verbfirst conjugation
creō
creō (present infinitive creāre, perfect active creāvī, supine creātum)
Classical[ˈkre.oː]Ecclesiastical[ˈkrɛː.o]
№ 978 of the 1,000 commonest wordsMille Verba core vocabulary
Meaning
- 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)
- to cause, to prepare, to occasion
- to choose, elect
- figurativelypoeticto beget, give birth to
Latīnē defined in Latin in our graded readers
faciō ut sit; populus cōnsulēs creat.creō -āre -āvī — in Mille Verba, Urbs et Aedificia
Choosing the right word Döderlein's Latin Synonyms
Creare · Gignere · Parere · Generare
1. Creare (from κύρω) means, by one’s own will and creative power to call something out of nothing; gignere (γίγνεσθαι, γενέσθαι) by procreation or parturition; gignere is allied to generare only by procreation, and to parere (πεπαρεῖν, πείρειν, only by parturition. 2. Gignere is a usual expression, which represents procreation as a physical and purely animal act, and supposes copulation, conception, and parturition; whereas generare is a select expression, which represents procreation as a sublime godlike act, and supposes only creative power; hence, for the most part, homines et belluæ gignunt, natura et dii generant. And, Corpora gignuntur, poemata generantur. Cic. N. D. iii. 16. Herculem Jupiter genuit, is a mythological notice; but Legg. i. 9. Deus hominem generavit, is a metaphysical axiom. (v. 201.)
Conjugation conjugation 1
| form | present | imperfect | future | perfect | pluperfect | fut. perfect |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st sg. | creō | creābam | creābō | creāvī | creāveram | creāverō creārō |
| 2nd sg. | creās | creābās | creābis | creāvistī creāstī | creāverās creārās | creāveris |
| 3rd sg. | creat | creābat | creābit | creāvit | creāverat creārat | creāverit creārit |
| 1st pl. | creāmus | creābāmus | creābimus | creāvimus | creāverāmus | creāverimus creārimus |
| 2nd pl. | creātis | creābātis | creābitis | creāvistis creāstis | creāverātis creārātis | creāveritis creārītis |
| 3rd pl. | creant | creābant | creābunt | creāvērunt creāvēre, creārunt | creāverant creārant | creāverint creārint |
active subjunctive
| form | present | imperfect | perfect | pluperfect |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st sg. | creem | creārem | creāverim creārim | creāvissem creāssem |
| 2nd sg. | creēs | creārēs | creāverīs | creāvissēs creāssēs |
| 3rd sg. | creet | creāret | creāverit creārit | creāvisset creāsset |
| 1st pl. | creēmus | creārēmus | creāverīmus creārīmus | creāvissēmus creāssēmus |
| 2nd pl. | creētis | creārētis | creāverītis creārītis | creāvissētis creāssētis |
| 3rd pl. | creent | creārent | creāverint creārint | creāvissent creāssent |
passive indicative
| form | present | imperfect | future |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st sg. | creor | creābar | creābor |
| 2nd sg. | creāris creāre | creābāris creābāre | creāberis creābere |
| 3rd sg. | creātur | creābātur | creābitur |
| 1st pl. | creāmur | creābāmur | creābimur |
| 2nd pl. | creāminī | creābāminī | creābiminī |
| 3rd pl. | creantur | creābantur | creābuntur |
passive subjunctive
| form | present | imperfect |
|---|---|---|
| 1st sg. | creer | creārer |
| 2nd sg. | creēris creēre | creārēris creārēre |
| 3rd sg. | creētur | creārētur |
| 1st pl. | creēmur | creārēmur |
| 2nd pl. | creēminī | creārēminī |
| 3rd pl. | creentur | creārentur |
imperative
| form | active | passive |
|---|---|---|
| pres. 2nd sg. | creā | creāre |
| pres. 2nd pl. | creāte | creāminī |
| fut. 2nd sg. | creātō | creātor |
| fut. 3rd sg. | creātō | creātor |
| fut. 2nd pl. | creātōte | — |
| fut. 3rd pl. | creantō | creantor |
infinitives & participles
| form | active | passive |
|---|---|---|
| present infinitive | creāre | creārī |
| perfect infinitive | creāvisse creāsse | creātum esse |
| future infinitive | creātūrum esse | creātum īrī |
| present participle | creāns creante, creantem, creantēs, creantī, creantia, creantibus, creantis, creantīs, creantium | — |
| perfect participle | — | creātus creāta, creātā, creātae, creātam, creātārum, creātās, creātī, creātōrum, creātōs |
| future participle | creātūrus creātūra, creātūrā, creātūrae, creātūram, creātūrārum, creātūrās, creātūre, creātūrī, creātūrīs, creātūrō, creātūrōrum, creātūrōs, creātūrum | creandus |
gerundcreandī, creandō, creandumsupinecreātum, creātū
Phrases from Meissner's Latin Phrase-Book
- consulem creare
- to elect a consul.
- magistratus vitio creati
- magistrates elected irregularly (i.e. either when the auspices have been unfavourable or when some formality has been neglected).
- comitiis consulem creari
- to be chosen consul at the elections.
- dictatorem dicere (creare)
- to name a person dictator.
- alicui periculum creare, conflare
- to endanger, imperil a person or thing.
- suo (legitimo) anno creari (opp. ante annum)
- to be elected at the age required by law (lex Villia annalis).
