deponente

Italian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /de.poˈnɛn.te/
• Rhymes: -ɛnte
• Hyphenation: de‧po‧nèn‧te

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Latin dēpōnentem, present active participle of dēpōnō (“to resign, to give up”), a translation of Ancient Greek ἀποθετικόν (apothetikón).

Adjective

deponente (plural deponenti)

1. deponent

Noun

deponente m (plural deponenti)

1. (rare) depositor

   Synonym: depositante

2. (grammar) deponent

Participle

deponente (plural deponenti)

1. present participle of deporre

Etymology 2

From esponente, with the prefix changed to de-.

Noun

deponente m (plural deponenti)

1. (typography) subscript

   Synonym: pedice

   Antonyms: esponente, indice

Further reading

• deponente¹ in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
• deponente² in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

Latin

Noun

dēpōnente

1. ablative singular of dēpōnēns

Spanish

Adjective

deponente m or f (masculine and feminine plural deponentes)

1. deponent

Noun

deponente m (plural deponentes)

1. deponent

Further reading

• “deponente”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), 23rd edition, Royal Spanish Academy, 2014 October 16