credulus

Latin

Etymology

Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *ḱerd-
Proto-Indo-European *ḱḗr
Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁-
Proto-Indo-European *-ti
Proto-Indo-European *ḱérddʰeh₁ti
Proto-Indo-European *ḱréddʰeh₁ti
Proto-Italic *kresdō
Latin crēdō
Proto-Indo-European *-lós
Proto-Indo-European *-elós
Proto-Italic *-elos
Latin -ulus
Latin crēdulus

    From crēdō (“to believe”) + -ulus (“-ing”).

    Pronunciation

    Adjective

    crēdulus (feminine crēdula, neuter crēdulum); first/second-declension adjective

    1. that easily believes a thing, easy of belief
      • 8 CE, Ovidius, Fasti 4.311–312:
        cōnscia mēns rēctī fāmae mendācia rīsit,
        sed nōs in vitium crēdulā turbā sumus
        Her mind knew [her own] innocence, and laughed at the malicious gossip,
        but we – as a crowd, we easily believe in [someone else’s] fault.
        (See Claudia Quinta.)
    2. credulous, gullible
    3. trusting, trusting in
    4. full of confidence in, confiding in

    Declension

    First/second-declension adjective.

    singular plural
    masculine feminine neuter masculine feminine neuter
    nominative crēdulus crēdula crēdulum crēdulī crēdulae crēdula
    genitive crēdulī crēdulae crēdulī crēdulōrum crēdulārum crēdulōrum
    dative crēdulō crēdulae crēdulō crēdulīs
    accusative crēdulum crēdulam crēdulum crēdulōs crēdulās crēdula
    ablative crēdulō crēdulā crēdulō crēdulīs
    vocative crēdule crēdula crēdulum crēdulī crēdulae crēdula

    Derived terms

    Descendants

    • English: credulous
    • French: crédule
    • Italian: credulo
    • → Portuguese: crédulo (learned)
    • Romanian: credul
    • Spanish: crédulo

    References

    • “credulus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
    • “credulus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
    • "credulus", in Charles du Fresne du Cange, Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
    • “credulus”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
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