Associations to the word «Aorist»

AORIST, noun. (grammar) 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 Albanian, Ancient and Modern Greek.

AORIST, adjective. (grammar) Of or pertaining to a verb in the aorist aspect.

AORIST ASPECT, noun. (grammar) 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.

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