Expertlatin
They're almost certainly not related. The sigmatic aorist occurs in several Indo-European branches and is reconstructed to Proto-Indo-European. The sigmatic future isn't reconstructed to PIE -- in fact, PIE seems to have had no future tense at all.
- What is sigmatic future in Greek?
- What is an example of aorist tense?
- What is the origin of the word aorist?
- What is the meaning of the aorist tense?
What is sigmatic future in Greek?
The sigmatic future is generally ascribed a future or future perfect meaning, while the sigmatic aorist expresses a possible desire ("might want to").
What is an example of aorist tense?
The aorist is often used in the same kinds of contexts in which we would find a simple past tense verb in English. For that reason, the aorist is often translated into English as a simple past tense, like the verb “played” in the sentence, “Karen played tennis yesterday.”
What is the origin of the word aorist?
Etymology. From Ancient Greek ἀόριστος (aóristos, “unbounded”).
What is the meaning of the aorist tense?
Definition of 'aorist'
1. a past tense of Greek verbs, denoting an action without indicating whether completed, continued, or repeated. adjective. 2. designating or in this tense.
