"paulo post futurum" meaning in English

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Adverb

Etymology: Latin for "about to be, a little after"; reinterpreted as "a little after the future". Etymology templates: {{cln|en|undefined derivations}}, {{uder|en|la|-}} Latin Head templates: {{en-adv|-|nolinkhead=1}} paulo post futurum (not comparable)
  1. (dated) Of a future passive tense in Ancient Greek. Tags: dated, not-comparable Synonyms (grammatical tense): paulo-post-future
    Sense id: en-paulo_post_futurum-en-adv-1Mo7nN6n Disambiguation of 'grammatical tense': 78 22
  2. (colloquial) Eventually; some time in the distant future, or possibly never. Tags: colloquial, not-comparable Synonyms (never): ad kalendas Graecas, real soon now, when pigs fly
    Sense id: en-paulo_post_futurum-en-adv-oGtHzY0l Categories (other): English undefined derivations Disambiguation of English undefined derivations: 39 61 Disambiguation of 'never': 0 100

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