increditus

Pronunciation

• IPA (Classical): [ɪŋˈkreː.dɪ.tʊs]^[1]
• IPA (Ecclesiastical): [iŋˈkrɛː.di.tus]^[1]

Forms

incrēditus (feminine incrēdita, neuter incrēditum); first/second-declension adjective^[1]

Etymology

It is from in- “un-” and crēditus, the participle of crēdō “to believe”.^[2][1] De Vaan traces ⟨crēdō⟩ to Proto-Italic *krezde/o-, from Proto-Indo-European *ḱred-dʰeh₁- (“to place the heart, believe”).^[3]

Earliest recorded meaning

Its source is Apuleius' De deo Socratis, of the disbelieved prophecies of Cassandra.^[4][5][6] Köbler dates Apuleius c. 125–175 AD.^[6]

Semantic evolution

It meant unbelieved, disbelieved, discredited, and Lewis & Short call it post-classical.^[2][4]

Timeline

• c. 125–175 AD – Apuleius uses it.^[4][6]

Meanings

Adjective

1. Unbelieved, discredited.^[2][4]

Related words

• crēdō
• crēditus
• incrēdibilis

References

1. ^ a b c d Wiktionary, the free dictionary, https://en.wiktionary.org
2. ^ a b c Glare, P. G. W., ed. (2012), Oxford Latin Dictionary, 2nd ed., Oxford: Oxford University Press
3. ^ de Vaan, Michiel (2008), Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages, Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series 7, Leiden; Boston: Brill
4. ^ a b c d Lewis, Charlton T.; Short, Charles (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
5. ^ Gaffiot, Félix (2016), Dictionnaire latin-français, new ed. by Gérard Gréco et al. (Gaffiot 2016), online ed.
6. ^ a b c Köbler, Gerhard (2010), Lateinisches Abkunfts- und Wirkungswörterbuch für Altertum und Mittelalter, online ed., koeblergerhard.de