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Are the present infinitive of the active periphrastic and the future active infinitive of the verb the same concept?
The active (or first) periphrastic conjugation denotes a future or intended action. It competes with the normal future tense, which also denotes future actions, but generally does not have the ...
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Is an infinitive as a noun neuter in gender?
It is best to distinguish between the 'true' infinitive (esse, vocare, vinci) and compound or periphrastic infinitives, which are really a construction of a participle plus the infinitive esse (...
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Are the present infinitive of the active periphrastic and the future active infinitive of the verb the same concept?
Basically, yes. But that terminology is highly confusing, in my opinion.
In the terminology I'm used to, the periphrastic future goes like recturus sum, "I will rule". Its infinitival form ...
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