aoristn.
/ˈeɪərɪst/, /ˈɛːrɪst/, U.S. /ˈeɪərəst/ Grammar.
One of the past tenses of the Greek verb, which takes its name from its denoting a simple past occurrence, with none of the limitations as to completion, continuance, etc., which belong to the other past tenses. It corresponds to the simple past tense in English, as ‘he died’.
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1583 A. Nowell et al. True Rep. Disput. E. Campion sig. N4v Fulke...What tempus is the verbe? Campion. I thinke it be the Aoriste. Fulke. The word is, κεκλεισμὲνων.
1751 J. Harris Hermes i. vii. 123 Yet it seems agreeable to reason, that wherever Time is signified without any farther circumscription, than that of Simple present past or future, the Tense is an Aorist.
1865 R. W. Dale Jewish Temple (Notes) 297 In the Authorized Version the Greek aorist is very frequently represented by the English perfect.
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