ἀόριστος

See also: αόριστος

Ancient Greek

Etymology

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

Adjective

ᾰ̓όρῐστος • (ăórĭstos) 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

Number		Singular			Dual			Plural
Case/Gender		Masculine / Feminine	Neuter		Masculine / Feminine	Neuter		Masculine / Feminine	Neuter
Nominative		ᾰ̓όρῐστος ăórĭstos	ᾰ̓όρῐστον ăórĭston		ᾰ̓ορῐ́στω ăorĭ́stō	ᾰ̓ορῐ́στω ăorĭ́stō		ᾰ̓όρῐστοι ăórĭstoi	ᾰ̓όρῐστᾰ ăórĭstă
Genitive		ᾰ̓ορῐ́στου ăorĭ́stou	ᾰ̓ορῐ́στου ăorĭ́stou		ᾰ̓ορῐ́στοιν ăorĭ́stoin	ᾰ̓ορῐ́στοιν ăorĭ́stoin		ᾰ̓ορῐ́στων ăorĭ́stōn	ᾰ̓ορῐ́στων ăorĭ́stōn
Dative		ᾰ̓ορῐ́στῳ ăorĭ́stōi	ᾰ̓ορῐ́στῳ ăorĭ́stōi		ᾰ̓ορῐ́στοιν ăorĭ́stoin	ᾰ̓ορῐ́στοιν ăorĭ́stoin		ᾰ̓ορῐ́στοις ăorĭ́stois	ᾰ̓ορῐ́στοις ăorĭ́stois
Accusative		ᾰ̓όρῐστον ăórĭston	ᾰ̓όρῐστον ăórĭston		ᾰ̓ορῐ́στω ăorĭ́stō	ᾰ̓ορῐ́στω ăorĭ́stō		ᾰ̓ορῐ́στους ăorĭ́stous	ᾰ̓όρῐστᾰ ăórĭstă
Vocative		ᾰ̓όρῐστε ăórĭste	ᾰ̓όρῐστον ăórĭston		ᾰ̓ορῐ́στω ăorĭ́stō	ᾰ̓ορῐ́στω ăorĭ́stō		ᾰ̓όρῐστοι ăórĭstoi	ᾰ̓όρῐστᾰ ăórĭstă
Derived forms		Adverb			Comparative			Superlative
		ᾰ̓ορῐ́στως ăorĭ́stōs			ᾰ̓ορῐστότερος ăorĭstóteros			ᾰ̓ορῐστότᾰτος ăorĭstótătos
Notes:		This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Second declension of ᾰ̓όρῐστος; ᾰ̓όρῐστον (Attic)

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 (2006–2025)
• Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎, 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.