credendo
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;
abl. sg. fut. pass. part.abl. sg. fut. pass. part.dat. sg. fut. pass. part.dat. sg. fut. pass. part.
Examples
In Catilinam I
Marcus Tullius Cicero from Catilinarian Orations
"...spem Catilinae mollibus sententiis aluerunt coniurationemque nascentem non credendo corroboraverunt; quorum auctoritate multi non solum improbi, verum etiam..."Liber XXI
Titus Livius (Livy)
"...fidem promissorum obsides acciperet. Hannibal nec temere credendo nec asperando, ne repudiati aperte hostes fierent, benigne cum respondisset..."Liber III
Titus Livius (Livy)
"...domi hostis esset, cui nec credere nec non credendo, ne infestior fieret, fidem abrogare satis erat tutum; vixque..."