遠えん過か去こ

noun

remote past tense

Linguistic term for a tense that expresses an action completed in the distant past, such as Italian passato remoto. Compare with 過去 (sense 3), which refers to the simple past tense.

See also: 過去 (かこ)

• イタリア語ごの遠えん過か去こは、遠とおい過か去この出で来き事ごとを表あらわすときに使つかわれる。

  The Italian remote past tense is used to express events in the distant past.