creo
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Possibly a backformation of neo-creo.
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creo (plural creos)
- (slang) Clipping of creationist.
- 2004 August 2, Jason, “Around the Blogs”, in Evolutionblog[1]:
- 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.
- 2007 September 10, Matzke, Nick, “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]:
- 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)
- (slang) Clipping of creationist.
- 2007 November 17, Myers, PZ, quoting raven (username), “The Discovery Institute lies to educators”, in Pharyngula[5], 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.
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- evo-creo (evolution/creationism)
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- first-person singular present indicative form of crear
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EtymologyEdit
Inherited from Proto-Indo-European *ḱreh₁-eh₂yéti, from the root *ḱer- (“to grow, become bigger”), whence also Latin crēscō.
PronunciationEdit
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈkre.oː/, [ˈkreoː]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈkre.o/, [ˈkrɛːo]
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VerbEdit
creō (present infinitive creāre, perfect active creāvī, supine creātum); first conjugation
- I give existence to, I form out of nihility or out of other materials: I create, I make, I produce, I originate (transitively)
- Synonym: aedificō
- I cause, I prepare, I occasion
- I choose, elect
- (figurative, poetic): I beget, give birth to
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1At least one use of the archaic "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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- “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
- God made the world: deus mundum aedificavit, fabricatus est, effecit (not creavit)
- 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 (in German), volume 2: C Q K, page 1296
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