κρίνω
Non-contract Verb;
Transliteration:
Principal Part:
κρίνω
κρινῶ
ἔκρῑνα
κέκρικα
κέκριμαι
ἐκρίθην
Structure:
κρίν
(Stem)
+
ω
(Ending)
Sense
- I separate, part
- I order, arrange
- I inquire, investigate
- I select, choose, decide, prefer
- I discern between good and bad
- (middle & passive) I contend, dispute, quarrel
- I judge, pronounce
- I bring to court, accuse
- I pass sentence on, condemn, criticize
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.
- τῷ ἔθνει τῶν Ἰουδαίων φίλοισ ἡμῶν καὶ συντηροῦσι τὰ πρὸσ ἡμᾶσ δίκαια ἐκρίναμεν ἀγαθοποιῆσαι χάριν τῆσ ἐξ αὐτῶν εὐνοίασ πρὸσ ἡμᾶσ. (Septuagint, Liber Maccabees I 11:33)
- οὕτω δὲ φανερῶσ καὶ ἀναισχύντωσ συγχεόντων ὑμῶν τὰ περὶ τῆσ φιλίασ καὶ συμμαχίασ ὁρ́κια, πρεσβείαν πρὸσ ὑμᾶσ ἐκρίναμεν ἀποστεῖλαι πρῶτον, καὶ μὴ πρότερον ἄρξαι τῶν ἔργων πρὶν ἢ πειραθῆναι τῶν λόγων. (Dionysius of Halicarnassus, Antiquitates Romanae, Books X-XX, book 15, chapter 7 10:1)
- Μαρτυροῦσι Δημοσθένει ὑπὲρ ἁπάντων οἵδε, Καλλίασ Σουνιεύσ, Ζήνων Φλυεύσ, Κλέων Φαληρεύσ, Δημόνικοσ Μαραθώνιοσ, ὅτι τοῦ δήμου ποτὲ χειροτονήσαντοσ Αἰσχίνην σύνδικον ὑπὲρ τοῦ ἱεροῦ τοῦ ἐν Δήλῳ εἰσ τοὺσ Ἀμφικτύονασ συνεδρεύσαντεσ ἡμεῖσ ἐκρίναμεν Ὑπερείδην ἄξιον εἶναι μᾶλλον ὑπὲρ τῆσ πόλεωσ λέγειν, καὶ ἀπεστάλη Ὑπερείδησ. (Demosthenes, Speeches 11-20, 197:1)
- ἐξετάσαντεσ οὖν τὰσ ἑκάστου τούτων διαθέσεισ ἐκρίναμεν ὑπόθεσιν ἱστορικὴν πραγματεύσασθαι τὴν πλεῖστα μὲν ὠφελῆσαι δυναμένην, ἐλάχιστα δὲ τοὺσ ἀναγινώσκοντασ ἐνοχλήσουσαν. (Diodorus Siculus, Bibliotheca Historica, book 1, chapter 3 5:1)
- ὑπὲρ ὧν μήτε ἀποδείξεωσ φερομένησ μηδεμιᾶσ ἀκριβοῦσ μήτε συγγραφέωσ ἀξιοπίστου μαρτυροῦντοσ, οὐκ ἐκρίναμεν ὑπάρχειν τὰ λεγόμενα γραφῆσ ἄξια. (Diodorus Siculus, Bibliotheca Historica, book 1, chapter 29 6:1)
Synonyms
-
I separate
-
I order
- τάσσω (I arrange, put in order)
- καταστέλλω (to put in order, arrange)
- κατατάσσω (to draw up in order, arrange)
- διέπω (to manage, order, arrange)
- στοιχίζω (to order or arrange in system)
- εὐθετίζω (to set in order, arrange well)
- ἐγκοσμέω (to arrange in)
- διαταγεύω (to arrange)
- παρευτρεπίζω (to put in order, arrange, make ready)
- κατακοσμέω (to set in order, arrange, was fitting)
- κατατάσσω (to make arrangements)
-
I inquire
-
I select
-
I contend
-
I judge
-
I bring to court
Derived
- ἀνακρίνω (to examine closely, to question, interrogate)
- ἀποκρίνω (to separate, set apart, to distinguish)
- 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)
- 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)
