The analytical temporal construction,
formed with the Future
participles and the auxiliary esse,
was referred to by the Roman grammarians as Conjugatio periphrastica.
It was used in all moods but Imperative:
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Present | amatûrus, a, um sum etc. | amandus, a, um sum etc. | |
Imperfect | amatûrus, a, um eram etc. | amandus, a, um eram etc. | |
Future | amatûrus, a, um ero etc. | amandus, a, um ero etc. | |
Perfect | amatûrus, a, um fui etc. | amandus, a, um fui etc. | |
Pluperfect | amatûrus, a, um fueram etc. | amandus, a, um fueram etc. | |
Future Perfect | amatûrus, a, um fuero etc. | amandus, a, um fuero etc. | |
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Present | amatûrus, a, um sim etc. | amandus, a, um sim etc. | |
Imperfect | amatûrus, a, um essem etc. | amandus, a, um essem etc. | |
Perfect | amatûrus, a, um fuerim etc. | amandus, a, um fuerim etc. | |
Pluperfect | amatûrus, a, um fuissem etc. | amandus, a, um fuissem etc. | |
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Present | amatûrus, a, um esse etc. | amandus, a, um esse etc. | |
Perfect | amatûrus, a, um fuisse etc. | amandus, a, um fuisse etc. |
The Active is used to express intention
and the Passive – obligation:
amatûrus
sum
I am inteded to love;
amandus sum
I
must be loved.
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