English → Latin
“credulous” in Latin
crēdulusthat easily believes a thing, easy of belief; credulous, gullible; trusting, trusting inindūcōto lead, bring or conduct in or into somewhere; to bring forward, exhibit, represent; to bring into or before a court
The English word credulous itself goes back to Latin crēdō, through crēdulus.
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
credulous
credulus, or circumlocution qui facile ad credendum impellitur; qui temere incognita pro cognitis habet, hisque temere assentitur (after Cic., Off., 1, 6, 18): to be credulous, credulum esse; facile ad credendum impelli or induci (Vid: Cic., De Rep., 2, 10, 18; Nep., Con., 3, 1, in which passage, however, modern editors substitute adduci): to show one’s self credulous in anything, credulum se praebere in aliqua re: levem auditionem pro re comperta habere (in believing rumors, etc.).
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for credulous?
- The usual Latin words for “credulous” are crēdulus, indūcō. The right choice depends on the sense; see the distinctions below.
Entry from J. E. Riddle & T. K. Arnold, A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon (rev. C. Anthon, New York: Harper, 1864), digitised by Fergus J. P. Walsh, CC BY-SA 4.0; Latin markup adapted by latindictionary.co.