Aoristic

Word AORISTIC
Character 8
Hyphenation a o ris tic
Pronunciations N/A

Definitions and meanings of "Aoristic"

What do we mean by aoristic?

Of or being the verbal aspect that expresses a momentary or completed action, especially in past time. adjective

Of or being the perfective aspect. adjective

Pertaining to an aorist or indefinite tense; indeterminate as to time.

Indefinite; pertaining to the aorist tense. adjective

Of, or relating to the aorist aspect. adjective

Of or relating to the aorist tense adjective

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The word "aoristic" in example sentences

It differs from the aoristic past tense (35) and from the imperfect (113) by expressing an act or condition as definitely completed or perfected. ❋ Ivy Kellerman Reed (1922)

It differs from the aoristic present by expressing an action as definitely in progress, or a condition as continuously existing, at the moment of speaking. ❋ Ivy Kellerman Reed (1922)

Compound tenses occur less often in Esperanto than in English, and an aoristic Esperanto tense may often be translated by an English compound tense, as "La birdoj flugas", the birds are flying. ❋ Ivy Kellerman Reed (1922)

The conjugation of "vidi" in the aoristic tense of the conditional mood is as follows: mi vidus, I should see. vi vidus, you would see. li (sxi, gxi) vidus, he (she, it) would see. ni vidus, we should see. vi vidus, you would see. ili vidus, they would see. ❋ Ivy Kellerman Reed (1922)

In addition to the aoristic tense, the conditional mood has three active and three passive compound tenses, formed by combining the participles with the aoristic tense of "esti" in the conditional mood. ❋ Ivy Kellerman Reed (1922)

The compound tenses formed by combining the future passive participle with each of the three aoristic tenses of "esti" represent an act or condition as "about to be undergone" in the present, past, or future, respectively. ❋ Ivy Kellerman Reed (1922)

Beside the aoristic tense, six compound tenses are formed by combining the participles with the imperative mood "estu" of the auxiliary verb, but these tenses are seldom used. ❋ Ivy Kellerman Reed (1922)

The compound tenses formed by combining the future active participle with each of the three aoristic tenses of "esti" represent an act or state as about to occur in the present, past, or future, respectively, and are called "periphrastic future tenses." ❋ Ivy Kellerman Reed (1922)

She caught at the nerves like certain aoristic combinations in music, like tones of a stringed instrument swept by the wind, enticing, unseizable. ❋ George Meredith (1868)

- Grammar, (tense) signifying happening in unrestricted or unspecified past. aoristic, adj. indefinite; pertaining to aorist. ❋ Unknown (2008)

"vidi" in the aoristic tense of this mood, together with a synopsis in the compound tenses, is as follows: ❋ Ivy Kellerman Reed (1922)

[Footnote: An aoristic tense consists of but one word (ending in ❋ Ivy Kellerman Reed (1922)

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