Definition of Aorist

1. Noun. A verb tense in some languages (classical Greek and Sanskrit) expressing action (especially past action) without indicating its completion or continuation.

Generic synonyms: Tense
Derivative terms: Aoristic

Definition of Aorist

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

Definition of Aorist

1. a verb tense [n -S] : AORISTIC [adj]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Aorist

anyroad
anything
anythings
anytime
anyway
anyways
anywhen
anywhere
anywheres
anywise
any longer
any old(a)
anziani
Anzio
AOC
aorist (current term)
aoristic
aoristically
aorists
aorta
aorta
aortae
aortal
aortal
aortalgia
aortarctia
aortartia
aortas
aorta abdominalis
aorta angusta

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