credulus
Latin edit
Etymology edit
From crēdō (“to believe”) + -ulus (“-ing”).
Pronunciation edit
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈkreː.du.lus/, [ˈkreːd̪ʊɫ̪ʊs̠]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈkre.du.lus/, [ˈkrɛːd̪ulus]
Adjective edit
crēdulus (feminine crēdula, neuter crēdulum); first/second-declension adjective
- that easily believes a thing, easy of belief
- 8 CE, Ovid, Fasti 4.311–312:
- cōnscia mēns rēctī fāmae mendācia rīsit,
sed nōs in vitium crēdulā turbā sumus- Her mind knew [her own] innocence, and laughed at the malicious gossip,
but we – as a crowd, we easily believe in [someone else’s] fault.
(See Claudia Quinta.)
- Her mind knew [her own] innocence, and laughed at the malicious gossip,
- cōnscia mēns rēctī fāmae mendācia rīsit,
- credulous, gullible
- trusting, trusting in
- full of confidence in, confiding in
Declension edit
First/second-declension adjective.
| Number | Singular | Plural | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Case / Gender | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | |
| Nominative | crēdulus | crēdula | crēdulum | crēdulī | crēdulae | crēdula | |
| Genitive | crēdulī | crēdulae | crēdulī | crēdulōrum | crēdulārum | crēdulōrum | |
| Dative | crēdulō | crēdulō | crēdulīs | ||||
| Accusative | crēdulum | crēdulam | crēdulum | crēdulōs | crēdulās | crēdula | |
| Ablative | crēdulō | crēdulā | crēdulō | crēdulīs | |||
| Vocative | crēdule | crēdula | crēdulum | crēdulī | crēdulae | crēdula | |
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References edit
- “credulus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “credulus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- credulus in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
- credulus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.