LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
noun · femininethird declension

crēdulitās

crēdulitās f (genitive crēdulitātis)
Classical[kreːˈdʊ.lɪ.taːs]Ecclesiastical[kreˈduː.li.tas]

Meaning

  1. credulity, easiness of belief

Declension

declension
formsingularplural
nominativecrēdulitāscrēdulitātēs
genitivecrēdulitātiscrēdulitātum
dativecrēdulitātīcrēdulitātibus
accusativecrēdulitātemcrēdulitātēs
ablativecrēdulitātecrēdulitātibus
vocativecrēdulitāscrēdulitātēs

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.

Origins

  1. Proto-Indo-European*ḱerd-
  2. Proto-Indo-European*ḱḗr
  3. Proto-Indo-European*dʰeh₁-
  4. Proto-Indo-European*ḱérddʰeh₁ti
  5. Proto-Indo-European*ḱréddʰeh₁ti
  6. Proto-Italic*krezðō
  7. Latincrēdulitās

Proto-Indo-European *-lós Proto-Indo-European *-elós Proto-Italic *-elos Latin -ulus Latin crēdulus Proto-Indo-European *-teh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-ts Proto-Indo-European *-teh₂ts Proto-Italic *-tāts Latin -tās Latin crēdulitās From crēdulus (“credulous”) + -tās.

Descendants
  • Catalancredulitat
  • Englishcredulity
  • Frenchcrédulité
  • Italiancredulità
  • Occitancredulitat
  • Portuguesecredulidade
  • Romaniancredulitate
  • Spanishcredulidad
  • Galiciancredulidade

In English words that came into English from crēdulitās

  • credulitycrēdulitās

Quick answers

What does crēdulitās mean in Latin?
crēdulitās, a noun, means “credulity, easiness of belief”.
What is the genitive of crēdulitās?
The genitive singular is crēdulitātis. crēdulitās is feminine, third declension.
How do you pronounce crēdulitās?
In classical Latin, [kreːˈdʊ.lɪ.taːs]; in ecclesiastical (church) Latin, [kreˈduː.li.tas].
Where does crēdulitās come from?
Proto-Indo-European *ḱerd- → Proto-Indo-European *ḱḗr → Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁- → Proto-Indo-European *ḱérddʰeh₁ti → Proto-Indo-European *ḱréddʰeh₁ti → Proto-Italic *krezðō → Latin crēdulitās.