credulitas

From LSJ
Revision as of 08:27, 13 August 2017 by Spiros (talk | contribs) (6_4)
(diff) ← Older revision | Latest revision (diff) | Newer revision → (diff)

τί νυ τόξον ἔχεις ἀνεμώλιον αὔτως → why bear your bow in vain, why bear thy bow in vain

Source

Latin > English (Lewis & Short)

crēdŭlĭtas: ātis, f. credulus,
I easiness of belief, credulity (first freq. after the Aug. per.; never in Cic.): credulitas error est magis quam culpa, Plancus ap. Cic. Fam. 10, 23, 1; Quint. 5, 3, 7; Tac. A. 2, 40; Curt. 7, 7, 8; Ov. M. 15, 498; id. P. 1, 1, 44.—Of fishes trusting themselves to the hook, Ov. M. 13, 934; 15, 101; cf. credulus.—As a person, together with Error, Ov. M. 12, 59.