Latin edit

Etymology edit

Perfect passive participle of crēdō (loan, confide in, trust, believe).

Pronunciation edit

Participle edit

crēditus (feminine crēdita, neuter crēditum); first/second-declension participle

  1. lent, loaned, having been loaned
  2. committed, consigned, having been entrusted to
  3. trusted, having confided in
  4. believed in, trusted in, having given credence to
  5. believed, having been believed

Declension edit

First/second-declension adjective.

Number Singular Plural
Case / Gender Masculine Feminine Neuter Masculine Feminine Neuter
Nominative crēditus crēdita crēditum crēditī crēditae crēdita
Genitive crēditī crēditae crēditī crēditōrum crēditārum crēditōrum
Dative crēditō crēditō crēditīs
Accusative crēditum crēditam crēditum crēditōs crēditās crēdita
Ablative crēditō crēditā crēditō crēditīs
Vocative crēdite crēdita crēditum crēditī crēditae crēdita

Derived terms edit

Related terms edit

Descendants edit

  • Galician: creto
  • Romansch: cret
  • Venetian: creto

References edit

  • creditus 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)
  • creditus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  • Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
    • to repay a loan: pecuniam creditam solvere