aorist
/ˈeɪ.ə.ɹɪst/
noun
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(grammar) A grammatical category of verbs that is often a perfective past: that is, it expresses perfective aspect (also known as aorist aspect) and past tense. The nearest equivalent in English is the simple past.
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(grammar) This grammatical category in a particular language, for instance, Albanian and Ancient and Modern Greek.
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(grammar) A particular verb in the aorist.
adjective
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(grammar) Of or pertaining to a verb in the aorist aspect.
“the aorist stem of a verb”
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