credulus
Dictionary entries
- Entry →credulus, credula, credulum:
Adjective · 1st declension
- Frequency:
- Common
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
credulous, trusting, gullible; prone to believe/trust; full of confidence (L+S);
nom. sg. (m.)
Examples
Liber XI
Marcus Fabius Quintilianus (Quintilian) from INSTITUTIONES
"...ceris anulorum signa serventur, existimant. Neque ero tam credulus ut +quam abitu tardiorem firmioremque memoriam fieri et actem..."XIV
Marcus Fabius Quintilianus (Quintilian) from DECLAMATIONES MAIORES
"...deinde tenuit, donec quantulamcumque substantiam in huius sinus credulus iam iamque securus amator egererem! iam frustra captavit videri..."
Liber Sextus
Gaius Valerius Flaccus from ARGONAVTICA
"...centum pactus equos; his ille animam lucemque rependit credulus; at tandem dulces iam cassus in auras respicit..."Ecloga IX
P. Vergilius Maro (Vergil) from The Ecologues
"...quoque dicunt uatem pastores: sed non ego credulus illis; nam neque adhuc Vario uideor nec dicere Cinna digna..."Metamorphoses VIII
Publius Ovidius Naso (Ovid) from Metamorphoses
"...mare conpositum, sic sit tibi piscis in unda credulus et nullos, nisi fixus, sentiat hamos: quae modo..."Liber II
Publius Cornelius Tacitus from HISTORIAE
"...modo occultis ad Othonem litteris; qui humillimo cuique credulus, bonos metuens trepidabat, rebus prosperis incertus et inter adversa..."