TrinJ 24:1 (Spring 03) p. 61 challenge the common definitions and use of the grammatical category of deponency with this thesis: most if not all verbs that are considered “deponent” are in fact truly middle in meaning. Therefore our use of “deponent” and our assumption about the widespread occurrence of “deponent” verbs needs to be reevaluated. If this thesis is true, the example of δέχομαι above is the rule, not the exception. How has this misunderstanding come about? I can discern two wrong turns