videbimus

Videbimus is a Latin verb form meaning "we shall see." It is the first-person plural future indicative of videre, to see, and attests to the common Latin practice of using a single verb form as a complete sentence. The standard future endings of the 2nd-conjugation verb videre yield videbo (I shall see), videbis (you will see), videbit (he will see), videbimus (we shall see), videbitis (you all will see), and videbunt (they will see). Videbimus thus literally conveys anticipation about what will become known or proven in the future.

In usage, videbimus functions as a succinct expression of uncertainty or patient expectation about future outcomes. It can appear in dialogue or narrative as a stand‑alone sentence or as part of a longer clause, for example in literary Latin to convey restraint, irony, or a call to await further evidence. The phrase is also encountered in modern contexts when Latin phrases are employed for mottos, inscriptions, or scholarly captions, where it retains its sense of “we will see what happens.”

Etymologically, videor is the passive form related to videre, but videbimus is active and future. The expression remains recognizable to students of Latin for its clear, economical sense and its flexible place in both classical and contemporary Latin usage. Its English rendering—“we shall see”—is commonly used to convey tempered expectation in everyday speech and writing.