aorist
6 points
English
6 letters
Not in frequency data
Valid in: UK dictionary
Definitions
noun
a verb tense in some languages (classical Greek and Sanskrit) expressing action (especially past action) without indicating its completion or continuation
Definition: WordNet 3.1, Princeton University.
Word forms
plural aorists
Forms from WordNet 3.1 morphology — every form attested in the dictionary.
Crossword clues
- “A tense in the Greek language, which expresses an action as completed in past time, but leaves it, in other respects, wholly indeterminate.” web-def
- “a verb tense in some languages (classical Greek and Sanskrit) expressing action (especially past action) without indicating its completion or continuation” wn-def