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Latin for "future state" as opposed to "status quo"?

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qquito

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Jan 16, 2010, 4:51:53 PM1/16/10
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Hello, Everyone:

We have the terms "status quo" and "status quo ante". What is the
Latin equivalent to "state of the future" or "future state"?

Thank you for reading and replying!

--Roland

James Hogg

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Jan 16, 2010, 5:22:11 PM1/16/10
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qquito wrote:
> Hello, Everyone:
>
> We have the terms "status quo" and "status quo ante". What is the
> Latin equivalent to "state of the future" or "future state"?

You could use "status futurus".

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James

Don Phillipson

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Jan 16, 2010, 5:53:20 PM1/16/10
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"qquito" <qqu...@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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> Hello, Everyone:
>
> We have the terms "status quo" and "status quo ante". What is the
> Latin equivalent to "state of the future" or "future state"?

Statu ex post facto.

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Don Phillipson
Carlsbad Springs
(Ottawa, Canada)


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