plural of aorist

(grammar) Of, or relating to the aorist aspect.

(grammar) A grammatical category of verbs that expresses perfective aspect (also known as aorist aspect) and past tense. The nearest equivalent in English is the simple past.

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

(grammar) In the aorist aspect.

plural of s-aorist

(grammar) A temporal feature of the verb which denotes the speaker's standpoint of the event described by the verb, as from outside of the event and seeing it as a completed whole.

(linguistics) An aorist stem of an Old Latin verb which has been formed by adding an s to the end of the present stem; the ancestor of the Classical s-perfect.

(grammar) A grammatical category in some languages expressing perfective aspect and past tense of verbs; the aorist.

plural of aorist tense