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creo

See also: creó and creò

English

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Possibly a backformation of neo-creo.

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Noun

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creo (plural creos)

  1. (slang) Clipping of creationist.
    • 2004 August 2, Jason, “Around the Blogs”, in Evolutionblog‎[1], archived from the original on 4 March 2012:
      Nelson is just about the only creationist who makes some effort at presenting his ideas in legitimate scientific venues, but Pharyngula does a good job of showing why creo's don't do well in such situations.
    • 2005 March 24, Ray Martinez, “Re: Natural Selection”, in talk.origins‎[2] (Usenet), message-ID <1111718471.043282.17720@l41g2000cwc.googlegroups.com>:
      Anytime you want to debate an intelligent creo instead of the AiG YEC morons I will promptly oblige you.
    • 2007 September 10, Nick Matzke, “Iapetus flyby today!”, in Panda's Thumb‎[3]:
      And of course the creos will say that whatever they find is evidence for a young universe.
    • 2010 December 17, “Top Ten Evolution Stories of 2010”, in National Center for Science Education‎[4], archived from the original on 15 October 2011:
      In Texas, for example, a creo-dominated board of education in 2009 successfully shoehorned creationist language into the life and earth sciences standards.
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creo (not comparable)

  1. (slang) Clipping of creationist.
    • 2007 November 17, PZ Myers, quoting raven (username), “The Discovery Institute lies to educators”, in Pharyngula‎[5], archived from the original on 26 January 2012, comment #128:
      [comment #128 by "raven"] In the hotbed of creo nonsense, the USA, acceptance of the fact of evolution runs around 99% among relevant scientists.
    • 2008 November 26, Mark Gerard, “Re: Science be damned!”, in talk.origins‎[6] (Usenet):
      First, I have to agree with you regarding the many creo sites and their unqualified interpretations of fossil evidence […]
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Asturian

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creo

  1. first-person singular present indicative of crear

Catalan

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creo

  1. first-person singular present indicative of crear

Galician

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creo

  1. first-person singular present indicative of crer

Italian

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  • IPA(key): /ˈkrɛ.o/
  • Rhymes: -ɛo
  • Hyphenation: crè‧o

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creo

  1. first-person singular present indicative of creare

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Latin

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Etymology

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Inherited from Proto-Indo-European *ḱreh₁-eh₂yéti, from the root *ḱer- (“to grow, become bigger”), whence also Latin crēscō.

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creō (present infinitive creāre, perfect active creāvī, supine creātum); first conjugation

  1. to create, to give existence to, to form out of nihility or out of other materials: to make, to produce, to originate (transitively)
    Synonym: aedificō
  2. to cause, to prepare, to occasion
  3. to choose, elect
    Synonyms: adoptō, optō, dēligō, ēligō, dēstinō, dēsūmō, sēpōnō, legō, sūmō, capiō
  4. (figurative, poetic): to beget, give birth to
    Synonyms: prōcreō, genō, gignō, suscipiō, ēdō, cōnītor, ēnītor, pariō, prōdō, efficiō

Conjugation

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   Conjugation of creō (first conjugation)
indicative singular plural
first second third first second third
active present creō creās creat creāmus creātis creant
imperfect creābam creābās creābat creābāmus creābātis creābant
future creābō creābis creābit creābimus creābitis creābunt
perfect creāvī creāvistī creāvit creāvimus creāvistis creāvērunt,
creāvēre
pluperfect creāveram creāverās creāverat creāverāmus creāverātis creāverant
future perfect creāverō creāveris creāverit creāverimus creāveritis creāverint
sigmatic future1 creāssō creāssis creāssit creāssimus creāssitis creāssint
passive present creor creāris,
creāre 		creātur creāmur creāminī creantur
imperfect creābar creābāris,
creābāre 		creābātur creābāmur creābāminī creābantur
future creābor creāberis,
creābere 		creābitur creābimur creābiminī creābuntur
perfect creātus + present active indicative of sum
pluperfect creātus + imperfect active indicative of sum
future perfect creātus + future active indicative of sum
subjunctive singular plural
first second third first second third
active present creem creēs creet creēmus creētis creent
imperfect creārem creārēs creāret creārēmus creārētis creārent
perfect creāverim creāverīs creāverit creāverīmus creāverītis creāverint
pluperfect creāvissem creāvissēs creāvisset creāvissēmus creāvissētis creāvissent
sigmatic aorist1 creāssim creāssīs creāssīt creāssīmus creāssītis creāssint
passive present creer creēris,
creēre 		creētur creēmur creēminī creentur
imperfect creārer creārēris,
creārēre 		creārētur creārēmur creārēminī creārentur
perfect creātus + present active subjunctive of sum
pluperfect creātus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum
imperative singular plural
first second third first second third
active present — creā — — creāte —
future — creātō creātō — creātōte creantō
passive present — creāre — — creāminī —
future — creātor creātor — — creantor
non-finite forms infinitive participle
active passive active passive
present creāre creārī creāns —
future creātūrum esse creātum īrī creātūrus creandus
perfect creāvisse creātum esse — creātus
future perfect — creātum fore — —
perfect potential creātūrum fuisse — — —
verbal nouns gerund supine
genitive dative accusative ablative accusative ablative
creandī creandō creandum creandō creātum creātū

1At least one use of the Old Latin "sigmatic future" and "sigmatic aorist" tenses is attested, which are used by Old Latin writers; most notably Plautus and Terence. The sigmatic future is generally ascribed a future or future perfect meaning, while the sigmatic aorist expresses a possible desire ("might want to").

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  • Insular Romance:
    • Sardinian: criai (Campidanese), criare (Logudorese)
  • Italo-Romance:
  • Gallo-Romance:
  • Ibero-Romance:
  • Ancient borrowings:
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  • “creo”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • “creo”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • creo in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  • Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎[7], London: Macmillan and Co.
    • God made the world: deus mundum aedificavit, fabricatus est, effecit (not creavit)
    • to endanger, imperil a person or thing: alicui periculum creare, conflare
    • to be chosen consul at the elections: comitiis consulem creari
    • to be elected unanimousl: omnes centurias ferre or omnium suffragiis, cunctis centuriis creari
    • to be elected at the age required by law (lex Villia annalis): suo (legitimo) anno creari (opp. ante annum)
    • to elect a consul: consulem creare
    • to name a person dictator: dictatorem dicere (creare)
    • (ambiguous) God is the Creator of the world: deus est mundi procreator (not creator), aedificator, fabricator, opifex rerum
  • De Vaan, Michiel (2008) “creō, -āre”, in Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, pages 142–143
  • Walther von Wartburg (1928–2002) “creare”, in Französisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch, volume 2: C Q K, page 1296

Old Galician-Portuguese

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creo

  1. first-person singular present indicative of creer

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Etymology 1

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creo

  1. first-person singular present indicative of crear

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creo

  1. first-person singular present indicative of creer
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