αόριστος (aóristos)

English: indefinite

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Linguistic Information

Word Typeadjective
Gendermasculine
Casenominative
NumberSingular

About αόριστος

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Definitions & Examples

  • noun:
    (grammar) aorist, past tense, simple past, perfective past
  • adjective:
    vague
  • adjective:
    (grammar) indefinite
    Examples:
    • αόριστο άρθρο (aóristo árthro) — indefinite article
    • αόριστη αντωνυμία (aóristi antonymía) — indefinite pronoun
  • adjective:
    (grammar) preterite

Declension Table

masculine noun

CaseSingularPlural
nominativeαόριστοςαόριστοι
genitiveαόριστουαόριστων
accusativeαόριστοαόριστους
vocativeαόριστοαόριστοι

Greek nouns and adjectives change form based on case (role in sentence) and number. These forms show how αόριστος appears in different grammatical contexts.

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