Ancient Witnesses on Deponency in Greek 17 ‘πεπληγὼς ἀγορῆθεν’, καὶ κέκοπα, ἀφ’ οὗ τὸ ‘ἀμφοτέρω κεκοπώς’, So, from the active was indicated the passive. The selected is for instance both πεπληγώς σε and πεπληγὼς ὑπὸ σοῦ, ‘πεπληγὼς ἀγορῆθεν’ καὶ ‘ῥάβδῳ πεπληγυῖα’52. Signes-Codoñer rightly interprets Macrobius’ text as affirming three different but related understandings of the middle voice, which as we will see relate directly to the present discussion of deponency. Nuances of Middle Voice in Macrobius A. Middle means activity or passivity according to the syntactic context 1. In some forms of the verbal paradigm. 2. In the whole paradigm of some verbs. B. Middle implies discrepancy between form and meaning 1. In some forms of the verbal paradigm. 2. In the whole paradigm of some words. C. Middle as an ambiguous category meaning activity in some verbs and passivity in others [i]n some forms of the verbal paradigm53. Macrobius provides us with insight into the range of uses of the mid- dle voice. First, with regard to use A (activity or passivity), a fluctuating function of use of the middle — activity or passivity — seems to reflect a situation in which the use of the middle voice is recognized as possessing fluidity. Its function is not strictly controlled by its form. There are times in which the verb indicates activity, and there are other times in which the verb indicates passivity — depending upon the syntactical context. Further notice that the variation occurs either (1) in the entire paradigm of a particular verb or (2) only in some stem(s) of a particular verb. In this way, lexeme plays a role in how the verb portrays activity or passivity. Second, with regard to use B (discrepancy between form and function), we find a description of voice that coincides with the description of voice found in Dionysius Thrax and Apollonius Dyscolus. 52 The English translation is my own. 53 Signes-Codoñer, “Definitions of Middle Voice”, 10, 12, 16, 17, 19.