Deponent active vs middle meaning

[Xyloplax]

Basic question: do deponent verbs only use the middle form as an active sense only or do they also use the middle sense? In other words, is it possible for a deponent verb to have an active sense, a middle sense, and by extension a passive sense? Or do deponent verbs only get used in an active sense? Smyth implies the latter. My "Greek ain't never that simple" gut feeling says the former. Thoughts?

[Qimmik]

I don't think you can generalize about this. You have to learning the range of meanings for each verb.

[Markos]

I don't think you can generalize about this. You have to learning the range of meanings for each verb.

I very much agree with this. It is good advice, not only for this subject, but for any area of meta-language.

"Greek ain't never that simple..."

Yes and no. It may be that Greek is simple enough (even a child can understood it) but that generalizing about it is not.