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crĕābĭlis, e, adj. [creo], that can be made or created (post-class. and rare): materia, App. Trism. 85, 12; Aug. Conf. 12, 19 al.

crĕāgra, ae, f., = κρεάγρα, a fleshhook (late Lat.), Mart. Cap. 9, § 997; Vulg. 2 Par. 4, 11 al.

crĕāmen, ĭnis, n. [creo], the elements of which created things consist (late Lat.), Prud. Ham. 505.

crĕātĭo, ōnis, f. [creo] (very rare).

  1. I. A creating, producing, begetting: liberorum, Dig. 1, 7, 15, § 2.
    Absol.: non hujus creationis, i. e. not of man’s building, Vulg. Heb. 9, 11.
  2. II. An electing to an office, a choice: magistratuum, Cic. Leg. 3, 3, 10: tutoris, Dig. 26, 7, 39, § 6.

crĕātor, ōris, m. [creo].

  1. I. A creator, author, begetter, founder.
    1. A. In gen. (very rare): ipse deūm, Cic. poët. Div. 2, 30, 64; cf. thus of a father, Ov. M. 8, 309: creator atque opifex rerum, Luc. 10, 266: hujus urbis, Romulus, Cic. Balb. 13, 31.
    2. B. The creator of the world, etc., God (eccl. Lat.), opp. creatura, Vulg. Rom. 1, 25; id. 1 Pet. 4, 19.
      With gen.: mundi, Vulg. 2, Macc. 7, 23: omnium, id. Eccli. 24, 12 al.
  2. II. One who elects or appoints to an office, Cod. Just. 10, 31, 59; Dig. 50, 8, 2, § 7 al.

crĕātrix, īcis, f. [creator], she who brings forth or produces, a mother (poet.): natura rerum, Lucr. 1, 630 al.: mea, patria (with genetrix), Cat. 63, 50: diva (of a mother), Verg. A. 8, 534; cf.: Alexandri Magni, Olympias, Aur. Vict. Epit. 40: dira bellorum (tellus), Sil. 15, 184; Ambros. Fid. 4, 30, 3.

crĕātūra, ae, f. [creo], only concr.,

  1. I. a creature, thing created (late Lat.), Tert. Apol. 30; Prud. Ham. 508: omnes creaturae tuae, Vulg. Tob. 8, 7.
  2. II. The creation: Deus caelorum et Dominus totius creaturae, Vulg. Jud. 9, 17: Dei, id. Apoc. 3, 14 al.

1. crĕo (old form cerĕo, in Varr. L. L. 6, § 81 Müll.), āvi, ātum, 1, v. a. [kindred with Sanscr. kar, kri, to make], to bring forth, produce, make, create, beget (very freq. in every period and species of composition).

  1. I. Lit.
    1. A. In gen.: rerum primordia pandam, Unde omnes natura creet res auctet alatque, Lucr. 1, 51: animalia, id. 2, 1152: genus humanum, id. 5, 820: mortalia saecla, id. 5, 789: fruges, id. 2, 170: ignem, id. 1, 799; cf.: ignes e lignis, id. 1, 910 et saep.: (Silvius) Aenean Silvium creat, Liv. 1, 3, 7; cf.: fortes creantur fortibus et bonis, Hor. C. 4, 4, 29.
      Also of woman: pueris beata creandis Uxor, Hor. Ep. 1, 2, 44; Pall. Febr. 26, 2.
      Hence, in poets freq. in part. perf.: crĕātus, a, with abl. (masc. or fem.), sprung from, begotten by, born of; or subst., an offspring, a child, Ov. M. 5, 145; 11, 295; 11, 303 al.
      Subst.: crĕāta, ōrum, n., things made: servare, Lucr. 2, 572.
    2. B. In partic., publicist. t. t. (cf. facio), to make or create for any jurisdiction or office, i. e. to choose, elect (freq.): qui comitiatu creare consules rite possint, Cic. Leg. 3, 3, 9; so, consules, Caes. B. C. 3, 1; Liv. 4, 7, 2; 4, 7, 7; 4, 7, 10: duo ex unā familiā magistratus, Caes. B. G. 7, 33: Patres, Liv. 1, 8, 7: dictatorem, id. 2, 18 (five times): magistrum equitum, id. 2, 18, 5; 4, 57, 6: interregem, id. 4, 7, 7; 5, 31, 8: tribunum, id. 2, 33, 3: tribuniciam potestatem, id. 5, 2, 8: censores, Suet. Aug. 37: Imperatorem (with eligere), id. Vesp. 6: ducem gerendo bello, Liv. 1, 23, 8. curatorem reipublicae, Dig. 50, 8, 3.
      1. 2. Of the officer who appoints or superintends an election: quos (consules) cum Ti. Gracchus consul iterum crearet, Cic. N. D. 2, 4, 10.
      2. 3. In eccl. Lat. of the exercise of divine power in creation, to create, call into being, endow with existence, etc.: caelum et terram, Vulg. Gen. 1, 1: hominem, id. ib. 5, 1: omnia, id. Eph. 3, 9.
        1. b. Meton.: cor mundum in me, Vulg. Psa. 50, 11 al.
  2. II. Trop., to produce, prepare, cause, occasion: voluptatem meis inimicis, Plaut. Cas. 2, 7, 3: commoditatem mihi, id. Poen. 4, 2, 94: lites, id. ib. 3, 2, 9: omnis has aerumnas, id. Mil. 1, 1, 33: capitalem fraudem tuis cruribus capitique, id. ib. 2, 3, 23: moram dictis, id. Ps. 1, 3, 174: errorem (similitudo), Cic. Div. 2, 26, 55: luxuriam, id. Rosc. Am. 27, 75: seditionem, Vell. 2, 20: taedium ac satietatem ex similitudine, Quint. 9, 4, 143: vomitum dissolutionemque stomachi, Plin. 9, 48, 72, § 155 et saep.