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ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD AORIST

From Greek aoristos not limited, from a-1 + horistos restricted, from horizein to define.
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PRONUNCIATION OF AORIST

aorist  [ˈeɪərɪst] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF AORIST

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Aorist is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES AORIST MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Aorist

Aorist is a grammatical term used to denote particular verb forms in certain languages. It is used particularly with regard to Ancient Greek, and to certain other Indo-European languages such as Proto-Indo-European, Sanskrit, Armenian and Macedonian, as well as languages influenced by the Indo-European tradition, such as Georgian. In these languages the aorist is usually a form that expresses perfective aspect and often refers to past events. It is thus comparable in meaning to what is called the preterite in grammars of some languages. The word comes from Ancient Greek ahóristos "indefinite", as the aorist was the unmarked form of the verb, and thus did not have the implications of the imperfective aspect, which referred to an ongoing or repeated situation, or the perfect, which referred to a situation with a continuing relevance; instead it described an action "pure and simple". Because the aorist was the unmarked aspect in Ancient Greek, the term is sometimes applied to unmarked verb forms in other languages, such as the habitual aspect in Turkish.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH AORIST


antinuclearist
ˌæntɪˈnjuːklɪərɪst
apiarist
ˈeɪpɪərɪst
careerist
kəˈrɪərɪst
clavierist
kləˈvɪərɪst
dearest
ˈdɪərɪst
diarist
ˈdaɪərɪst
Everest
ˈɛvərɪst
Fourierist
ˈfʊərɪərɪst
humorist
ˈhjuːmərɪst
jurist
ˈdʒʊərɪst
lyrist
ˈlaɪərɪst
meliorist
ˈmiːlɪərɪst
meteorist
ˈmiːtɪərɪst
pronuclearist
ˌprəʊˈnjuːklɪərɪst
querist
ˈkwɪərɪst
terrorist
ˈtɛrərɪst
topiarist
ˈtəʊpɪərɪst
tourist
ˈtʊərɪst
tutiorist
ˈtjuːtɪərɪst
verist
ˈvɪərɪst

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE AORIST

ao
AOB
AOC
AOCB
AOH
AONB
AOR
Aoraki-Mount Cook
Aorangi-Mount Cook
aoristic
aoristically
aorta
aortae
aortal
aortic
aortitis
aortographic
aortography

WORDS THAT END LIKE AORIST

adiaphorist
amorist
antiterrorist
aphorist
arborist
bioterrorist
Christ
colorist
counter-terrorist
detectorist
errorist
flavorist
florist
folklorist
ivorist
laborist
probabiliorist
Redemptorist
tenorist
theorist
watercolorist

Synonyms and antonyms of aorist in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «aorist» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF AORIST

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The translations of aorist from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «aorist» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

不定过去
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

aoristo
570 millions of speakers

English

aorist
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

AORIST
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

aorist
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

аорист
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

aoristo
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

aorist
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

aoriste
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Aorist
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Aorist
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

アオリスト
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

부정 과거
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Aorist
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

AORIST
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

aorist
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

Aorist
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

aorist
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

aoristo
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

aoryst
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

аорист
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

aorist
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

αόριστος
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

AORISTUS
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

aoristen
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

aorist
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of aorist

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «AORIST»

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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «AORIST» OVER TIME

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «AORIST»

