[What "happens"] and what "happened" are different. For things that "happened" undoubtedly have occurred, but things "happening" either occur or not.[1]
*gino/mena kai\ geno/mena diafe/rei. ta\ me\n ga\r geno/mena pa/ntws a)pe/bh, ta\ de\ gino/mena h)/toi a)pobai/nei h)\ ou)/.
The lexicographer discusses the aspectual difference between the present and aorist participles of
gi/nomai (Attic
gi/gnomai). The present participle
gino/mena (neuter plural) refers to events in progress (continuing, beginning, attempted) relative to the time of the main verb; the aorist participle
geno/mena (also neuter plural) refers to accomplished events. This entry derives from
gamma 151.
[1]
Artemidorus 4.15.
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