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crederem

crederem is a Latin form of credo, meaning “believe, trust; entrust (+dat.)”. It is the 1st person singular imperfect active subjunctive.

Found 54 times in the Latin texts on Socratos.

Where it is used

Cicero, In C. Verrem 2.2.158: … homine hoc umquam audivistis? novum est, iudices, in Siculis quidem et in omnibus Graecis monstri simile. non crederem hoc de statuis nisi iacentis revulsasque vidissem, propterea quod apud omnis Graecos hic mos est, ut honorem …

Seneca the Younger, De Vita Beata 19.3: … mum aduertunt quot cupiditatibus tot crucibus distrahuntur. At maledici, in alienam contumeliam uenusti sunt. Crederem illis hoc uacare, nisi quidam ex patibulo suo spectatores conspuerent.

Plautus, Persa 3.3.433: Mirum quin tibi ego crederém, ut idem mihi

All forms of credo (conjugation table)

Source: Socratos (socratos.org), a free reader for Ancient Greek and Latin. Grammar from the Perseus Treebank and Morpheus; dictionary entries from Lewis & Short, A Latin Dictionary (Perseus Digital Library, CC BY-SA). Counts are from the texts on Socratos.