ἀόριστος: Difference between revisions

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