creo

See also: creó and creò

English

Etymology

Possibly a backformation of neo-creo.

Pronunciation

Audio (Australian): (file)

Noun

creo (plural creos)

(slang) Clipping of creationist.
- 2004 August 2, Jason, “Around the Blogs”, in Evolutionblog‎^[1], archived from the original on 4 March 2012:
  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.
- 2005 March 24, Ray Martinez, “Re: Natural Selection”, in talk.origins‎^[2] (Usenet), message-ID <1111718471.043282.17720@l41g2000cwc.googlegroups.com>:
  Anytime you want to debate an intelligent creo instead of the AiG YEC morons I will promptly oblige you.
- 2007 September 10, Nick Matzke, “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], archived from the original on 15 October 2011:
  In Texas, for example, a creo-dominated board of education in 2009 successfully shoehorned creationist language into the life and earth sciences standards.

Related terms

neo-creo

Adjective

creo (not comparable)

(slang) Clipping of creationist.
- 2007 November 17, PZ Myers, quoting raven (username), “The Discovery Institute lies to educators”, in Pharyngula‎^[5], archived from the original on 26 January 2012, 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.
- 2008 November 26, Mark Gerard, “Re: Science be damned!”, in talk.origins‎^[6] (Usenet):
  First, I have to agree with you regarding the many creo sites and their unqualified interpretations of fossil evidence […]

Related terms

evo-creo (evolution/creationism)

Anagrams

-core, CORE, Core, ROCE, cero, cero-, co-r.e., core, ocre

Asturian

Verb

creo

first-person singular present indicative of crear

Catalan

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): (Northern) [ˈkɾe̞.u]
IPA^(key): (Balearic, Valencia, Northwestern) [ˈkɾe.o]
IPA^(key): (Central) [ˈkɾe.u]

Verb

creo

first-person singular present indicative of crear

Galician

Verb

creo

first-person singular present indicative of crer
first-person singular present indicative of crear

Italian

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈkrɛ.o/
Rhymes: -ɛo
Hyphenation: crè‧o

Verb

creo

first-person singular present indicative of creare

Anagrams

c'ero, cero, cerò, core, ocre, reco, recò

Latin

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Indo-European *ḱreh₁-eh₂yéti, from the root *ḱer- (“to grow, become bigger”), whence also Latin crēscō.

Pronunciation

(Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ˈkre.oː]
(modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ˈkrɛː.o]

Verb

creō (present infinitive creāre, perfect active creāvī, supine creātum); first conjugation

to create, to give existence to, to form, to make, to produce, to originate out of other materials or (post-Classical) out of nihility (transitively)
Synonym: aedificō
to cause, to prepare, to occasion
to choose, elect
Synonyms: adoptō, optō, dēligō, ēligō, dēstinō, dēsūmō, sēpōnō, legō, sūmō, capiō
(figurative, poetic) to beget, give birth to
Synonyms: prōcreō, genō, gignō, suscipiō, ēdō, cōnītor, ēnītor, pariō, prōdō, efficiō

Conjugation

Conjugation of creō (first conjugation)

indicative		singular				plural
indicative		first	second		third	first	second		third
active	present	creō	creās		creat	creāmus	creātis		creant
	imperfect	creābam	creābās		creābat	creābāmus	creābātis		creābant
	future	creābō	creābis		creābit	creābimus	creābitis		creābunt
	perfect	creāvī	creāvistī		creāvit	creāvimus	creāvistis		creāvērunt, creāvēre
	pluperfect	creāveram	creāverās		creāverat	creāverāmus	creāverātis		creāverant
	future perfect	creāverō	creāveris		creāverit	creāverimus	creāveritis		creāverint
	sigmatic future¹	creāssō	creāssis		creāssit	creāssimus	creāssitis		creāssint
passive	present	creor	creāris, creāre		creātur	creāmur	creāminī		creantur
	imperfect	creābar	creābāris, creābāre		creābātur	creābāmur	creābāminī		creābantur
	future	creābor	creāberis, creābere		creābitur	creābimur	creābiminī		creābuntur
	perfect	creātus + present active indicative of sum
	pluperfect	creātus + imperfect active indicative of sum
	future perfect	creātus + future active indicative of sum
subjunctive		singular				plural
subjunctive		first	second		third	first	second		third
active	present	creem	creēs		creet	creēmus	creētis		creent
	imperfect	creārem	creārēs		creāret	creārēmus	creārētis		creārent
	perfect	creāverim	creāverīs		creāverit	creāverīmus	creāverītis		creāverint
	pluperfect	creāvissem	creāvissēs		creāvisset	creāvissēmus	creāvissētis		creāvissent
	sigmatic aorist¹	creāssim	creāssīs		creāssīt	creāssīmus	creāssītis		creāssint
passive	present	creer	creēris, creēre		creētur	creēmur	creēminī		creentur
	imperfect	creārer	creārēris, creārēre		creārētur	creārēmur	creārēminī		creārentur
	perfect	creātus + present active subjunctive of sum
	pluperfect	creātus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum
imperative		singular				plural
imperative		first	second		third	first	second		third
active	present	—	creā		—	—	creāte		—
active	future	—	creātō		creātō	—	creātōte		creantō
passive	present	—	creāre		—	—	creāminī		—
passive	future	—	creātor		creātor	—	—		creantor
non-finite forms		infinitive				participle
non-finite forms		active		passive		active		passive
present		creāre		creārī		creāns		—
future		creātūrum esse		creātum īrī		creātūrus		creandus
perfect		creāvisse		creātum esse		—		creātus
future perfect		—		creātum fore		—		—
perfect potential		creātūrum fuisse		—		—		—
verbal nouns		gerund					supine
		genitive	dative		accusative	ablative	accusative		ablative
		creandī	creandō		creandum	creandō	creātum		creātū

¹At least one use of the Old Latin "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").

Derived terms

Descendants

Insular Romance:
- Sardinian: criai (Campidanese), criare (Logudorese, Nuorese)
Italo-Romance:
- Italian: criare (archaic), creare (latinized?)
- Sicilian: criari
Gallo-Romance:
- Catalan: criar
- Old French: crier
- Old Occitan: criar
Ibero-Romance:
- Aragonese: criar
- Extremaduran: crial
- Leonese: creyare
- Old Galician-Portuguese: criar
  - Fala: crial
  - Galician: criar
  - Portuguese: criar
- Spanish: criar

Borrowings:

→ Albanian: krijoj (ancient)
→ Aragonese: crear
→ Asturian: crear
→ Catalan: crear
→ Esperanto: krei
- → Ido: krear
→ French: créer (see there for further descendants)
→ Galician: crear
→ Interlingua: crear
→ Middle English: createn (see there for further descendants)
→ Middle Welsh: creu
- Welsh: creu
→ Norman: créer
→ Occitan: crear
→ Polish: kreować
→ Piedmontese: creé
→ Spanish: crear
→ Swedish: kreera

References

“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
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

Old Galician-Portuguese

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /kɾe.o/

Verb

creo

first-person singular present indicative of creer

Descendants

Galician: creo
Portuguese: creio

Spanish

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈkɾeo/ [ˈkɾe.o]
Audio (Latin America): (file)
Rhymes: -eo
Syllabification: cre‧o

Etymology 1

Verb

creo

first-person singular present indicative of crear

Etymology 2

Verb

creo

first-person singular present indicative of creer