Discover the use of aorist in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to aorist and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Indo-European Language and Culture: An Introduction
languages with the augment (see above), the aorist is augmented. The aorist indicative was inflected using the secondary personal endings. The factors determining which aorist formation was chosen by which root are not fully clear. Normally ...
Benjamin W. Fortson, IV, 2011
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Learn to Read New Testament Greek
Thus agw reduplicates (doubles) its first syllable to form agag- and then takes the temporal augment, producing hgagon in the aorist indicative. In other verbs, the augment is irregular (e.g., the imperfect of ecw is eicon, eice~). 52. First and ...
David Alan Black, 2009
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A Primer of Biblical Greek
Aorist Active and Middle Infinitive 310. Aorist Active Participle 311. Aorist Middle Participle Present System of Tt0r|Ut 228 312. Indicative 313. Present Subjunctive 314. Present Imperative 315. Present Infinitive 316. Present Active Participle 317  ...
N. Clayton Croy, 2007
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An Introduction to Ancient Greek: A Literary Approach, (2nd ...
The aorist stem is found by removing the augment and the personal ending. You have to know what the form looks like without its augment to form and recognize infinitives and the other dependent moods, and to recognize at a glance what ...
C. A. E. Luschnig, Deborah Mitchell, 2007
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Fundamentals of New Testament Greek
the aorist stem λιπ (ἔλιπον) with the present stem λειπ (λείπω).3 Whenever one encounters a second aorist stem, it is wise to make a mental comparison with the corresponding present stem, noting the differences in spelling. This will help to ...
Stanley E. Porter, Jeffrey T. Reed, Matthew Brook O'Donnell, 2010
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A grammar of the Greek language
BiTiytjau) is 2nd person 1st aorist indicative middle, from Siijyt- ofiai, to describe, narrate. There is no verb which has all the forms of the first aorist and of the second aorist except rpkiria, I turn ; second aorist active iTpairov, middle iTpairofxriv, ...
Hans Claude Hamilton, 1854
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A Grammar of the Greek Language: For the Use of Schools and ...
of the second aorist, ayayelv ; second aorist middle, i/yayopnv (all these three with the Attic reduplication) ; perfect, foa, Doric ayrjoxa. *A«pu, " / raise up," used only in the participle, aeipuv ; participle passive, aeipopevoe ; participle of the first ...
Charles Anthon, 1838
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A French and English dictionary
Aorist. Je batti. Pret. J'ay iNuire, to an- Je-nui, nons ntiifoi* ' onean^t Je"y3orje« eteus,noustaisons. Aorist. Tcn0drP'"o 7e ... Jetonds noustondons. Aorist. Jetoudi, ils tondi- rent. Put. J ay toudu. Jetords nous tordons. Aorist. Jetordi.ils tordirent.
Randle Cotgrave, 1673
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Aorist
Matt Wright. Aorist (a's-rist) n. Abbr. aor. Denoting a past action without indicating completion, continuation, or repetition of this action. TRAIL F TEAR My scars tell, My bloody tales. My.
Matt Wright, 2011
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"He Saw": The Significance of Jesus' Seeing Denoted by the ...
5.2 Meaning of the Aorist Form in General The aorist stem of a verb is viewed as expressing punctiliar (instantaneous) action as opposed to the present stem which expresses the durative (linear or progressive) action. These two are the most ...
Joy Palachuvattil, 2002

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «AORIST»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term aorist is used in the context of the following news items.
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Set sights on things 'above'
The verb tense in the Greek is aorist, which indicates something that has already been accomplished. From our earthly perspective, we have ... «St. George Daily Spectrum, Jun 15»
2
Are You Too Severe with Yourself and Your Habits?
... aloft alottable assignment allotment with alottee's allowance hence antithetically antilogous anticlimax apace is to set apart aorist's assertion? «Pulse, Apr 15»
3
Kissing from a strictly etymological point of view
Add to them Greek kuneo “kiss,” in whose conjugation -s- appears with great regularity: the future was kuso and the aorist ekusa, earlier ekussa ... «OUPblog, Sep 14»
4
“aha” moments: biblical scholars tell their stories (5): Charles Halton
(For what it's worth, ancient Greek versions render this verb with the construction kai + an aorist verb, which shows that they interpreted the verb ... «Patheos, Jul 14»
5
Wie die künstliche Weltsprache entstanden ist
... für allerlei komplizierte Zeitformen: Perfekt und Imperfekt; Futur 1 und 2; Plusquamperfekt und "Aorist". Auch das Zusammensetzen der Silben ... «General-Anzeiger, Mar 14»
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Responding to the “Go To” Skeptic on the Star of Bethlehem
A key part of Adair's argument depends on a Greek tense known as the “aorist.” We don't have this tense in English, but it is the single most ... «National Catholic Register, Feb 14»
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You Have Heard Them Called Antitheses, But I Say To You…
I think we have to read the aorist passive of “it was said” (ἐρρέθη) as a reverent circumlocution for “God said”, and whether intensive or ... «Patheos, Feb 14»
8
Bulgarian for Beginners
The simple forms include a vestigial infinitive, which is not inflected, the present tense form, an imperfect tense inflected for person and number, an aorist also ... «Language Magazine, Feb 14»
9
Herodotus, "the father of history", and the benefit of doubt
The image of the noose cannot be justified and the Greek (the aorist tense) specifically rejects the notion of inception. Nemesis struck: the rest ... «New Statesman, Nov 13»
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The truth can set us free... but it's unlikely we'll get it
... absorbing the three declensions of the noun and six principle parts for the conjugation of verbs (present, future, aorist, perfect, perfect middle ... «Belfast Telegraph, Sep 13»

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