[ˈkreː.doː], [ˈkrɛː.do]
OriginFrom Proto-Indo-European *ḱred-dʰeh₁-ti (“to place one's heart, i.e. to trust, believe”), compound phrase of oblique case form of *ḱḗr (“heart”) (whence also Latin cor) and *dʰeh₁- (“to put, place, set”) (whence -dō (“put”)).
Cognates include Sanskrit श्रद्दधाति (śraddadhāti, “to trust, believe”) and Old Irish creitid (“believes”, verb).
- conjugation-3, with-accusative, with-dativeto believe, to trust in, to give credence to
“Tune huic credis?” — Do you believe him?
“aristophontes: Quid tu autem? Etiam huic credis? hegio: Quid ego credam huic? aristophontes: Insanum esse me?” — aristophontes: How’s this? You, too? Do you actually believe him? hegio: Believe him in what? aristophontes: That I’m insane?
- conjugation-3to confide in, have confidence in
- conjugation-3to think, imagine, suppose, assume
“Nōn tamen Anna novīs praetexere fūnera sacrīs / germānam crēdit, nec tantōs mente furōrēs / concipit ….” — Yet Anna cannot imagine [that] her sister [Dido], by [these] unusual rituals, conceals her [own] funeral preparations, nor does such insanity come to mind ….
“quis tantum fātī crēdat habēre locum?” — Who could imagine the place to have so great a destiny?
- conjugation-3to commit or consign something to one for preservation, protection, etc., to entrust to one
- conjugation-3to lend, to loan
Formscrēdō(canonical) · crēdere(infinitive, present) · crēdidī(active, perfect) · crēditum(supine) · crēdō(active, first-person, indicative, present, singular) · crēdis(active, indicative, present, second-person, singular) · crēdit(active, indicative, present, singular, third-person) · crēdimus(active, first-person, indicative, plural, present) · crēditis(active, indicative, plural, present, second-person) · crēdunt(active, indicative, plural, present, third-person) · crēdēbam(active, first-person, imperfect, indicative, singular) · crēdēbās(active, imperfect, indicative, second-person, singular) · crēdēbat(active, imperfect, indicative, singular, third-person) · crēdēbāmus(active, first-person, imperfect, indicative, plural) · crēdēbātis(active, imperfect, indicative, plural, second-person) · crēdēbant(active, imperfect, indicative, plural, third-person) · crēdam(active, first-person, future, indicative, singular) · crēdēs(active, future, indicative, second-person, singular) · crēdet(active, future, indicative, singular, third-person) · crēdēmus(active, first-person, future, indicative, plural)