infinitive is often omitted: (Cicero) 'he ordered a message to be taken to me that he was going to come soon' A future passive infinitive can be made using the supine with (the passive infinitive of the verb 'I go'). Since the supine is a verbal noun, the ending -um does not change with gender or number: (Terence) 'a rumour comes that a gladiatorial show is going to be given' (Cicero) 'I think that the business will be completed before his return' The verb has its own future infinitive , equivalent to : (Cicero) 'I don't think there will be an election' (Caesar) 'in the letter he wrote that he had set out with the legions and would soon be there' can also be used in the phrase (occasionally or ) followed by a present or imperfect subjunctive to report a future event. This can be used with an active or a passive verb: (Tacitus) 'the astrologers replied that (Nero) would become Emperor, and that he would kill his mother' (Cicero) 'they all thought that the poor man was going to be beaten with the rods' (Cicero) 'the voice said that, unless some precaution was taken, Rome would be captured' The participle can be used alone without : (Nepos) (he said that) it they did this energetically, the enemy would not be able to resist' The verb has no future infinitive, but the infinitive can sometimes refer to a future time relative to the main verb. (Cicero) 'he hopes it is going to be possible for him to leave for Italy with me' In indirect commands and after verbs of will, the simple present infinitive has a future meaning. Thus in the first of the sentences below, the future infinitive is used in an accusative and infinitive construction, but in the second, the simple present infinitive is used with no accusative: (Caesar) 'Lucius Lentulus the consul promised that he would not fail the Republic' (Caesar) '(he said that) Pompey was determined not to fail the Republic' Future perfect situation If the main verb of a reported statement is a reflection of a future perfect tense in direct speech, it cannot be expressed using an active verb, but it is possible to use a passive or deponent perfect participle with : (Livy) 'the Carthaginians thought that the war would soon be ended.' (Cicero) '(philosophers say that) if someone removed fear, all