Endoactive

adj

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Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Being or relating to a kind of verb where an action operates in or on the subject, similar to the middle voice. not-comparable

    "‘Endoactive’ is similar to the 'middle voice' in some IE languages: the action was conceived as operating in or on the subject; in the exoactive, the verbal action was directed outward from the subject (R.L. Palmer, The Latin Language, 1987: 262)."

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"‘Endoactive’ is similar to the 'middle voice' in some IE languages: the action was conceived as operating in or on the subject; in the exoactive, the verbal action was directed outward from the subject (R.L. Palmer, The Latin Language, 1987: 262)."

Etymology

From endo- + active.

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middle voice

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