ἀποκρίνω
Non-contract Verb;
Transliteration:
Principal Part:
ἀποκρίνω
ἀποκρινῶ
Structure:
ἀπο
(Prefix)
+
κρίν
(Stem)
+
ω
(Ending)
Sense
- to separate, set apart
- to distinguish
Conjugation
The inflection forms above were generated by rules and some usages of them were not attested.
Due to a bug of system, some forms may display wrong accents.
- ἐπινοήσασ γὰρ ποικίλασ τῶν σφραγίδων τὰσ λύσεισ ἀνεγίγνωσκέν τε τὰσ ἐρωτήσεισ ἑκάστασ καὶ τὰ δοκοῦντα πρὸσ αὐτὰσ ἀπεκρίνετο, εἶτα κατειλήσασ αὖθισ καὶ σημηνάμενοσ ἀπεδίδου μετὰ πολλοῦ θαύματοσ τοῖσ λαμβάνουσιν. (Lucian, Alexander, (no name) 20:2)
- εἶτα οὐ χαλεπῶσ γεράνων ἀρτηρίασ συνάψασ καὶ διὰ τῆσ κεφαλῆσ ἐκείνησ τῆσ μεμηχανημένησ πρὸσ ὁμοιότητα διείρασ, ἄλλου τινὸσ ἔξωθεν ἐμβοῶντοσ, ἀπεκρίνετο πρὸσ τὰσ ἐρωτήσεισ, τῆσ φωνῆσ διὰ τοῦ ὀθονίνου ἐκείνου Ἀσκληπιοῦ προπιπτούσησ. (Lucian, Alexander, (no name) 26:3)
- λαμβάνων γὰρ τὰ βιβλία ἐπεκοιμᾶτο, ὡσ ἔφασκεν, αὐτοῖσ καὶ ὡσ ὄναρ παρὰ τοῦ θεοῦ ἀκούων ἀπεκρίνετο, οὐ μέντοι σαφεῖσ τοὺσ πολλούσ, ἀλλ’ ἀμφιβόλουσ καὶ τεταραγμένουσ καὶ μάλιστα εἴ ποτε θεάσαιτο περιεργότερον τὸ βιβλίον κατεσφραγισμένον. (Lucian, Alexander, (no name) 49:2)
- πολλάκισ δὲ καὶ ἄλλοτε τοῦτο ἐποίουν, εἴ ποτε αὐτὸν σχολὴν ἄγοντα ἑώρων προσιὼν γάρ τι ἐπυνθανόμην αὐτοῦ, καὶ ὃσ προθύμωσ πάντα ἀπεκρίνετο, καὶ μάλιστα μετὰ τὴν δίκην, ἐπειδὴ ἐκράτησεν ἦν γάρ τισ γραφὴ κατ’ αὐτοῦ ἐπενηνεγμένη ὕβρεωσ ὑπὸ Θερσίτου ἐφ’ οἷσ αὐτὸν ἐν τῇ ποιήσει ἔσκωψεν, καὶ ἐνίκησεν ὁ Ὅμηροσ Ὀδυσσέωσ συναγορεύοντοσ. (Lucian, Verae Historiae, book 2 20:13)
- ὁ δ’ ἐρωτηθεὶσ, τί πράττοι Κάτων, οὐδὲν ἀπεκρίνετο πλὴν ἀγνοεῖν. (Plutarch, Marcus Cato, chapter 21 1:3)
Synonyms
-
to separate
-
to distinguish
Derived
- ἀνακρίνω (to examine closely, to question, interrogate)
- διακρίνω (to separate one from another, to part, to be parted)
- ἐγκρίνω (to reckon in or among, to admit as elected, to admit)
- ἐκκρίνω (to choose or pick out, to single out, to single out for disgrace)
- ἐκπροκρίνω (to choose out)
- ἐπιδιακρίνω (to decide as umpire)
- ἐπικρίνω (to decide, determine)
- καθυποκρίνομαι (to subdue by histrionic arts, to pretend to be)
- κατακρίνω (to give as a sentence against, to condemn)
- κρίνω (I separate, part, I order)
- παρακρίνω (to draw up in line opposite, drawn up along)
- προκρίνω (to choose before others, choose by preference, prefer)
- συγκρίνω (to compound, to compare, to measure)