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OP Deponents can be interesting.
Yes. Deponents which are passive in form but active in meaning, but active in meaning. I've always found the nexus of medio-passive, reflexive, and stative verbs intriguing.
(The middle participle, still active in Greek, (cf. -menos as in hapax legomenon), has become fossilized in Latin climen, crimen, foemina, limen, omen, etc. )
[Corrected silly mistake.]
Last edited by zmjezhd; 03/25/08 10:51 PM.
Ceci n'est pas un seing.
Entire Thread Subject Posted By Posted What's the hubbub, Bubba? zmjezhd 03/24/08 07:53 PM Re: What's the hubbub, Bubba? The Pook 03/24/08 10:39 PM Re: What's the hubbub, Bubba? zmjezhd 03/25/08 10:27 PM Re: What's the hubbub, Bubba? The Pook 03/25/08 10:44 PM Re: What's the hubbub, Bubba? zmjezhd 03/25/08 10:49 PM
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