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|lshtext=<b>crēdo</b>: dĭdi, dĭtum, 3 (<br /><b>I</b> pres. subj. creduam, Plaut. Poen. 3, 5, 2: creduas, id. Bacch. 3, 3, 72; id. Trin. 3, 1, 5: creduat, id. Bacch. 3, 4, 5; 4, 7, 6: creduis, id. Am. 2, 2, 49; id. Capt. 3, 4, 73: creduit, id. Truc. 2, 2, 52; inf. credier, id. Poen. 2, 43; crevi for credidi, id. Cist. 1, 1, 1), v. a. Sanscr. crat, crad, [[trust]], and dha-; v. 2. do.<br /><b>I</b> Orig. belonging to the lang. of [[business]], to [[give]] as a [[loan]], to [[loan]], [[lend]], [[make]] or [[loan]] to [[any]] one: ([[vilicus]]) injussu domini credat nemini; [[quod]] [[dominus]] crediderit, exigat, [[Cato]], R. R. 5, 4: quibus credas [[male]], Plaut. Curc. 4, 1, 20; cf. populis, Cic. Rab. Post. 2, 4: alicui grandem pecuniam, id. ib. 2, 4; so, pecunias ei, id. Fam. 1, 7, 6; and: pecuniae creditae, id. Prov. Cons. 4, 7: [[centum]] talenta, Quint. 5, 10, 111: [[solutio]] rerum creditarum, Cic. Off. 2, 24, 84 et saep.—Hence,<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>B</b> crēdĭtum, i, n., a [[loan]], Sall. C. 25, 4; Liv. 6, 15, 5; 6, 27, 3; 8, 28, 3; Sen. Ben. 2, 34, 1; Quint. 5, 10, 105; 5, 10, 117; Dig. 12, 1, 19 sq. et saep.—<br /><b>II</b> Transf. [[beyond]] the [[circle]] of [[business]] ([[very]] freq. in [[every]] [[period]] and [[species]] of [[composition]]).<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>A</b> With the prevailing [[idea]] of intended [[protection]], to [[commit]] or [[consign]] [[something]] to one for [[preservation]], [[protection]], etc., to [[intrust]] to one, = [[committo]], [[commendo]] (cf. [[concredo]]): ubi is obiit mortem, qui mihi id [[aurum]] credidit, Plaut. Aul. prol. 15 (credere est servandum commendare, Non. p. 275, 9); so, nummum, Plaut. Trin. 4, 2, 112 (for [[which]] id. ib. 4, 2, 115, concredere): alicujus fidei potestatique ([[with]] committere), Cic. Q. Fr. 1, 1, 9, § 27; cf. id. ib. 1, 1, 4, § 14: vitam ac fortunas meas, Lucil. ap. Non. p. 275, 8; cf. Ter. And. 1, 5, 37: militi [[arma]], Liv. 2, 45, 10: se suaque omnia alienissimis, Caes. B. G. 6, 31: se [[ponto]], Ov. M. 14, 222: se perfidis hostibus, Hor. C. 3, 5, 33: se ventis, Quint. 12, prooem. § 2: pennis se [[caelo]], Verg. A. 6, 15; cf. Ov. M. 2, 378: se pugnae, Verg. A. 5, 383 et saep.: crede [[audacter]] [[quid]] [[lubet]], Plaut. Trin. 2, 4, 118: [[facinus]] magnum timido pectori, id. Ps. 2, 1, 3: [[illi]] consilia omnia, Ter. Ad. 5, 4, 18: arcanos [[sensus]] [[tibi]], Verg. A. 4, 422; cf.: arcana libris, Hor. S. 2, 1, 31: aliquid cerae, Plaut. Pers. 4, 3, 67.—Poet., [[with]] in and acc.: inque novos soles audent se germina [[tuto]] Credere, Verg. G. 2, 333.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>B</b> With the prevailing [[idea]] of bestowing [[confidence]], to [[trust]] to or [[confide]] in a [[person]] or [[thing]], to [[have]] [[confidence]] in, to [[trust]].<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>1</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; With dat.: virtuti suorum [[satis]] credere, Sall. J. 106, 3; cf. id. ib. 72, 2: praesenti fortunae, Liv. 45, 8, 6: consules [[magis]] non confidere [[quam]] non credere suis militibus, [[rather]] mistrusted [[their]] intentions [[than]] [[their]] [[valor]], id. 2, 45, 4: nec jam [[amplius]] hastae, Verg. A. 11, 808: ne [[nimium]] colori, id. E. 2, 17: bibulis talaribus, Ov. M. 4, 731.