aorist

English - Turkish

Definition of aorist in English Turkish dictionary

aorist

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English - English

Definition of aorist in English English dictionary

Of or pertaining to a verb in the aorist aspect

the aorist stem of a verb.

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

{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”).