Abstract

The Greek term khrónos denotes the values both of time and tense. In the latter sense, it refers to one of the eight temporal attributes of the verb. Each of the six paradigms of the indicative (present, imperfect, perfect, pluperfect, aorist, future) is a khrónos. The analysis of the respective values of the various khrónoi, proposed by the Greek grammarians appeals principally to a t…