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The Periphrastic Future Infinitive is often used, especially in the Passive, even in case of verbs which have the Participial Stem; as,— spērō fore ut hostēs vincantur, I hope the enemy will be conquered.

From New Latin Grammar by Bennett, Charles E. (Charles Edwin)

To these may be added G. A. Grierson, “On the Radical and Participial Tenses of the Modern Indo-Aryan Languages” in the Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal, vol. lxiv.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 4 "Hero" to "Hindu Chronology" by Various

Participial Adjectives.—Participles are often used in Esperanto to qualify nouns and pronouns, and they are then in reality true adjectives.

From The International Auxiliary Language Esperanto Grammar and Commentary by Cox, George

Participial nouns express actions as things, and are sometimes declined like other nouns; participles usually refer actions to their agents or recipients, and have in English no grammatical modifications of any kind.

From The Grammar of English Grammars by Brown, Goold

Participles, Adjectives, Participial Adjectives, and Nouns may be used as equivalents for phrases containing the Relative.

From How to Write Clearly Rules and Exercises on English Composition by Abbott, Edwin Abbott