§478. Tenses of the Indicative

The Future Perfect denotes an action as completed in the future:—

• ut sēmentem fēceris, ita metēs (De Or. 2.261), as you sow (shall have sown), so shall you reap.
• carmina tum melius, cum vēnerit ipse, canēmus (Ecl. 9.67), then shall we sing our songs better, when he himself has come (shall have come).
• sī illīus īnsidiae clāriōrēs hāc lūce fuerint, tum dēnique obsecrābō; (Mil. 6), when the plots of that man have been shown to be as clear as daylight, then, and not till then, shall I conjure you.
• ego certē meum officium praestiterō (B. G. 4.25), I at least shall have done my duty (i.e. when the time comes to reckon up the matter, I shall be found to have done it, whatever the event).

• quid inventum sit paulō post vīderō (Acad. 2.76), what has been found out I shall see presently.
• quī Antōnium oppresserit bellum taeterrimum cōnfēcerit (Fam. 10.19), whoever crushes (shall have crushed) Antony will finish (will have finished) a most loathsome war.

EPISTOLARY TENSES