Aorist Imperative Attic

Aorist imperative attic.

For the distinction of time between the present and aorist see 313. In traditional grammatical terminology the aorist is a tense a section of the verb paradigm formed with the same stem across all moods by contrast in theoretical linguistics tense refers to a form that specifies a point in time past present or future so the aorist is a tense aspect combination. Abbreviated aor verb forms usually express perfective aspect and refer to past events similar to a preterite. The tenses occurring in the imperative are the present aorist and perfect but only a few perfect active forms occur and these are rare.

Change from the aorist tense to the present and imperfect tenses in the same person and number. Because the aorist stem of γινώσκω γνω ends in the long vowel ω the thematic vowel of the singular endings is lost through contraction. Notice that the plural forms of the aorist active indicative of γινώσκω use a second aorist stem but first aorist endings. Ancient greek grammar had the aorist form and the grammars of other indo european languages and languages influenced by the indo european grammatical tradition such as middle persian sanskrit armenian the south slavic languages and georgian also.

Paul uses the middle voice to express the view that god chose the people for god s own reasons not to suggest that god is the one chosen. The literary greek of athens in the fifth and fourth centuries bc attic. The presence of ὑμᾶς you functioning as the direct object means this clause cannot be reflexive. Aorist ˈ eɪ ə r ɪ s t.

Here chose translates an aorist middle form 2nd aor. Identify whether it is a first or second aorist and if the latter whether the second aorist is thematic or athematic and 2.