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.
- ἡ μὲν γὰρ Ἠχὼ οὐδὲ ἀποκρίνεσθαι αὐτῷ ἤθελεν οὕτω λάλοσ οὖσα βρυχωμένῳ, ἀλλ̓ ᾐσχύνετο, εἰ φανείη μιμουμένη τραχεῖαν ᾠδὴν καὶ καταγέλαστον. (Lucian, Dialogi Marini, doris and galataea, chapter 46)
- Θεόφραστοσ δ’ οὕτω φησί τινασ ὀχευτικὰσ δυνάμεισ εἶναι ὡσ καὶ μέχρι ἑβδομήκοντα συνουσιῶν ἐπιτελεῖν καὶ τὸ τελευταῖον αὐτοῖσ αἷμα ἀποκρίνεσθαι. (Athenaeus, The Deipnosophists, book 1, chapter 32 2:3)
- τοὺσ γοῦν Σωκράτη συκοφαντήσαντασ ὡσ εἰσ ἔσχατον κακίασ ἐληλακότασ οὕτωσ ἐμίσησαν οἱ πολῖται καὶ ἀπεστράφησαν, ὡσ μήτε πῦρ αὐείν μήτε ἀποκρίνεσθαι πυνθανομένοισ μήτ’ λουομένοισ κοινωνεῖν ὕδατοσ, ἀλλ’ ἀναγκάζειν ἐκχεῖν ἐκεῖνο τοὺσ παραχύτασ ὡσ μεμιασμένον, ἑώσ ἀπήγξαντο μὴ φέροντεσ τὸ μῖσοσ. (Plutarch, De invidia et odio, section 6 5:1)
- εἰ δὲ φαῖεν, ὅτι πόλεωσ εἰήν τῆσ Ιἑροσολύμων, καὶ αὐτοὺσ ἐξ ἐκείνων λέγειν ὑπάρχειν τοὺσ τέσσαρασ, εἰ δὲ διὰ τὴν ἐμπειρίαν τῶν νόμων, μηδ’ αὐτοὺσ ἀγνοεῖν ἔθη τὰ πάτρια φάσκειν, εἰ δ’ αὖ διὰ τὴν ἱερωσύνην λέγοιεν ἀγαπᾶν με, καὶ αὐτῶν ἀποκρίνεσθαι δύο ἱερεῖσ ὑπάρχειν. (Flavius Josephus, 237:2)
- ἐπισχόντα καλῶσ ἔχει καὶ πρὸσ τὸ βουλόμενον τοῦ ἐρωτῶντοσ ἁρμοσάμενον ὡσ ἐπὶ κλῆσιν ἀλλοτρίαν τὴν ἀπόκρισιν, αἰδημόνωσ καὶ κοσμίωσ ἀπαντᾶν, καὶ γὰρ οἱ μὲν ἐρωτηθέντεσ, ἂν σφαλῶσιν ἐν τῷ ἀποκρίνεσθαι, συγγνώμησ δικαίασ τυγχάνουσιν· (Plutarch, De garrulitate, section 19 11:1)
- διδάσκω οὖν σε ἀληθῆ λόγον καὶ γνῶσιν ἀγαθὴν ὑπακούειν, τοῦ ἀποκρίνεσθαί σε λόγουσ ἀληθείασ τοῖσ προβαλλομένοισ σοι. (Septuagint, Liber Proverbiorum 22:23)
- οὐκέτ’ οὐδὲ ἀποκρίνεσθαί σοι ἄξιον τοιαῦτα ἐρωτῶντι· (Lucian, Juppiter confuatus, (no name) 19:1)
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)