aorists

noun

  1. (grammar) A grammatical category of verbs that is often a perfective past: that is, it expresses perfective aspect (also known as aorist aspect) and past tense. The nearest equivalent in English is the simple past.

  2. (grammar) This grammatical category in a particular language, for instance, Albanian and Ancient and Modern Greek.

  3. (grammar) A particular verb in the aorist.