Expertlatin
Does credo take dative?
"Crēdō" can be used both with nouns in accusative and dative.
What case does credere take?
The entry implied that the earlier usage of credere was more common in business where it conveyed consignment of goods or money to another person. In this sense, where it meant "loan", "entrust", or "consign", the item of interest took the accusative while the person was expressed in the dative.
What are intransitive verbs with dative?
These verbs are called "special verbs" and are designated in your vocabulary and in dictionaries with (+ Dat). These verbs often signify to favor, help, please, trust, believe, persuade, command, obey, serve, resist, envy, threaten, pardon, spare and the contraries of these verbs.
