accredo

A New Latin Dictionary by Charlton T. Lewis Ph.D. and Charles Short, LL. D.

ac-crēdo (adc.), dĭdi, dĭtum, 3, v. a. (pres. sub. adcredŭas, Plaut. As. 5, 2, 4), to yield one's belief to another, i. e. to believe unconditionally (rare).

α With dat.: quisnam istuc adcredat tibi? Plaut. As. 3, 3, 37: neque mi posthac quidquam adcreduas, id. ib. 5, 2, 4; so, tibi nos, Hor. Ep. 1, 15, 25.—

β Aliquid : facile hoc, Lucr. 3, 856. —

γ Absol. : vix adcredens, * Cic. Att. 6, 2, 3: primo non accredidit, Nep. Dat. 3. 4.

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