amaturum

Amaturum is the neuter singular form of the Latin future active participle of amare, meaning “about to love.” It has masculine and feminine counterparts, amaturus and amatura, and together they represent the full participial paradigm in the future tense.

Formation and function: Amaturum is formed from the verb stem amare with the future-active participle suffix -tur- plus the neuter singular ending -um. As a participle, it describes an entity destined to perform the action of loving. It can be used attributively with a noun or substantivized as a neuter noun meaning “that which is about to love.” In practice, the future active participle is relatively uncommon in everyday Classical Latin and is more frequently encountered in grammatical discussions, rhetorical writing, or Neo-Latin prose.

Usage and context: In classical texts, amaturum appears primarily in literary or pedagogical contexts to illustrate participial forms rather than as a common spoken form. It is distinct from amatus (the masculine past participle meaning “loved”) and from amatur (the present passive form, meaning “is loved”). When used with esse, as in amaturum esse, the phrase conveys the idea of “to be about to love.”

Overview: Amaturum serves as a specific neuter form of the Latin future active participle of amare, highlighting Latin’s capacity to express intention and anticipation through participial morphology. Its practical usage is limited and mostly of interest to students of Latin grammar and historical linguistics.