deponents in English
noun
1
a deponent verb.
Just because an active form doesn't exist in the relatively small corpus of the New Testament, this is no reason to deem a verb deponent .
2
a person who makes a deposition or affidavit under oath.
I understand from the affidavits that the various deponents have inconvenienced themselves by coming to the Court today.
noun
testifierdeposer
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1. Document to the *Affirmants/deponents C.D
2. ‘Two of the more troublesome phenomena are verbs with an active present and future middle; and ‘passive deponents,’ i.e., ‘deponent’ verbs whose Aorists are passive in form, not middle.’