aorist

English - Turkish

Definition of aorist in English Turkish dictionary

aorist

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English - English

Definition of aorist in English English dictionary

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

Of or pertaining to a verb in the aorist aspect

the aorist stem of a verb.

{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

aor

Related Terms

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

Definition of aorist in Turkish English dictionary

aorist

Hyphenation

a·o·rist

Etymology

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