aoristo

Italian

Etymology

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

Noun

aoristo m (plural aoristi)

1. (grammar) aorist

Anagrams

• Ariosto, staioro

Portuguese

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /a.oˈɾis.tu/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /a.oˈɾis.tu/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /a.oˈɾiʃ.tu/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /a.oˈɾis.to/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ɐ.uˈɾiʃ.tu/

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

Noun

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)

Derived terms

adjectives

• aorístico

 

Further reading

• “aoristo”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2024
• “aoristo”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2024

Spanish

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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

Noun

aoristo m (plural aoristos)

1. (grammar) aorist

Further reading

• “aoristo”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.7, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2023 November 28