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Future perfect tense
§359INFLECTION: PRELIMINARY REMARKS (355-380)Tenses.—There are seven tenses in the indicative: present, imperfect, future, aorist, perfect, pluperfect, and future perfect. The future perfect commonly has a passive force, but …
§368 bSTEMSThe Tense-stems.—The tenses fall into nine classes called tense-systems. Each tense-system has its own separate tense-stem. SYSTEMS. TENSES. I. Present, including present and imper…
primary
§360INFLECTION: PRELIMINARY REMARKS (355-380)Primary and Secondary Tenses.—There are two classes of tenses in the indicative: (1) Primary (or Principal) tenses, the present and perfect expressing present time, the future and …
§1858STAGE OF ACTIONPrimary and Secondary Tenses.—The primary tenses refer to present and future time (present, future, perfect, and future perfect), the secondary or historical tenses refer to past t…
reduplication in, of completed action
§439REDUPLICATIONReduplication is the doubling of the sound standing at the beginning of a word. It is used in the perfect, pluperfect, and future perfect tenses in all the moods, to denote complet…
force
§1851KIND OF TIMEOnly in the indicative do the tenses show time absolutely present, past, or future. a. Present time is denoted by 1. The Present: γράφω I write, am writing. 2. The Perfect: γέγραφα…
§1852STAGE OF ACTIONEvery form of the verb denotes the stage of the action. a. Continued action is denoted by the present stem: 1. Present: γράφω I am writing, πείθω I am persuading (trying to persuad…
§1858STAGE OF ACTIONPrimary and Secondary Tenses.—The primary tenses refer to present and future time (present, future, perfect, and future perfect), the secondary or historical tenses refer to past t…
§§1955–1958FUTURE PERFECTThe future perfect denotes a future state resulting from a completed action: ἀναγεγράψομαι I shall stand enrolled, δεδήσεται he shall be kept in prison; ἡ θύρᾱ κεκλῄσεται the door …
perfect for
§1950PERFECT INDICATIVEPerfect for Future Perfect.—The perfect may be used vividly for the future perfect to anticipate an action not yet done: κᾱ̓̀ν τοῦτο νῑκῶμεν, πάνθ᾽ ἡμῖν πεποίηται and if we conquer…
Active
§584VII. PERFECT MIDDLE SYSTEMFuture Perfect Active.—The future perfect active of most verbs is formed periphrastically (600). Two perfects with a present meaning, ἕστηκα I stand (ἵστημι set) and τέθνηκα I am d…
§600PERIPHRASTIC FORMSFuture Perfect Active.—The future perfect active of most verbs is formed by combining the perfect active participle with ἔσομαι shall be. Thus, γεγραφὼς ἔσομαι I shall have written…
§659 aFUTURE ACTIVE AND MIDDLE (532 ff.). FUTURE PERFECT (580 ff.)Indicative.—The future active and middle add the primary endings, and are inflected like the present; as λῡ́σω, λῡ́σομαι. On the two endings of the second singular middle, see 628.…
Passive
§359INFLECTION: PRELIMINARY REMARKS (355-380)Tenses.—There are seven tenses in the indicative: present, imperfect, future, aorist, perfect, pluperfect, and future perfect. The future perfect commonly has a passive force, but …
§§580–583VII. PERFECT MIDDLE SYSTEMFuture Perfect.—The stem of the future perfect is formed by adding -σόε- to the stem of the perfect middle. A vowel immediately preceding -σόε- is always long, though it may have b…
periphrasis
§601PERIPHRASTIC FORMSFuture Perfect Passive.—The future perfect passive may be expressed by using the perfect middle (passive) participle with ἔσομαι shall be. Thus, ἐψευσμένοι ἔσεσθε you will have bee…
inflec
§659 aFUTURE ACTIVE AND MIDDLE (532 ff.). FUTURE PERFECT (580 ff.)Indicative.—The future active and middle add the primary endings, and are inflected like the present; as λῡ́σω, λῡ́σομαι. On the two endings of the second singular middle, see 628.…