secūtus sum [3/deponent]: follow
Tanta auctōritās est ut omnēs eum sequantur
│ His authority is so great that all follow him.
[iv] patior, patī,
passus sum [3-iō/deponent]: suffer
Senex tam
pauper est ut multum patiātur │ The old man is so poor that he
suffers greatly.
[iv] mentior,
mentīrī, mentītus sum [4/deponent]: lie
Nēmō sīc
dēcipitur, ut dē inimīcō suō mentiātur (Quintillian) │ No one is
deceived in such a way that he lies / would lie about his enemy.
[v] 2 subjunctives
in the same sentence, one of which is deponent
loquor, loquī,
locūtus sum [3/deponent]: speak
Frustō pānis condūcī potest, vel utī taceat vel utī loquātur (Cato) │ He can be bought / bribed with a piece of bread, so that he may either keep silent or speak.
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