Aorist (/ˈeɪərɪst/ AY-ər-ist; abbreviated AOR) verb forms usually express perfective aspect and refer to past events, similar to a preterite. Ancient Greek...
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In the grammar of Ancient Greek, an aorist (pronounced /ˈeɪ.ərɪst/ or /ˈɛərɪst/) (from the Ancient Greek ἀόριστος aóristos - ‘undefined’) is a type of...
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Ancient Greek verbs (section Aorist middle)
the indicative mood there are seven tenses: present, imperfect, future, aorist (the equivalent of past simple), perfect, pluperfect, and future perfect...
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Proto-Indo-European verbs (redirect from Aorist (Indo-European linguistics))
and imperfective are known as the perfect, aorist and present systems: Stative = Perfect Perfective = Aorist Imperfective = Present The present/imperfective...
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Gnomic aspect (redirect from Gnomic Aorist)
e. Smyth, paragraph 1931: Gnomic Aorist (γνώμη maxim, proverb). – The aorist may express a general truth. The aorist simply states a past occurrence and...
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Sanskrit verbs (section Aorist system)
forms, and the distinctions in meaning between the imperfect, perfect and aorist forms are barely maintained and ultimately lost. Verb conjugation in Sanskrit...
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is spoken in the region of modern Sparta. Doric has also passed down its aorist terminations into most verbs of Demotic Greek. By about the 6th century...
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Bulgarian verbs (section Past aorist (aoristus))
repetitive action, notice that the verb is in an independent clause) Past aorist imperfective verb: Вчера четох една книга = "Yesterday, I read a book" (but...
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that Leonidas would have used. The form ἔμολον is recorded in Doric as the aorist for εἷρπον, "to go, come". The classical pronunciation is [mo.lɔ᷆ːn la.bé]...
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from the PIE aorist. In the Proto-Italic period, the root aorist of PIE was no longer productive. However, other PIE perfect and aorist stems continued...
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