AORIST

aorist

(noun) a verb tense in some languages (classical Greek and Sanskrit) expressing action (especially past action) without indicating its completion or continuation

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Noun

aorist (plural aorists)

(grammar, uncountable) A grammatical category of verbs that is often a perfective past: that is, it expresses perfective aspect (also known as aorist aspect) and past tense. The nearest equivalent in English is the simple past.

(grammar, countable) This grammatical category in a particular language, for instance, Albanian and Ancient and Modern Greek.

(grammar, countable) A particular verb in the aorist.

Adjective

aorist (not comparable)

(grammar) Of or pertaining to a verb in the aorist aspect.

Anagrams

• Artois, Rosati, Sirota, aristo, aristo-, ratios, satori, Ă  trois

Source: Wiktionary


A"o*rist, n. Etym: [Gr. (Gram.)

Definition: A tense in the Greek language, which expresses an action as completed in past time, but leaves it, in other respects, wholly indeterminate.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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