aorist tense
English
Noun
aorist tense (countable and uncountable, plural aorist tenses)
- (grammar) A grammatical category in some languages expressing perfective aspect and past tense of verbs; the aorist.
- (grammar, especially) A set of verb forms in Ancient Greek featuring the grammatical category.
- 2002, Erwin Penner, A Guide to New Testament Greek, Toronto: Clements, →ISBN, page 42:
- Simple past time is expressed by the aorist tense! The aorist tense describes the past action as a total event viewed in its entirety.
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