What does aorist mean?
A grammatical tense in ancient Greek and other languages, used to express completed action in the past. In linguistics, aorist is also used to describe a verb form that indicates a completed action without reference to its duration.
Example
"The ancient Greek historian used the aorist tense to describe the fall of Troy."
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