credare
Dictionary entries
- Entry →credo, credere, credidi, creditus:
Verb · 3rd conjugation
- Frequency:
- Very Frequent
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
trust, entrust; commit/consign; believe, trust in, rely on, confide; suppose;; lend (money) to, make loans/give credit; believe/think/accept as true/be sure;
sg. pres. pass. subj. 2nd
Examples
Liber II
Marcus Valerius Martialis (Martial)
"...quod fortuna uetat fieri permitte uideri, natorum genitor credar ut esse trium. Haec, si displicui, fuerint solacia nobis..."- P
Metamorphoses IX
Publius Ovidius Naso (Ovid) from Metamorphoses
"...urit pectora nostra, deo, sed victa libidine credar; denique iam nequeo nil commisisse nefandum. et scripsi et petii..." - P
Metamorphoses II
Publius Ovidius Naso (Ovid) from Metamorphoses
"...pignora da, genitor, per quae tua vera propago credar, et hunc animis errorem detrahe nostris!' dixerat, at genitor..."