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Meaning:

Adjective:

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

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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 Ancient and Modern Greek.

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