Orberg uses the passive form of this verb to mean 'divide'. But so far as I can tell the active form means the same thing?
Magister: "In aequas partes pecuniam partiri oportet. Si vos sex asses aeque partimini, quot tibi sunt.'
He seems to be using it as a deponent verb - but I don't think it is?
Passive vs. Active meaning of Partio
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Passive vs. Active meaning of Partio
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Re: Passive vs. Active meaning of Partio
Whitaker's Words lists both a deponent and non-deponent version, but the non-deponent version is marked "lesser".
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Re: Passive vs. Active meaning of Partio
Furrykef. thanks. I take it 'lesser' means what it says - not much found. But does it mean exactly the same thing?
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Re: Passive vs. Active meaning of Partio
Yes, according to Lewis & Short and the Oxford Latin Dict.
Ità certè, secundum L&S et OLD.
Ità certè, secundum L&S et OLD.
I'm writing in Latin hoping for correction, and not because I'm confident in how I express myself. Latinè scribo ut ab omnibus corrigar, non quod confidenter me exprimam.