credulitas Latin · revision 9499

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=derivation|attested=Plancus|origins=ine-pro *ḱred-dʰeh₁-}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * IPA (Classical): [kreːˈdʊ.lɪ.taːs]^(Wiktionary)

+ * IPA (Ecclesiastical): [kreˈduː.li.tas]^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''crēdulitās''' ''f'' (genitive crēdulitātis); third declension^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is from [[crēdulus]] “credulous” with the suffix [[-tās]]; ⟨crēdulus⟩ is from [[crēdō]] “to believe”, which de Vaan traces to [[ine-pro|*ḱred-dʰeh₁-|t=to place in the heart, believe]].^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)^(de Vaan 2008)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ Gaffiot's earliest citation is Plancus, in a letter in Cicero's collection, and Lewis & Short note it is never in Cicero himself and becomes frequent after Augustus.^(Gaffiot 2016)^(Lewis & Short 1879)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ It was easiness of belief, credulity, trustfulness, as in Curtius and Quintilian.^(OLD 2012)^(Gaffiot 2016)

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+ In Christian and Medieval Latin it was religious faith, belief; trust, credit; reliability; credibility.^(Niermeyer 1976)^(Stelten 1995) British Medieval Latin used it also for an article of belief, accreditation, and ''litterae crēdulitātis'' letters of credence.^(DMLBS) [[en|credulity]] (early 15th century) first meant “faith, belief”.^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * 81–43 BC – Plancus uses it in a letter in Cicero's correspondence.^(Gaffiot 2016)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * c. 35–95/96 AD – Quintilian uses it.^(Gaffiot 2016)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * early 15th century – English ''credulity'' is recorded.^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Noun===

+ # [[m|en|credulity|alt=Credulity]], trustfulness.^(OLD 2012)

+ # ''(Ecclesiastical Latin)'' Religious faith, belief.^(Niermeyer 1976)^(Stelten 1995)

+ # ''(Medieval Latin)'' Trust, credit; reliability; credence.^(Niermeyer 1976)^(DMLBS)

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[crēdulus]]

+ * [[crēdō]]

+ * [[en|credulity]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}