Active Periphrastic

Active Periphrastic

Periphrasis

• "Periphrasis" is a Greek word meaning "talking around"

• Roundabout way of talking about the future in a more immediate sense

• dabit vs. daturus est - he will give vs. he is about to give

• This reading deals with ACTIVE periphrastic, but there will also be PASSIVE periphrastics later on

What do they look like?

• 2 word phrase

• 1st word is future active participle

• 2nd word is form of sum, esse

• 2nd word can be any tense of sum, esse - translation changes depending on what tense is used

Examples of the Periphrastic

• Pecuniam daturus/a sum. - I am about to give the money.

• Pecuniam daturus/a fueram. - I had been about to give the money.

• Caesar oppidum oppugnaturus est. Caesar is going to attack the town.

• Caesar oppidum oppugnaturus erat. Caesar was going to attack the town. 

Multiple Choice

Pecuiam daturus erit.

• He will give the money.

• He is about to give the money.

• He will be about to give the money.

• He will have given the money.

Multiple Choice

Pecuniam daturus/a eras.

• You will give the money.

• You were about to give the money.

• You were giving the money.

• The money was about to be given.

Multiple Choice

Caesar oppidum oppugnaturus est.

• Caesar is attacking the town.

• Caesar was attacking the town.

• Caesar will attack the town.

• Caesar is about to attack the town.

Multiple Choice

Caesar oppidum oppugnaturus fuerit.

• Caesar will have been about to attack the town.

• Caesar has attacked the town.

• Caesar had been about to attack the town.

• Caesar will have attacked the town.