—Freq. in eccl. Lat.: Moysi et mihi, Vulg. Johan. 5, 46: verbis meis, id. Luc. 1, 20.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>2</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Esp., [[with]] in and acc. of pers., to [[believe]] in, [[trust]] in (eccl. Lat.): hoc est [[ergo]] credere in Deum, credendo adhaerere ad [[bene]] coöperandum bona operanti Deo, Aug. Enarr. in Psa. 77, 8: qui fidem habet [[sine]] spe ac dilectione, Christum esse [[credit]], non in Christum [[credit]], id. Serm. 144, 2: qui [[credit]] in Filium habet vitam aeternam, Vulg. Johan. 3, 36 et saep.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>C</b> To [[trust]] one in his declarations, assertions, etc., i. e. to [[give]] him [[credence]], to [[believe]]: injurato, [[scio]], [[plus]] credet mihi, [[quam]] jurato [[tibi]], Plaut. Am. 1, 1, 284 sq.: [[vin']] me [[istuc]] [[tibi]], [[etsi]] incredibile'st, credere? Ter. Heaut. 4, 1, 11: [[credit]] jam [[tibi]] de [[isto]], Plaut. Men. 4, 2, 53: cui omnium rerum ipsus [[semper]] [[credit]], in [[every]] [[thing]], id. As. 2, 4, 59; cf. id. Truc. 2, 2, 52: diu deliberandum et concoquendum est, [[utrum]] [[potius]] Chaereae injurato in suā lite, an Manilio et Luscio juratis in [[alieno]] judicio credatis, Cic. Rosc. Com. 15, 45.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>b</b> Mihi crede, beliere me, [[confide]] in my words, [[upon]] my [[word]], ἐμοὶ πιθοῦ>, an [[expression]] of [[confirmation]], Plaut. Ep. 3, 2, 4; Cic. Cat. 1, 3, 6; id. Mur. 19, 40; 38, 82; id. de Or. 2, 17, 72; id. Off. 3, 19, 75; id. Tusc. 1, 31, 75; 1, 43, 103; id. Fin. 2, 21, 68 et saep.; Hor. S. 1, 7, 35; 2, 6, 93 al.; cf.: mihi credite, Cic. Cat. 2, 7, 15; id. Agr. 3, 4, 16; Liv. 24, 22, 17; Ov. M. 15, 254 al.—In the [[same]] [[sense]] ([[but]] [[more]] [[rare]] in Cic.): crede mihi, Cic. Att. 6, 6, 1; 14, 15, 2; 11, 6, 1; id. Verr. 2, 4, 59, § 133; Sulp. ap. Cic. Fam. 4, 5, 4; Ov. A. A. 1, 66; id. M. 1, 361; id. Tr. 3, 4, 25: crede [[igitur]] mihi, Cic. Fam. 10, 6, 2: credite mihi, Curt. 6, 11, 25.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>c</b> Credor in poets [[several]] times equivalent to creditur mihi: [[certe]] credemur, ait, si verba sequatur Exitus, Ov. F. 3, 351; so id. Tr. 3, 10, 35: creditus accepit cantatas [[protinus]] herbas, etc., id. M. 7, 98; so in [[part]]., id. H. 17, 129; cf.: ([[Cassandra]]) non [[umquam]] credita [[Teucris]], Verg. A. 2, 247.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>d</b> Sibi, to [[believe]] one's [[self]], [[trust]] one's [[own]] convictions, be [[fully]] convinced: cum [[multa]] dicta sunt [[sapienter]] et [[graviter]], tum vel in primis, crede nobis, crede [[tibi]], Plin. [[Pan]]. 74: fieri malunt alieni erroris [[accessio]], [[quam]] sibi credere, Min. Fel. 24, 2: non [[satis]] sibi ipsi credebant, Auct. B. Alex. 6:—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>2</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; With [[simple]] [[reference]] to the [[object]] mentioned or asserted, to [[believe]] a [[thing]], [[hold]] or [[admit]] as true: velim te id [[quod]] [[verum]] est credere, Lucil. ap. Non. p. 275, 6; cf.: [[credo]] et [[verum]] est, [[Afer]] ap. Quint. 