aorist

Meanings

Noun

• 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.
• This grammatical category in a particular language, for instance, Albanian and Ancient and Modern Greek.
• A particular verb in the aorist.

Adjective

• Of or pertaining to a verb in the aorist aspect.

Origin

• From Ancient Greek ἀόριστος.