aorist tense
1Aorist — (from Greek αοριστός without horizon, unbounded) is an aspect or, used more specifically, a verb tense in some Indo European languages, such as Classical Greek (the term is also used for unrelated concepts in some other languages, such as Turkish …
2aorist Grammar — [ eɪərɪst, ɛ:r ] adjective relating to or denoting a past tense of a verb (especially in Greek) which does not contain any reference to duration or completion of the action. noun a word in the aorist tense. Derivatives aoristic adjective Origin… …
3aorist — (n.) 1580s, the simple past tense of Greek verbs, from Gk. aoristos (khronos) indefinite (tense), from privative prefix a not (see A (Cf. a ) (3)) + horistos limited, defined, verbal adjective from horizein to limit, define, from horos boundary,… …
4aorist — [ā′ə rist, er′ist] n. [Gr aoristos, indefinite < a , not + horistos, definable < horizein, to define < horos, a limit: see HORIZON] a past tense of Greek verbs, denoting an action without indicating whether completed, continued, or… …
5Aorist — A o*rist ([=a] [ o]*r[i^]st), n. [Gr. ao ristos indefinite; a priv. + ori zein to define, ? boundary, limit.] (Gram.) A tense in the Greek language, which expresses an action as completed in past time, but leaves it, in other respects, wholly… …
6aorist — 1. noun /ˈeɪəˌrɪst/ a) 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… …
7tense — Synonyms and related words: accented, agitated, all overish, alveolar, antsy, anxious, anxioused up, aorist, apical, apico alveolar, apico dental, apprehensive, articulated, assimilated, back, barytone, bilabial, bothered, brace, broad, cacuminal …
8aorist — /ˈɛərəst/ (say airruhst) noun 1. a tense of the Greek verb expressing past action without implication as to whether the action was momentary, continuous, completed, etc. –adjective 2. of or in the aorist. {Greek aoristos indefinite} …
9aorist — n. Grammar, (tense) signifying happening in unrestricted or unspecified past. ♦ aoristic, a. indefinite; pertaining to aorist …
10aorist — /ay euh rist/, Gram. n. 1. a verb tense, as in Classical Greek, expressing action or, in the indicative mood, past action, without further limitation or implication. adj. 2. of or in this tense. [1575 85; < Gk aóristos unlimited, equiv. to a A 6… …
