deponitur

Deponitur is a Latin verb form meaning “is laid down” or “is deposited.” It is the third-person singular present passive indicative of the verb deponere, which means to put down, place, deposit, or store. The form appears in classical and later Latin to describe something that has been placed in a location, stored, or recorded.

Etymology and related forms: deponere comes from the prefix de- meaning “down” and ponere meaning “to place.” Related nouns include depositio (the act of depositing) and depositum (a deposit). In English, the roots give words such as deposit, depository, and deposition. While deponitur uses a passive form, the sense remains active in many contexts: a thing is placed or preserved rather than acting itself.

Usage: In Latin texts, deponitur is commonly used to indicate a physical placing or storage of objects, sums of money, or documents. Examples imagine phrases like pecunia deponitur in arca (money is deposited in the chest) or litterae deponuntur in archivo (letters are deposited in the archive). The expression also appears in administrative or legal Latin to note that something has been recorded or submitted to a repository.

Relation to other terms: The verb’s active counterpart is deponere (to place down, deposit). The noun forms depositum and depositio describe the item deposited or the act of depositing, respectively. The word is distinct from deponent verbs in Latin grammar, which have passive forms but active meanings; deponere itself is not a deponent verb.

See also: depono, depositum, depositio, deposition.