ἀόριστος

See also: αόριστος

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From ἀ- (a-, “not”) +‎ ὁρῐστός (horistós, “limited”).

Adjective

ᾰ̓όρῐστος • (aóristos) m or f (neuter ᾰ̓όρῐστον); second declension

1. indefinite, indeterminate
2. without boundaries, debatable
3. the phrase ὁ ἀόριστος (χρόνος) (ho aóristos (khrónos)): the aorist tense

Inflection

Second declension of ᾰ̓όρῐστος; ᾰ̓όρῐστον (Attic)

Number		Singular			Dual			Plural
Case/Gender		Masculine / Feminine	Neuter		Masculine / Feminine	Neuter		Masculine / Feminine	Neuter
Nominative		ᾰ̓όρῐστος aóristos	ᾰ̓όρῐστον aóriston		ᾰ̓ορῐ́στω aorístō	ᾰ̓ορῐ́στω aorístō		ᾰ̓όρῐστοι aóristoi	ᾰ̓όρῐστᾰ aórista
Genitive		ᾰ̓ορῐ́στου aorístou	ᾰ̓ορῐ́στου aorístou		ᾰ̓ορῐ́στοιν aorístoin	ᾰ̓ορῐ́στοιν aorístoin		ᾰ̓ορῐ́στων aorístōn	ᾰ̓ορῐ́στων aorístōn
Dative		ᾰ̓ορῐ́στῳ aorístōi	ᾰ̓ορῐ́στῳ aorístōi		ᾰ̓ορῐ́στοιν aorístoin	ᾰ̓ορῐ́στοιν aorístoin		ᾰ̓ορῐ́στοις aorístois	ᾰ̓ορῐ́στοις aorístois
Accusative		ᾰ̓όρῐστον aóriston	ᾰ̓όρῐστον aóriston		ᾰ̓ορῐ́στω aorístō	ᾰ̓ορῐ́στω aorístō		ᾰ̓ορῐ́στους aorístous	ᾰ̓όρῐστᾰ aórista
Vocative		ᾰ̓όρῐστε aóriste	ᾰ̓όρῐστον aóriston		ᾰ̓ορῐ́στω aorístō	ᾰ̓ορῐ́στω aorístō		ᾰ̓όρῐστοι aóristoi	ᾰ̓όρῐστᾰ aórista
Derived forms		Adverb			Comparative			Superlative
		ᾰ̓ορῐ́στως aorístōs			ᾰ̓ορῐστότερος aoristóteros			ᾰ̓ορῐστότᾰτος aoristótatos
Notes:		This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Antonyms

• (antonym(s) of “indefinite”): ὡρισμένος (hōrisménos)

Descendants

• → Greek: αόριστος (aóristos)
• → Latin: aoristus
  • → Dutch: aoristus
  • → French: aoriste

Further reading

• “ἀόριστος”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “ἀόριστος”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• ἀόριστος in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• ἀόριστος in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2024)
• Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎^[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
  • indefinable idem, page 432.
  • indefinite idem, page 432.
  • indeterminate idem, page 432.
  • undefinable idem, page 912.
  • undefined idem, page 912.
  • undetermined idem, page 914.
  • unsettled idem, page 931.