[{"word":"aorist","phonetic":"/ˈeɪ.ə.ɹɪst/","phonetics":[{"text":"/ˈeɪ.ə.ɹɪst/","audio":""}],"meanings":[{"partOfSpeech":"noun","definitions":[{"definition":"(grammar) A grammatical category of verbs that is often a perfective past: that is, it expresses perfective aspect (also known as aorist aspect) and past tense. The nearest equivalent in English is the simple past.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[]},{"definition":"(grammar) This grammatical category in a particular language, for instance, Albanian and Ancient and Modern Greek.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[]},{"definition":"(grammar) A particular verb in the aorist.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[]}],"synonyms":[],"antonyms":[]},{"partOfSpeech":"adjective","definitions":[{"definition":"(grammar) Of or pertaining to a verb in the aorist aspect.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[],"example":"the aorist stem of a verb"}],"synonyms":[],"antonyms":[]}],"license":{"name":"CC BY-SA 3.0","url":"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0"},"sourceUrls":["https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/aorist"]}]