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con-crēdo , dĭdi, dĭtum, 3, v. a. (anteclass. form,
I.pres. concrēdŭo , Plaut. Aul. 3, 6, 49; hence perf. concredui, id. Cas. 2, 8, 43; cf. credo), to intrust, consign, commit to, = commendo (class.; very freq. in Plaut.; in Cic. perh. only twice; never in Quint.).
(α). With acc. and dat.: “mihi avus hujus concredidit Thesaurum auri,” Plaut. Aul. prol. 6; cf.: “aurum tuae fidei,” id. ib. 4, 2, 8: “aurum alicui,” id. ib. 3, 6, 45; id. Bacch. 4, 9, 141; id. Men. 5, 1, 2: “rem et famam suam alicui commendare et concredere,” Cic. Quint. 20, 62: “famam mortui, fortunas vivi alicui commendare atque concredere,” id. Rosc. Am. 39, 113: gnatum ventis, * Cat. 64, 213: “vites teneriores calido caelo,” Col. 3, 1, 7: “aliquid meae taciturnitati,” Plaut. Trin. 1, 2, 105: nugas alicui, * Hor. S. 2, 6, 43.—
(β). With in and acc.: “capram in custodelam simiae,” Plaut. Merc. 2, 1, 9; cf. the foll.—
(γ). Without dat.: “hoc, quod modo concreditumst,” Plaut. Poen. 4, 2, 104.—
(δ). Without acc.: “concredam tibi,” Plaut. Rud. 4, 4, 83: “in manum concredere,” id. Pers. 3, 3, 36: “alicui (sc.: munera laetitiae),” Prop. 1, 10, 11.
A Latin Dictionary. Founded on Andrews' edition of Freund's Latin dictionary. revised, enlarged, and in great part rewritten by. Charlton T. Lewis, Ph.D. and. Charles Short, LL.D. Oxford. Clarendon Press. 1879.

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