A crastinal tense (abbreviated ) is a future tense applied to a following or subsequent day. (Crāstinō diē is the Latin for 'tomorrow'.)Livy, bks 3 & 10; Apuleius, 1.
Crastinal tense refers to an event which will occur tomorrow (in an absolute tense system) or the following day (in a relative tense system). A post-crastinal tense indicates some time after tomorrow or the following day.
Crastinal future (as opposed to a more generic near future) is uncommon, but is found in several Bantu and related languages, such as LugandaKamoga & Stevick (1968), Luganda Basic Course, p.209. and Chichewa.Maxson, n. (2011), Chichewa for English Speakers, p.41.
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