fuerit

Fuerit is a Latin verb form derived from the verb esse, meaning to be. It is the third-person singular form used in two related tenses of the active voice: the future perfect indicative and the perfect active subjunctive. In the future perfect, fuerit means “he will have been” or “it will have been.” In the perfect active subjunctive, fuerit means “that he may have been” or “that he would have been,” depending on the clause and mood. The same spelling therefore appears in two distinct grammatical contexts.

Formation and use: The form is built from the stem fu- with the typical future-perfect ending for the third person singular. Because Latin verb forms do not always indicate mood and tense visually, fuerit can be ambiguous without surrounding context. This ambiguity is resolved by whether the clause is presented as a statement about a future time (indicative) or as a subordinate clause expressing possibility, obligation, or potential (subjunctive).

Context and occurrences: Fuerit commonly appears in classical Latin in subordinate clauses, such as conditional or indirect speech constructions, and in formal historical or rhetorical prose. Its interpretation depends on the larger sentence structure and the sequence of tenses.

Relation to other forms: The full paradigm of esse includes present forms (sum, es, est), a perfect form (fuit for “he was”), a future form (fuero, fueris, fuerit, fuerimus, fueritis, fuerint for the future perfect), and the perfect subjunctive (fuerim, fueris, fuerit, fuerimus, fueritis, fuerint). Fuerit specifically marks third-person singular, with its precise meaning dictated by context.