New Latin Grammar, page 189 by Charles E. Bennett
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tūrus sit, _I do not doubt that my father will come_;
nÅn dubitÄbam quÄ«n pater ventÅ«rus esset, I did not doubt that my father would come.
4. Where the verb has no Future Active Participle, or where it stands in the passive voice, its Future character may be indicated by the use of the particles mox, brevī, statim, etc., in connection with the Present and Imperfect Subjunctive; as,--
nÅn dubitÅ quÄ«n tÄ“ mox hÅ«jus reÄ« paeniteat, _I do not doubt that you will soon repent of this thing;_
nÅn dubitÄbam quÄ«n haec rÄ“s brevÄ« cÅnficerÄ“tur, _I did not doubt that this thing would soon be fnished._
TENSES OF THE INFINITIVE.
270. 1. The tenses of the Infinitive denote time not absolutely, but _with reference to the verb on which they depend._ Thus:--
a) The Present Infinitive represents an act as contemporaneous with the time of the verb on which it depends; as,--
vidÄ“tur honÅrÄ“s adsequÄ«, _he seems to be gaining honors_;
vidÄ“bÄtur honÅrÄ“s adsequÄ«, he seemed to be gaining honors.
b) The Perfect Infinitive represents an act as prior to the time of the verb on which it depends; as,--
vidÄ“tur honÅrÄ“s adsecÅ«tus esse, _he seems to have gained honors_;
vÄ«sus est honÅrÄ“s adsecÅ«tus esse, he seemed to have gained honors.
c) The Future Infinitive represents an act as subsequent to that of the verb on which it depends; as,--
vidÄ“tur honÅrÄ“s adsecÅ«tÅ«rus esse, _he seems to be about to gain honors_;
vÄ«sus est honÅrÄ“s adsecÅ«tÅ&l