Uploaded January 2025 | Updated September 2026, 3 weeks ago
I ran across the following quote when preparing for my video on deponent verbs: "Active forms do not always convey active meaning, nor do passive forms always convey passive meaning." (Roland G. Kent, §371.IV, The Forms of Latin, 1946) This video discusses Kent's unpacking of that statement, with examples and description of the five different ways active and passive voice forms differ from their meanings. Language is a complicated mess of words, and Latin is no exception!
I ran across the following quote when preparing for my video on deponent verbs: "Active forms do not always convey active meaning, nor do passive forms always convey passive meaning." (Roland G. Kent, §371.IV, The Forms of Latin, 1946) This video discusses Kent's unpacking of that statement, with examples and description of the five different ways active and passive voice forms differ from their meanings. Language is a complicated mess of words, and Latin is no exception!
