aoristo

From Ancient Greek ἀόριστος (aóristos, “indefinite, not limited”), from ἀ- (a-, “without”) + ὅρος (hóros, “boundary”).

aoristo m (plural aoristi)

1. (grammar) aorist

• Ariosto, staioro

Learned borrowing from Latin aoristus, from Ancient Greek ᾰ̓όρῐστος (ăórĭstos).

• Rhymes: -istu, -iʃtu
• Hyphenation: a‧o‧ris‧to

aoristo m (countable and uncountable, plural aoristos)

1. (grammar) aorist (one of the indefinite tenses of the Greek conjugation that indicates pure and simple action, with no idea of duration)

• “aoristo”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2025
• “aoristo”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025

Borrowed from Ancient Greek ἀόριστος (aóristos, “indedinite, not limited”), from ἀ- (a-, “without”) + ὅρος (hóros, “boundary”).

• IPA^(key): /aoˈɾisto/ [a.oˈɾis.t̪o]
• Rhymes: -isto
• Syllabification: a‧o‧ris‧to

aoristo m (plural aoristos)

1. (grammar) aorist

• “aoristo”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 10 December 2024