credens
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Latin[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Present active participle of crēdō (“loan, confide in, trust, believe”).
Pronunciation[edit]
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈkreː.dens/, [ˈkreːd̪ẽːs̠]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈkre.dens/, [ˈkrɛːd̪ens]
Participle[edit]
crēdēns (genitive crēdentis); third-declension one-termination participle
- lending, loaning
- committing, consigning, entrusting to
- trusting, confiding in
- believing in, trusting in, giving credence to
- believing
Declension[edit]
Third-declension participle.
Number | Singular | Plural | |||
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Case / Gender | Masc./Fem. | Neuter | Masc./Fem. | Neuter | |
Nominative | crēdēns | crēdentēs | crēdentia | ||
Genitive | crēdentis | crēdentium | |||
Dative | crēdentī | crēdentibus | |||
Accusative | crēdentem | crēdēns | crēdentēs crēdentīs |
crēdentia | |
Ablative | crēdente crēdentī1 |
crēdentibus | |||
Vocative | crēdēns | crēdentēs | crēdentia |
1When used purely as an adjective.
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Noun[edit]
credens
- Alternative form of credence