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Webster 1913 Edition


Credo

Cre′do

(kr?′d?)
,
Noun.
[L. See
Creed
.]
The creed, as sung or read in the Roman Catholic church.
He repeated Aves and
Credos
.
Macaulay.

Definition 2024


credo

credo

See also: crédo and čredo

English

Noun

credo (plural credos)

  1. A belief system.

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External links

  • credo in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
  • credo in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911

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Italian

Noun

credo m (plural credi)

  1. creed

Verb

credo

  1. first-person singular present indicative of credere
    Credo. — I believe

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Latin

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *krezdō, from Proto-Indo-European *ḱred dʰeh₁- (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 also Latin faciō).[1]

Cognates include Sanskrit श्रद्दधाति (śrad-√dhā, to trust, believe) and Old Irish creitid (believes, verb).

Pronunciation

Verb

crēdō (present infinitive crēdere, perfect active crēdidī, supine crēditum); third conjugation

  1. (with accusative or dative) to believe, to trust in, to give credence to.
    • c. 254 BCE – 184 BCE, Plautus, Captivi
      Tune huic credis?
      Do you believe him?
    • c. 254 BCE – 184 BCE, Plautus, Captivi
      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?
  2. confide in, have confidence in.
  3. I commit, consign, entrust to.

Usage notes

  • Crēdō often uses dative case with persons believed in, but accusative case with things or concepts believed in. Accusative usage may be accompanied by a preposition: crēdimus in Deum = "we believe in God".

Inflection

   Conjugation of credo (third conjugation)
indicative singular plural
first second third first second third
active present crēdō crēdis crēdit crēdimus crēditis crēdunt
imperfect crēdēbam crēdēbās crēdēbat crēdēbāmus crēdēbātis crēdēbant
future crēdam crēdēs crēdet crēdēmus crēdētis crēdent
perfect crēdidī crēdidistī crēdidit crēdidimus crēdidistis crēdidērunt, crēdidēre
pluperfect crēdideram crēdiderās crēdiderat crēdiderāmus crēdiderātis crēdiderant
future perfect crēdiderō crēdideris crēdiderit crēdiderimus crēdideritis crēdiderint
passive present crēdor crēderis, crēdere crēditur crēdimur crēdiminī crēduntur
imperfect crēdēbar crēdēbāris, crēdēbāre crēdēbātur crēdēbāmur crēdēbāminī crēdēbantur
future crēdar crēdēris, crēdēre crēdētur crēdēmur crēdēminī crēdentur
perfect crēditus + present active indicative of sum
pluperfect crēditus + imperfect active indicative of sum
future perfect crēditus + future active indicative of sum
subjunctive singular plural
first second third first second third
active present crēdam crēdās crēdat crēdāmus crēdātis crēdant
imperfect crēderem crēderēs crēderet crēderēmus crēderētis crēderent
perfect crēdiderim crēdiderīs crēdiderit crēdiderīmus crēdiderītis crēdiderint
pluperfect crēdidissem crēdidissēs crēdidisset crēdidissēmus crēdidissētis crēdidissent
passive present crēdar crēdāris, crēdāre crēdātur crēdāmur crēdāminī crēdantur
imperfect crēderer crēderēris, crēderēre crēderētur crēderēmur crēderēminī crēderentur
perfect crēditus + present active subjunctive of sum
pluperfect crēditus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum
imperative singular plural
first second third first second third
active present crēde crēdite
future crēditō crēditō crēditōte crēduntō
passive present crēdere crēdiminī
future crēditor crēditor crēduntor
non-finite forms active passive
present perfect future present perfect future
infinitives crēdere crēdidisse crēditūrus esse crēdī crēditus esse crēditum īrī
participles crēdēns crēditūrus crēditus crēdendus
verbal nouns gerund supine
nominative genitive dative/ablative accusative accusative ablative
crēdere crēdendī crēdendō crēdendum crēditum crēditū

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References

  1. De Vaan, Michiel (2008), “crēdō”, in Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, pages 141-142
  • credo in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • credo in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • Félix Gaffiot (1934), “credo”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.
  • Meissner, Carl; Auden, Henry William (1894) Latin Phrase-Book, London: Macmillan and Co.
    • I am gradually convinced that..: addūcor, ut credam
    • I cannot make myself believe that..: non possum adduci, ut (credam)
    • we believe in the existence of a God: deum esse credimus
    • to lend some one money (without interest): pecuniam alicui credere (sine fenore, usuris)
    • believe me: mihi crede (not crede mihi)
  • De Vaan, Michiel (2008) Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill

Portuguese

Etymology

From Latin credō (I believe).

Pronunciation

Noun

credo m (plural credos)

  1. (religion) creed; credo (a religious belief system)
    O credo cristão.
    The Christian creed.

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Interjection

credo!

  1. ew! (expression of disgust or nausea)
  2. Jesus! (expression of unpleasant surprise)

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Spanish

Noun

credo m (plural credos)

  1. (religion) creed
  2. (pray) Creed

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