ALL meanings of aorist
a·o·rist
A a - noun aorist a tense of the verb in classical Greek and in certain other inflected languages, indicating past action without reference to whether the action involved was momentary or continuous 3
- noun aorist a past tense of Greek verbs, denoting an action without indicating whether completed, continued, or repeated 3
- adjective aorist designating or in this tense 3
- noun aorist (especially in Greek) an unqualified past tense of a verb without reference to duration or completion of the action. 1
- noun aorist a verb tense, as in Classical Greek, expressing action or, in the indicative mood, past action, without further limitation or implication. 1
- adjective aorist of or in this tense. 1
- noun aorist (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. 0
- adjective aorist (grammar) Of or pertaining to a verb in the aorist aspect. 0