Deponent Verbs Indicative Mood de pono put down

Deponent Verbs Indicative Mood

de + pono = put down, put aside Deponent verbs put aside their active forms in Latin (i. e. , they are only passive in Latin). active

However. . . deponent verbs have ACTIVE English meanings. follo w ru Latin passive forms English active meanings les f or p a ssiv e vo ice

Let’s see how deponent verbs work. arbitror, arbitrārī, arbitratus (think) arbitramur we think arbitrabimur we will think arbitratus es you thought arbitratus eras you had thought

Translate. 1) pollicentur 1) they promise 2) locuti sunt 2) they talked 3) he will have started 3) profectus erit 4) you (pl) were thinking 4) arbitrabamini

Caesar de bello loqui pollicitus est.

Caesar de bello loqui pollicitus est. Caesar promised to talk about war.

Cum vaccae vocibus novīs locutae essent, tamen agricola arbitratus est sē verba eārum cognoscere.

Cum vaccae vocibus novīs locutae essent, tamen agricola arbitratus est sē verba eārum cognoscere. Although the cows had talked with strange voices, nevertheless the farmer thought that he understood their words.

IF these deponent verbs had an active 2 nd principal part, what would they look like? • arbitrārī • arbitrāre • pollicērī • pollicēre • loquī • loquere • proficiscī • proficiscere

Review • deponent verbs have passive Latin forms • English meanings are active