1. A form of a verb in some languages, such as classical greek, that expresses action without indicating its completion or continuation.
2. A form of a verb in some languages, such as classical greek or sanskrit, that in the indicative mood expresses past action.

1. A verb in the aorist past, that is, in the past tense and the aorist aspect (the event described by the verb viewed as a completed whole). also called the perfective past. the nearest equivalent in english is the simple past. the term aorist is used particularly often for verbs in ancient and modern greek.
2. of or pertaining to a verb in the aorist aspect.

1. A tense in the greek language, which expresses an action as completed in past time, but leaves it, in other respects, wholly indeterminate.

1. in grammar, a tense of the greek verb expressing action (in the indicative, past action) without further limitation or implication; hence, also, a tense of like form or like signification in other languages, as the sanskrit.
2. indefinite with respect to time.
3. pertaining or similar to the aorist.

1. a verb tense in some languages (classical greek and sanskrit) expressing action (especially past action) without indicating its completion or continuation