§54.
直説法におけるアオリストの意味
英語原文
This fundamental idea of simple occurence remains the essential characteristic of the aorist through all the dependent moods, however indefinite they may be in regard to time. The aorist takes its name (ἀόριστος, unlimited, unqualified) from its thus denoting merely the occurrence of an action, without any of the limitation (ὅροι) as to completion, continuance, repetition, etc., which belong to other tenses. It corresponds to the ordinary preterite (e.g. did, went, said) in English, whereas the Greek imperfect corresponds generally to the forms I was doing, etc. Thus ἐποίει τοῦτο is he was doting this or he did this habitually ; πεπόίηκε τοῦτο is he has already done this ; ἐπεπούηκει τοῦτο is he had already (at some past time) done this ; but ἐποίησε τοῦτο is simply he did this, without qualification of any kind.
日本語解釈