aorist's Usage Examples:

formed by a suffix (-aa), whereas the second aorist is a " strong " tense, distinguished by the form of the root-syllable, we expect to find a constant tendency to diminish the number of second aorists in use.

papyrusnd an example in a papyri dated 13 BCE where the aorist tense is used in a reflexive sense.

Now in Homer there are upwards of 80 second aorists (not reckoning aorists of " Verbs in µc," such as i'ar,Y, i,3rpv), whereas in all Attic prose not more than 30 are found.

(b) The aorist formed by reduplication: as 'Sae, taught; AEAas oOac, to seize.

aorist infinitive clause " Before Abraham was ", properly the perfect clause and tense should follow but does not.

Which would kill her, the Indians or the country?aorist indic.

Thus we find in Homer, but not in the later language (a) The second aorist middle without the " thematic " E or as g - was struck; Ec/Oc-ro, perished; aA-To, leaped.

The grammar of the Stoics, gradually elaborated by Zeno, Cleanthes and Chrysippus, supplied a terminology which, in words such as " genitive," " accusative " and " aorist," has become a permanent part of the grammarian's vocabulary; and the study of this grammar found its earliest home in Pergamum.

While the whole class of " strong " aorists diminished, certain smaller groups in the class disappeared altogether.

The first aorist in Greek being a " weak " tense, i.

Synonyms:

tense,

Antonyms:

unagitated, relaxed,