- omnes centurias ferre or omnium suffragiis, cunctis centuriis creari
- to be elected unanimously
crĕo (old form cerĕo, in Varr. L. L. 6, § 81 Müll.), āvi, ātum, 1, v. a. kindred with Sanscr. kar, kri, to make,
I. to bring forth, produce, make, create, beget (very freq. in every period and species of composition).
I. Lit.
A. In gen.:
rerum primordia pandam, Unde omnes natura creet res auctet alatque, Lucr. 1, 51: animalia, id. 2, 1152: genus humanum, id. 5, 820: mortalia saecla, id. 5, 789: fruges, id. 2, 170: ignem, id. 1, 799; cf.: ignes e lignis, id. 1, 910 et saep.: (Silvius) Aenean Silvium creat, Liv. 1, 3, 7; cf.: fortes creantur fortibus et bonis, Hor. C. 4, 4, 29.—Also of woman: pueris beata creandis Uxor, Hor. Ep. 1, 2, 44; Pall. Febr. 26, 2.—Hence, in poets freq. in part. perf.: crĕātus, a, with abl. (masc. or fem.), sprung from, begotten by, born of; or subst., an offspring, a child, Ov. M. 5, 145; 11, 295; 11, 303 al.—Subst.: crĕāta, ōrum, n., things made: servare, Lucr. 2, 572.—B. In partic., publicist. t. t. (cf. facio), to make or create for any jurisdiction or office, i. e. to choose, elect (freq.):
qui comitiatu creare consules rite possint, Cic. Leg. 3, 3, 9; so, consules, Caes. B. C. 3, 1; Liv. 4, 7, 2; 4, 7, 7; 4, 7, 10: duo ex unā familiā magistratus, Caes. B. G. 7, 33: Patres, Liv. 1, 8, 7: dictatorem, id. 2, 18 (five times): magistrum equitum, id. 2, 18, 5; 4, 57, 6: interregem, id. 4, 7, 7; 5, 31, 8: tribunum, id. 2, 33, 3: tribuniciam potestatem, id. 5, 2, 8: censores, Suet. Aug. 37: Imperatorem (with eligere), id. Vesp. 6: ducem gerendo bello, Liv. 1, 23, 8. curatorem reipublicae, Dig. 50, 8, 3.—2. Of the officer who appoints or superintends an election:
quos (consules) cum Ti. Gracchus consul iterum crearet, Cic. N. D. 2, 4, 10.— 3. In eccl. Lat. of the exercise of divine power in creation, to create, call into being, endow with existence, etc.:
caelum et terram, Vulg. Gen. 1, 1: hominem, id. ib. 5, 1: omnia, id. Eph. 3, 9.—b. Meton.:
cor mundum in me, Vulg. Psa. 50, 11 al.— II. Trop., to produce, prepare, cause, occasion:
voluptatem meis inimicis, Plaut. Cas. 2, 7, 3: commoditatem mihi, id. Poen. 4, 2, 94: lites, id. ib. 3, 2, 9: omnis has aerumnas, id. Mil. 1, 1, 33: capitalem fraudem tuis cruribus capitique, id. ib. 2, 3, 23: moram dictis, id. Ps. 1, 3, 174: errorem (similitudo), Cic. Div. 2, 26, 55: luxuriam, id. Rosc. Am. 27, 75: seditionem, Vell. 2, 20: taedium ac satietatem ex similitudine, Quint. 9, 4, 143: vomitum dissolutionemque stomachi, Plin. 9, 48, 72, § 155 et saep.Crĕo, or, anal. to the Gr., Crĕon, ontis, m., = Κρέων.
I. A king of Corinth, who betrothed his daughter Creusa to Jason, Hyg. Fab. 25; Sen. Med. 526; Hor. Epod. 5, 64.—
II. A brother of Jocaste, at Thebes, Hyg. Fab. 72; Stat. Th. 12, 477; 12, 678.
Charlton Lewis's shorter dictionary for students: the same scholarship in plain, modern definitions.
creō āvī (creāssit for creāverit, C.), ātus, āre
1 CER-, to bring forth, produce, make, create, beget, give origin to: Aenean, L.: fortes creantur fortibus, H.: vapor omnīs Res creat, O.: quicquid mortale creamur, who are born to die, O.—P. perf., with abl, sprung from, begotten by, born of (poet.): Volcani stirpe, V.: Maiā, the son of, O.—To make, choose, elect: consules creantur Caesar et Servilius, Cs.: patres, L.: lex de dictatore creando, L.: interregem, L.: ducem gerendo bello, L.: in eo numero creari, S.: augur in locum Germanici creari, Ta.: quos (consules) cum Gracchus crearet, presided at the election of.—Fig., to produce, prepare, cause, occasion: aliquid Sthenio periculi: luxuriam: errorem creat similitudo.
Origins
- Proto-Indo-European*ḱer-
- Proto-Indo-European*ḱreh₁-
- Proto-Indo-European*ḱreh₁eh₂yéti
- Latincreō
Inherited from Proto-Indo-European *ḱreh₁-eh₂yé-ti, ultimately from the root *ḱer- (“to grow, become bigger”). Related to crēber and crēscō.
Elsewhere
- Catalancrear
- Frenchcréer
- Occitancrear
- Spanishcrear
- Albaniankrijoj
- Aragonesecrear
- Asturiancrear
- Idokrearfrom Esperanto krei
- Galiciancrear
- Interlinguacrear
Insular Romance
- Sardiniancriai
- Sardiniancriare
Italo-Romance
- Italiancriare
- Italiancreare
- Siciliancriari
Ibero-Romance
- Portuguesecriarfrom Old Galician-Portuguese criar
- Spanishcriar
- Aragonesecriar
- Extremadurancrial
- Leonesecreyare
- Falacrialfrom Old Galician-Portuguese criar
- Galiciancriarfrom Old Galician-Portuguese criar
Gallo-Romance
- Catalancriar
- Old Frenchcrier
- Old Occitancriar