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profuturum

profuturum is a Latin form of possum, meaning “be able, can”. It is the future active participle genitive plural neuter or future active participle genitive plural masculine or future active participle accusative singular masculine or future active participle nominative singular neuter.

Found 28 times in the Latin texts on Socratos.

Where it is used

Cicero, Philippicae 11.1: … ili morte C. Treboni, optimi civis moderatissimique hominis, accepimus, inest tamen aliquid quod rei publicae profuturum putem. perspeximus enim quanta in eis qui contra patriam scelerata arma ceperunt inesset immanitas. nam duo h …

Ammianus Marcellinus, Res Gestae 31.7.1: … captu rerum componeret impendentium, ipse Antiochia protinus egressurus, ut Constantinopolim interim peteret, Profuturum praemisit et Traianum, ambo rectores, anhelantes quidem altius sed imbellis.

All forms of possum (conjugation table)

Source: Socratos (socratos.org), a free reader for Ancient Greek and Latin. Grammar from the Perseus Treebank and Morpheus; dictionary entries from Lewis & Short, A Latin Dictionary (Perseus Digital Library, CC BY-SA). Counts are from the texts on Socratos.