create Copy link Outline I. To cause to exist1. creo, 12. gĕnĕro, 1 (prop. to engender, beget3. gigno, gĕnui, ĭtum, 3 (i. q. genero)4. părio, 35. (in pass.)II. To conceive by the mind1. formo, 12. fingo, nxi, ctum, 33. părio, pĕpĕri, partum, 34. mentior, 4 (poet.)5. invĕnioIII. To make or appoint (as kings, etc.) • create: I. To cause to exist: 1. creo, 1: the elements of things, from which nature c.s all things, rerum primordia, unde omnes natura creat res. Lucr.: Cic. 2. gĕnĕro, 1 (prop. to engender, beget: q. v.): God c.d and endowed man, hominem generavit et ornavit Deus, Cic.: men have been created for the sake of men, homines hominum causa generati sunt, Cic.: Hor. 3. gigno, gĕnui, ĭtum, 3 (i. q. genero): for neither would that be an elemental principle which should be c.d from without, nec enim esset id principium quod gigneretur aliunde, Cic.: Plato says that they are not c.d, but always exist, Plato eas (ἰδεας) gigni negat et ait semper esse, Cic.: v. to produce. 4. părio, 3: v. to beget, cause. 5. (in pass.): nascor, nātus, 3: strictly to arise, be born: q. v. II. To conceive by the mind: 1. formo, 1: to c. a new character, personam f. novam, Hor. 2. fingo, nxi, ctum, 3: let what you c. be consistent, sibi convenientia finge, Hor. A. P. 119. 3. părio, pĕpĕri, partum, 3: cf. Cic. de Or. 2, 87, 356: "ars dicendi habet hanc vim, non ut totum aliquid, cujus in ingeniis nostris pars nulla sit, pariat et procreet, etc." 4. mentior, 4 (poet.): Hor. A. P. 151. 5. invĕnio: cf. Cic. Inv. 1, 7. III. To make or appoint (as kings, etc.): creo, făcio: v. to appoint (I.).