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.
- καίτοι ἐβουλόμην ἂν αὐτὸν ἐσ ταῦτα ὠφελῆσθαι ὑπὸ σοῦ μᾶλλον ἤπερ ἐκεῖνα εἰδέναι, ἃ καθ̓ ἑκάστην ἡμέραν πρὸσ ἡμᾶσ οὐδὲν δεομένουσ ἐπὶ τὸ δεῖπνον διεξέρχεται, ὡσ κροκόδειλοσ ἡρ́πασε παιδίον, καὶ ὑπέσχηται ἀποδώσειν αὐτό, ἂν ἀποκρίνηται ὁ πατὴρ οὐκ οἶδ̓ ὅ τι, ἢ ὡσ ἀναγκαῖόν ἐστιν ἡμέρασ οὔσησ μὴ νύκτα εἶναι· (Lucian, 169:1)
- ἀλλ’ ἐκεῖ μὲν ἡ νίκη τοῦ φθάσαντόσ ἐστιν, ἐνταῦθα δέ, ἐὰν μὲν ἱκανῶσ ἕτεροσ ἀποκρίνηται, καλῶσ ἔχει συνεπαινέσαντα καὶ συνεπιφήσαντα δόξαν εὐμενοῦσ ἀνθρώπου λαβεῖν· (Plutarch, De garrulitate, section 19 1:1)
- οὐ γάρ τι βουλῆσ ταὐτὸ καὶ δρόμου τέλοσ ὥσ φησι Σοφοκλῆσ, οὐδέ γε φωνῆσ καὶ ἀποκρίσεωσ ἀλλ’ ἐκεῖ μὲν ἡ νίκη τοῦ φθάσαντόσ ἐστιν, ἐνταῦθα δέ, ἐὰν μὲν ἱκανῶσ ἕτεροσ ἀποκρίνηται, καλῶσ ἔχει; (Plutarch, De garrulitate, section 19 2:2)
- καὶ ἐὰν ἀποκρίνηται αὐτῷ ἐκδοῦναι τῷ σκυτοδέψῃ ἐπιρράψαι, μὴ προσέχειν τούτοισ, ἀλλ’ ἀποτραπεὶσ ἐκθύσασθαι. (Theophrastus, Characters, 6:2)
- ἐὰν γὰρ οὕτωσ ἀποκρίνηται, ὅτι ἔστι μὲν ἔστι δ’ οὔ, ἢ τὰ μὲν τὰ δ’ οὔ, ἢ πῇ μὲν πῇ δ’ οὔ, θορυβοῦσιν ὡσ ἀποροῦντοσ. (Aristotle, Rhetoric, Book 3, chapter 18 4:2)
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)