Deponents

§356 cINFLECTION: PRELIMINARY REMARKS (355-380)Voices.—There are three voices: active, middle, and passive. a. The middle usually denotes that the subject acts on himself or for himself, as λούομαι wash myself, ἀμῡ́νομαι defend…

§370STEMSThe principal parts of deponent verbs (356 c) are the present, future, perfect, and aorist indicative. Both first and second aorists are given if they occur. βούλομαι wish, βουλήσο…

§725FIRST OR SIMPLE CLASSDeponents.—ἄγα-μαι (and ἀγάομαι) admire, δέα-μαι appear, δίε-μαι flee, make flee (cp. δίω), δύνα-μαι am able (737 a), ἐπί-στα-μαι understand, ἔρα-μαι love (poet. for ἐράω), ἵπταμαι…

§801PECULIARITIES IN THE USE OF THE VOICE-FORMS, ETC.Outside of the present some active verbs show middle forms especially in the future, as βήσομαι shall go, ἀκούσομαι shall hear (805); and some verbs exclusively or chiefly deponent…

§801PECULIARITIES IN THE USE OF THE VOICE-FORMS, ETC.Outside of the present some active verbs show middle forms especially in the future, as βήσομαι shall go, ἀκούσομαι shall hear (805); and some verbs exclusively or chiefly deponent…

§805FORMS OF ONE VOICE IN THE SENSE OF ANOTHERFuture Middle with Active Meaning.—Many verbs have no active future, but use instead the future middle in an active sense: λαμβάνω take λήψομαι, γιγνώσκω know γνώσομαι. a. Most suc…

§356 cINFLECTION: PRELIMINARY REMARKS (355-380)Voices.—There are three voices: active, middle, and passive. a. The middle usually denotes that the subject acts on himself or for himself, as λούομαι wash myself, ἀμῡ́νομαι defend…

§810FORMS OF ONE VOICE IN THE SENSE OF ANOTHERMiddle Deponents.—Deponent verbs whose aorists have an active or middle meaning with middle forms are called middle deponents. The aorist passive of such verbs, when it occurs, has…

§813 cFORMS OF ONE VOICE IN THE SENSE OF ANOTHERDeponents with Passive Meaning.—Some deponent verbs have a passive meaning. This is avoided by good writers in the present and imperfect or future passive, is not frequent in the a…

§1729MIDDLE VOICEMiddle Deponents (810) often denote bodily or mental action (feeling and thinking): ἅλλεσθαι jump, πέτεσθαι fly, ὀρχεῖσθαι dance, οἴχεσθαι be gone, δέρκεσθαι look; βούλεσθαι wish, …

§1730MIDDLE VOICEDeponent verbs are either direct or indirect middles; direct: ὑπισχνεῖσθαι undertake, promise (lit. hold oneself under); indirect: κτᾶσθαι acquire for oneself, ἀγωνίζεσθαι contend …

§356 cINFLECTION: PRELIMINARY REMARKS (355-380)Voices.—There are three voices: active, middle, and passive. a. The middle usually denotes that the subject acts on himself or for himself, as λούομαι wash myself, ἀμῡ́νομαι defend…

§811FORMS OF ONE VOICE IN THE SENSE OF ANOTHERPassive Deponents.—Deponent verbs whose aorists have the passive form but the active or middle meaning are called passive deponents; as βούλομαι wish, aor. ἐβουλήθην. The future is…

§812FORMS OF ONE VOICE IN THE SENSE OF ANOTHERIn the following list verbs marked * have a future passive form and also a future middle form; as διαλέγομαι converse, aor. διελέχθην conversed, fut. διαλέξομαι and διαλεχθήσομαι s…

§813FORMS OF ONE VOICE IN THE SENSE OF ANOTHERDeponents with Passive Meaning.—Some deponent verbs have a passive meaning. This is avoided by good writers in the present and imperfect or future passive, is not frequent in the a…

§1742 aPASSIVE VOICEThe passive may be passive of the middle as well as passive of the active: αἱρεῖται is taken or is chosen, βιάζεται does violence or suffers violence (is forced), ᾑρέθη was taken o…