creo

See also: creó and creò

English

Etymology

Possibly a backformation of neo-creo.

Pronunciation

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Noun

creo (plural creos)

1. (slang) Clipping of creationist.
   • 2004 August 2, Jason, “Around the Blogs”, in Evolutionblog‎^[1]:

     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, Martinez, Ray, “Re: Natural Selection”, in talk.origins, Usenet‎^[2], 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, Matzke, Nick, “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]:

     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)

1. (slang) Clipping of creationist.
   • 2007 November 17, Myers, PZ, quoting raven (username), “The Discovery Institute lies to educators”, in Pharyngula‎^[5], 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, Gerard, Mark, “Re: Science be damned!”, in talk.origins, Usenet‎^[6]:

     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

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Asturian

Verb

creo

1. first-person singular present indicative of crear

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Catalan

Verb

creo

1. first-person singular present indicative form of crear

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Galician

Verb

creo

1. first-person singular present indicative of crer

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Italian

Pronunciation

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

Verb

creo

1. first-person singular present indicative of creare

Anagrams

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

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Latin

Etymology

From Proto-Italic *krēāō (“to make grow”), from Proto-Indo-European *ḱer- (“to grow, become bigger”), also the root of crēscō.

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈkre.oː/, [ˈkreoː]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈkre.o/, [ˈkrɛːo]

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Verb

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

1. I give existence to, I form out of nihility or out of other materials: I create, I make, I produce, I originate (transitively)

   Synonym: aedificō

2. I cause, I prepare, I occasion
3. I choose, elect

   Synonyms: adoptō, optō, dēligō, ēligō, dēstinō, dēsūmō, legō, sūmō, capiō

4. (figurative, poetic): I beget, give birth to

   Synonyms: prōcreō, genō, gignō, suscipiō, ēdō, cōnītor, ēnītor, pariō, prōdō, efficiō

Conjugation

Conjugation of creō (first conjugation)
indicative		singular			plural
		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
		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
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	—	creā	—	—	creāte	—
	future	—	creātō	creātō	—	creātōte	creantō
passive	present	—	creāre	—	—	creāminī	—
	future	—	creātor	creātor	—	—	creantor
non-finite forms		active			passive
		present	perfect	future	present	perfect	future
infinitives		creāre	creāvisse	creātūrum esse	creārī	creātum esse	creātum īrī
participles		creāns	—	creātūrus	—	creātus	creandus
verbal nouns		gerund				supine
		genitive	dative	accusative	ablative	accusative	ablative
		creandī	creandō	creandum	creandō	creātum	creātū

¹At least one use of the archaic "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

• creābilis
• creāmen
• creātiō
• creātor
• creātrīx
• creātūra

 

Descendants

• → Albanian: krijoj
• Italo-Romance:
  • Old Italian: criare
  • >? Sicilian: criari
• Northern Gallo-Romance:
  • Old French: crier
• Southern Gallo-Romance:
  • Aragonese: criar
  • Catalan: criar
  • Old Occitan: criar
• Ibero-Romance:
  • Extremaduran: crial
  • Leonese: criar
  • Old Portuguese: criar
    • Fala: crial
    • Galician: criar
    • Portuguese: criar
  • Spanish: criar
• Sardinian:
  • Sardinian: criai (Campidanese), criare (Logudorese)
• Ancient borrowings:
  • → Welsh: creu
• Later borrowings:
  • → Aragonese: crear
  • → Asturian: crear
  • → Catalan: crear
  • → French: créer (see there for further descendants)
  • → Galician: crear
  • →? Italian: creare
  • → Middle English: createn (see there for further descendants)
  • → Norman: créer
  • → Occitan: crear
  • → 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) Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 142f
• von Wartburg, Walther (1928–2002), “creare”, in Französisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch (in German), volume 2: C Q K, page 1296

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Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkɾeo/, [ˈkɾe.o]

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Etymology 1

Verb

creo

1. first-person singular present indicative of crear

Etymology 2

Verb

creo

1. first-person singular present indicative of creer