creō, creāre, creāvī, creātum

Definitions for creāre

Wheelock's Latin

Verb

1
to create
English derivatives:
creation creativity creature procreate

Oxford Latin Dictionary

Verb

1
(in genl.) To procreate; (of males) to beget, sire; (of females) to give birth to. (b) (pass.) to be born; (w. abl., esp. in pf. pple.) to be born of, spring from. (c) (of places) to be the home of, bear; (pass., w. abl.) to be a native of.
2
(of God, Nature, etc., as the source of all life) To bring into being, create. (b) (transf.) to institute (an office); to conjure up, conceive (an idea).
3
To cause or allow to grow, produce (plants, animals, new tissue, etc.); (absol.) to bear fruit.
4
To bring about, occasion, cause (a state of affairs, feeling, etc.).
5
To appoint (a magistrate, etc.); (w/ pred. acc.) to invest (a person) with a specified office, appoint. (b) (said of the magistrate conducting the elections).

Conjugation table for creāre

Cactus2000

ACTIVE
Indicative present	Indicative imperfect
creō creās creat creāmus creātis creant	creābam creābās creābat creābāmus creābātis creābant
Indicative perfect	Indicative pluperfect
creāvī creāvistī creāvit creāvimus creāvistis creāvērunt / creāvēre	creāveram creāverās creāverat creāverāmus creāverātis creāverant
Indicative future	Indicative future perfect
creābō creābis creābit creābimus creābitis creābunt	creāverō creāveris creāverit creāverimus creāveritis creāverint
Subjunctive present	Subjunctive imperfect
creem creēs creet creēmus creētis creent	creārem creārēs creāret creārēmus creārētis creārent
Subjunctive perfect	Subjunctive pluperfect
creāverim creāveris creāverit creāverimus creāveritis creāverint	creāvissem creāvissēs creāvisset creāvissēmus creāvissētis creāvissent
Infinitive present creāre Infinitive perfect creāvisse Infinitive future creātūrum esse	Imperative present creā creāte Imperative future creātō creātō creātōte creantō

PASSIVE
Indicative present	Indicative imperfect
creor creāris creātur creāmur creāminī creantur	creābar creābāris / creābāre creābātur creābāmur creābāminī creābantur
Indicative perfect	Indicative pluperfect
creātus sum creātus es creātus est creātī sumus creātī estis creātī sunt	creātus eram creātus erās creātus erat creātī erāmus creātī erātis creātī erant
Indicative future	Indicative future perfect
creābor creāberis / creābere creābitur creābimur creābiminī creābuntur	creātus erō creātus eris creātus erit creātī erimus creātī eritis creātī erunt
Subjunctive present	Subjunctive imperfect
creer creēris / creēre creētur creēmur creēminī creentur	creārer creārēris / creārēre creārētur creārēmur creārēminī creārentur
Subjunctive perfect	Subjunctive pluperfect
creātus sim creātus sīs creātus sit creātī sīmus creātī sītis creātī sint	creātus essem creātus essēs creātus esset creātī essēmus creātī essētis creātī essent
Infinitive present creārī Infinitive perfect creātum esse Infinitive future creātum īrī	Imperative present creāre creāminī Imperative future creātor creātor - creāntor

	PARTICIPLE
	Participle present active
Nom.	creāns	creantēs
Gen.	creantis	creantium
Dat.	creantī	creantibus
Acc.	creantem	creantēs
Abl.	creante	creantibus
	Participle future active
Nom.	creātūrus	creātūrī
Gen.	creātūrī	creātūrōrum
Dat.	creātūrō	creātūrīs
Acc.	creātūrum	creātūrōs
Abl.	creātūrō	creātūrīs
	Participle perfect passive
Nom.	creātus	creātī
Gen.	creātī	creātōrum
Dat.	creātō	creātīs
Acc.	creātum	creātōs
Abl.	creātō	creātīs
	Gerundive
Nom.	creandus	creandī
Gen.	creandī	creandōrum
Dat.	creandō	creandīs
Acc.	creandum	creandōs
Abl.	creandō	creandīs
	Gerund	Supine
Nom.	creāre	creātum
Gen.	creandī	creātū
Dat.	creandō
Acc.	creandum
Abl.	creandō

Data sources

Notes

Definitions
Frederick M. Wheelock, Wheelock's Latin, 6th ed., rev. Richard A. LaFleur (New York, NY: HarperCollins Publishers, 2005): 79.
P. G. W. Glare, Oxford Latin Dictionary, Vols. 1-8 (Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1982): 456.
Word frequencies
Christopher Francese, "Latin Core Vocabulary," Dickinson College Commentaries, last modified 2014, http://dcc.dickinson.edu.
Paul B. Diederich, The Frequency of Latin Words and Their Endings, PhD diss., (Columbia University, 1939).

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Citation

Chicago (17th ed.)

Allo Contributors. "creō, creāre, creāvī, creātum (v.) - Latin Word Definition." Allo Latin Dictionary. Last modified August 15, 2023. Accessed November 21, 2024. http://ancientlanguages.org/latin/dictionary/creo-creare-creavi-creatum.