aorist

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English - English
Of or pertaining to a verb in the aorist aspect

the aorist stem of a verb.

A verb in the aorist past, that is, in the past tense and the aorist aspect (the event described by the verb viewed as a completed whole). Also called the perfective past. The nearest equivalent in English is the simple past. The term aorist is used particularly often for verbs in Ancient and Modern Greek
{a} indeterminate with respect to time
a verb tense in some languages (classical Greek and Sanskrit) expressing action (especially past action) without indicating its completion or continuation
A tense in the Greek language, which expresses an action as completed in past time, but leaves it, in other respects, wholly indeterminate
{s} in the aorist tense; of or relating to the aorist tense; relating to a verb tense that expresses a past action without specifying if the action is completed or continuing
{i} verb tense in classical Greek and in other languages that expresses a past action without specifying if the action is completed or continuing
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aorist aspect
A temporal feature of the verb which denotes the speaker's standpoint of the event described by the verb, as from outside of the event and seeing it as a completed whole
Turkish - English
aorist
aorist

    Hyphenation

    a·o·rist

    Pronunciation

    Etymology

    () From Ancient Greek ἀόριστος (aoristos, “not done, not completed”).
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