credens
Dictionary entries
- Entry →credens, credentis:
Common · Noun · 3rd declension
- Frequency:
- Common
- Dictionary:
- Stelten (Ecclesiastical Latin)
- Age:
- Later
- Field:
- Religion
believer; the_faithful (pl.);
nom. sg.voc. sg. - 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;
acc. sg. pres. act. part.nom. sg. pres. act. part.voc. sg. pres. act. part.
Examples
- T
Aulularia
Titus Maccius Plautus
"...PVELLA TIBICINAE ARGVMENTVM I Senex avarus vix sibi credens Euclio domi suae defossam multis cum opibus aulam invenit..." - M
Liber IX
Marcus Annaeus Lucanus (Lucan) from DE BELLO CIVILI SIVE PHARSALIA
"...regni. uidi ego magnanimi lacerantes pectora patris, nec credens Pharium tantum potuisse tyrannum litore Niliaco socerum iam stare..." - M
Liber IV
Marcus Annaeus Lucanus (Lucan) from DE BELLO CIVILI SIVE PHARSALIA
"...colle relictoeffusam patulis aciem committeret aruis.ille fugam credens simulatae nescius artis,ut uictor, mersos aciem deiecit in agros..." - M
Liber II
Marcus Annaeus Lucanus (Lucan) from DE BELLO CIVILI SIVE PHARSALIA
"...facilis; sed Caesar in omnia praeceps, nil actum credens cum quid superesset agendum, instat atrox et adhuc, quamuis..." - C
Eumenes
Cornelius Nepos
"...convenire, ut ibi de summis rebus consilia caperentur, credens minore se invidia fore si specie imperii nominisque simulatione..." - C
Themistocles
Cornelius Nepos
"...cogerentur. Hac re audita barbarus, nihil doli subesse credens, postridie alienissimo sibi loco, contra opportunissimo hostibus, adeo angusto..." - L
Liber III
Lucius Annaeus Seneca (Seneca the Younger) from DE BENEFICIIS
"...paci praesidentem, non adgnoscens bonum suum nec satis credens, quotiens ad se respexisset, potuisse illum uirum in domo..." - T
Epidicus
Titus Maccius Plautus
"...FIDICINA DANISTA TELESTIS VIRGO ARGVMENTVM Emit fidicinam, filiam credens, senex Persuasu servi, atque conductam Iterum pro amica..."
