Definition of aorist Aorist

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We found 6 definitions of aorist from 5 different sources.

What does aorist mean?

WordNet

Noun

Plural: aorists

aorist - a verb tense in some languages (classical Greek and Sanskrit) expressing action (especially past action) without indicating its completion or continuation

tense a grammatical category of verbs used to express distinctions of time

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aorist (Noun)
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.
aorist (Adjective)
Of or pertaining to a verb in the aorist aspect .

Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘

aorist (n.)
A tense in the Greek language, which expresses an action as completed in past time, but leaves it, in other respects, wholly indeterminate.

Chambers DictionaryChamber's 20th Century Dictionary 📕

aorist
ā′or-ist, n. the name of certain tenses in the Greek verb expressing indefinite time.—adj. Aorist′ic. [Gr. aoristos, indefinite—a, neg., and horistos, horizein, horos, a limit.]