paulo post futurum

English

Etymology

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

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.

Quotations

• For quotations using this term, see Citations:paulo post futurum.

Synonyms

• (grammatical tense): paulo-post-future
• (never): ad kalendas Graecas, real soon now, when pigs fly