6, 3, 94: me miseram! [[quid]] jam credas? aut [[cur]] credas? Ter. Ad. 3, 2, 32: [[quod]] [[fere]] [[libenter]] homines id [[quod]] volunt credunt, Caes. B. G. 3, 18; cf. Quint. 6, 2, 5: audivi ista ... sed [[numquam]] [[sum]] [[addictus]] ut crederem, Cic. Brut. 26, 100: ne [[quid]] de se [[temere]] crederent, Sall. C. 31, 7: res Difficilis ad credundum, Lucr. 2, 1027; cf. Caes. B. G. 5, 28 et saep.—Pass.: res tam scelesta ... credi non potest, Cic. Rosc. Am. 22, 62.—Pass. impers.: in quo scelere, [[etiam]] cum multae causae convenisse unum in locum [[atque]] [[inter]] se congruere videntur, [[tamen]] non [[temere]] creditur, Cic. Rosc. Am. 22, 62.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>b</b> In gen. = [[opinor]], [[arbitror]], to be of [[opinion]], to [[think]], [[believe]], [[suppose]].<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>(a)</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; With acc.: [[timeo]] ne aliud credam [[atque]] aliud nunties, Ter. Hec. 5, 4, 4: quae deserta et inhospita tesqua credis, Hor. Ep. 1, 14, 20: fortem crede bonumque, id. ib. 1, 9, 13: quos gravissimos sapientiae magistros [[aetas]] [[vetus]] credidit, Quint. 12, 1, 36.—Pass.: potest ... falsum aliquid pro [[vero]] credi, Sall. C. 51, 36: [[origo]] animi [[caelestis]] creditur, Quint. 1, 1, 1; 8, prooem. § 24: [[Evander]] venerabilior divinitate creditā Carmentae matris, Liv. 1, 7, 8.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>(b)</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; With acc. and inf. (so [[most]] freq.): jam ego vos novisse [[credo]], ut [[sit]] [[pater]] [[meus]], Plaut. Am. prol. 104: cum reliquum exercitum subsequi crederet, Caes. B. G. 6, 31: [[caelo]] tonantem credidimus Jovem Regnare. Hor. C. 3, 5, 1 et saep.: victos crederes, one would [[have]] [[thought]], one [[might]] [[have]] imagined, Liv. 2, 43, 9; so Curt. 4, 10, 23; cf. Zumpt, Lat. Gr. § 528.—Pass.: [[navis]] [[praeter]] creditur [[ire]], Lucr. 4, 389: quem (Athin) peperisse Limnate creditur, Ov. M. 5, 49: creditus est [[optime]] dixisse, Quint. 3, 1, 11; cf. id. 10, 2, 125 al.—Impers.: credetur abesse ab eo culpam, Quint. 11, 1, 64: [[neque]] [[sine]] causā [[creditum]] est, stilum non [[minus]] agere cum delet, id. 10, 4, 1 al.— So in the abl. [[part]]. [[pass]]. [[credito]], [[with]] acc. and inf., Tac. A. 3, 14; 6, 34.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>(g)</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Absol.: [[credo]] inserted, [[like]] [[opinor]], [[puto]], etc., and the Gr. [[οἶμαι]], as a [[considerate]], [[polite]], or [[ironical]] [[expression]] of one's [[opinion]], I [[believe]], as I [[think]], I [[suppose]], I [[dare]] [[say]], etc.: [[credo]], [[misericors]] est, Plaut. Am. 1, 1, 144; so placed [[first]], id. Cas. 2, 6, 3; Ter. And. 2, 1, 13; Cic. Cat. 1, 2, 5; id. Sull. 4, 11; Caes. B. C. 3, 70; Sall. C. 52, 13; Liv. 4, 17, 7; Hor. S. 2, 2, 90: [[Mulciber]], [[credo]], [[arma]] fecit, Plaut. Ep. 1, 1, 32; so id. Truc. 2, 5, 27; Caes. B. C. 2, 31; Cic. Fin. 1, 3, 7; id. Tusc. 1, 22, 52; Verg. A. 6, 368 et saep.: aut jam hic aderit, [[credo]] [[hercle]], aut jam adest, Plaut. Ep. 2, 2, 74.
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