English → Latin
“future, futurity” in Latin
posterusfollowing, next, coming after; inferiorreliquusremaining; surviving; the rest, the remaindervetustusthat which has existed a long time; old, ancient, aged; established, lasting; after or in the manner of the ancients, olfutūrusabout to be, about to exist; future; future active participle of sum.posthācAfter this time, henceforth, hereafter, in the future, from now on; thereafter.
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
future, futurity s.
tempus futurum, or posterum, or reliquum (the future, following time): vetustas (long duration of time; Vid: Ochsn., Cic., Ecl., p. 76, sq.): futura, orum: res futurae (future things, or things to come). In future, postero tempore: for the future, in posterum; posthac; in posteritatem; in reliquum tempus: to see into the future, quod futurum est scire; animo prospicere futura; quae futura sunt prospicere or providere; in posterum prospicere: not to think of the future, non consulere in longitudinem: to consider the present with the future, rebus praesentibus adjungere atque annectere futuras: to enjoy the present without troubling one’s self about the future, praesentibus frui nec in longius consultare.
THE FUTURE (tense). tempus futurum (grammatically). The future-perfect *futurum exactum (grammatical technical term).
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for future, futurity?
- The usual Latin words for “future, futurity” are posterus, reliquus, vetustus; also futūrus, posthāc. The right choice depends on the sense; see the distinctions below.
Entry from J. E. Riddle & T. K. Arnold, A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon (rev. C. Anthon, New York: Harper, 1864), digitised by Fergus J. P. Walsh, CC BY-SA 4.0; Latin markup adapted by latindictionary.co.