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|Definition=ον, <span class="sense"><span class="bld">A</span> [[without boundaries]], [[debatable]], γῆ <span class="bibl">Th.1.139</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">2</span> [[limitless]], [[ὄρεξις|ὀρέξεις]], [[φόβος|φόβοι]], [[ἐπιθυμία]]ι, <span class="bibl">Epicur.<span class="title">Fr.</span>202</span>,<span class="bibl">203</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">II</span> [[indeterminate]], <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Lg.</span>643d</span>, <span class="bibl">Arist.<span class="title">Metaph.</span> 1087a17</span>, al.; οὐδὲν ἀνεξέταστον οὐδ' ἀόριστον <span class="bibl">D.4.36</span>; <b class="b3">ἄτακτα, ἀδιόρθωτα, ἀόρισθ' ἅπαντα</b> ibid.; <b class="b3">ἀόριστα ἀξιώματα</b> [[indefinite]] [[proposition]]s, <span class="bibl">Chrysipp.Stoic.2.5</span>,al.; <b class="b3">ἀόριστον καὶ κρίσεως προσδεόμενον</b>, opp. [[ὡρισμένον]], <span class="bibl">Epicur. <span class="title">Nat.</span>p.31</span> G.; <b class="b3">ἀόριστος [ἄρχων</b>] one who [[hold office|holds office]] [[without limit of time]], <span class="bibl">Arist.<span class="title">Pol.</span>1275a26</span>; [[uncertain]], ζωῆς [[τελευτή]] <span class="title">AP</span>9.499: Comp. [[πρόληψις]] Phld.<span class="title">Rh.</span>2.189S., cf. <span class="bibl">Plot.3.9.2</span>. Adv. [[ἀορίστως]] <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Lg.</span>916e</span>, <span class="bibl">Arist. <span class="title">Cat.</span>8b9</span>,al. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">2</span> <b class="b3">ἀόριστον ὄνομα</b> or [[ῥῆμα]] an [[indefinite]] term, as οὐκ-ἄνθρωπος <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Int.</span>16a32</span>, <span class="bibl">16b14</span>; of pronouns, <span class="bibl">A.D.<span class="title">Pron.</span>7.1</span>, al. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">3</span> ὁ [[ἀόριστος]] (sc. [[χρόνος]]) the [[aorist]] [[tense]], <span class="bibl">D.T.638.24</span>, <span class="bibl">A.D.<span class="title">Synt.</span>276.5</span>,al.</span>