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paulo post futurum

paulo post futurum adverb: of a future passive tense in Ancient Greek.

Adverb

paulo post futurum (not comparable)

  1. (dated) Of a future passive tense in Ancient Greek.
  2. (colloquial) Eventually; some time in the distant future, or possibly never.
    Synonyms:
    ad kalendas Graecas, real soon now, when pigs fly

Synonyms of paulo post futurum

Origin of paulo post futurum

Latin for "about to be, a little after"; reinterpreted as "a little after the future".

Questions about paulo post futurum

What does paulo post futurum mean?
Paulo post futurum means of a future passive tense in Ancient Greek.
What part of speech is paulo post futurum?
Paulo post futurum is an adverb.

Words near paulo post futurum in the dictionary

  1. paullinic acid
  2. Paullins
  3. paullone
  4. paullones
  5. paulmooreite
  6. paulo post futurum
  7. paulo-post-future
  8. paulo-post-futures
  9. Paulohi
  10. Paulomi
  11. paulopost future

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