aorist tense
91Injunctive mood — The injunctive mood was a mood in Sanskrit characterized by secondary endings but no augment, and usually looked like an augmentless aorist or imperfect. It typically stood in a main clause and had a subjunctive or imperative meaning; for example …
92Gnomic — For the poetic form, see Gnomic Poetry. For the map projection, see Gnomonic projection. In Ancient Greek, a general truth may be expressed in the present, future, or aorist tenses. This usage of these three tenses is called the gnomic (gnomic… …
93Aparémfato — Das Aparemfato(n) (griechisch απαρέμφατο(ν), wörtlich [Numerus, Person] nicht anzeigend) ist ein grammatikalischer Terminus aus der alt und neugriechischen Sprache für eine infinite Verbform. Im Altgriechischen bezeichnet er den Infinitiv, z. B.… …
94Pythagoreans and Eleatics — Edward Hussey PYTHAGORAS AND THE EARLY PYTHAGOREANS Pythagoras, a native of Samos, emigrated to southern Italy around 520, and seems to have established himself in the city of Croton. There he founded a society of people sharing his beliefs and… …
95Serbian language — Serbian српски srpski Pronunciation [sr̩̂pskiː] Spoken in See below under Official status in Central and in immigrant communities in Western Eur …
96Laryngeal theory — The laryngeal theory is a generally accepted theory of historical linguistics which proposes the existence of a set of three (or more) consonant sounds that appear in most current reconstructions of the Proto Indo European language (PIE). These… …
97Russian grammar — encompasses: * a highly synthetic morphology * a syntax that, for the literary language, is the conscious fusion of three elements: ** a Church Slavonic inheritance; ** a Western European style; ** a polished vernacular foundation.The Russian… …
98Germanic languages — Branch of the Indo European language family, comprising languages descended from Proto Germanic. These are divided into West Germanic, including English, German, Frisian, Dutch, Afrikaans, and Yiddish; North Germanic, including Danish, Swedish,… …
99Lithuanian language — Lithuanian lietuvių kalba Spoken in Lithuania Region Europe Native speakers 3.2 million  (1998) Language family …
100Altaic languages — Group of more than 50 languages, comprising the Turkic, Mongolian, and Manchu Tungus subfamilies. Altaic languages are spoken across Eurasia by more than 140 million people (the overwhelming majority of whom speak Turkic languages). Most scholars …
