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post-sum (also separate, post sum ), fui, esse, v. n.,
I.to be after or future; in tmesi: “qui ignominias sibi post putavit esse prae meo commodo,” Ter. Ad. 2, 3, 9. —Subst.
A. postfŭtūri , ōrum, m., those yet to be, posterity: “quia solus omnium post memoriam humani generis subplicia in post futuros composuit,” Sall. H. 1, 41, 6 Dietsch.—
B. postfŭtūrum , i, n., that which is to be, the future: “duplicare obituri dolorem etiam post futuri aestimatione,” Plin. 7, 55, 56, § 190: “in post futurum,” for the future, id. ib.: “tum videbitur lex in postfuturum loqui,” Gell. 17, 7, 8.
A Latin Dictionary. Founded on Andrews' edition of Freund's Latin dictionary. revised, enlarged, and in great part rewritten by. Charlton T. Lewis, Ph.D. and. Charles Short, LL.D. Oxford. Clarendon Press. 1879.

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