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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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