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.
- οὐκ αἰτιῶμαι δὲ τὸν ἐν τοιούτοισ πράγμασι μέγιστον ἰσχῦσαι διαπραξάμενον, ἀλλὰ σημεῖον οὐ τίθεμαι τοῦ βέλτιστον εἶναι τὸ γενέσθαι πρῶτον οὕτω πονηρὰ πραττούσησ τῆσ πόλεωσ, ὁ δὲ ἀπὸ τῆσ Σπάρτησ εὐνομουμένησ τότε μάλιστα καὶ σωφρονούσησ ἐπὶ τὰσ μεγίστασ ἐκπεμπόμενοσ ἡγεμονίασ καὶ πράξεισ σχεδὸν ἀρίστων ἄριστοσ ἐκρίνετο καὶ πρώτων πρῶτοσ. (Plutarch, Comparison of Lysander and Sulla, chapter 1 3:1)
- "γενναῖοσ γὰρ ὁ τοιοῦτοσ ἐκρίνετο καὶ ἀνδρώδησ ὑπάρχειν θαυμαστὸν γὰρ ἦν καὶ περιβόητον παρ’· (Athenaeus, The Deipnosophists, Book 4, book 4, chapter 318)
- ὁ δὲ καθ’ ἑαυτὸν ἐγκεκαλυμμένοσ ὑπὸ σκότουσ ἔκειτο, παράδειγμα τοῖσ πολλοῖσ τύχησ, τοῖσ δ’ εὖ φρονοῦσιν ἀβουλίασ καὶ φιλοτιμίασ, δι’ ἣν οὐκ ἠγάπα πρῶτοσ ὢν καὶ μέγιστοσ ἐν μυριάσιν ἀνθρώπων τοσαύταισ, ἀλλ’ ὅτι δυεῖν μόνον ἀνδρῶν ὕστεροσ ἐκρίνετο, τοῦ παντὸσ ἀποδεῖν νομίζων. (Plutarch, chapter 27 4:2)
- Δυσκώφῳ δύσκωφοσ ἐκρίνετο· (Unknown, Greek Anthology, Volume IV, book 11, chapter 2511)
- οὗτοι γάρ, ὅτε Ἐργοκλῆσ ἐκρίνετο, ἐν τῷ δήμῳ περιιόντεσ ἔλεγον ὡσ πεντακόσιοι μὲν αὐτοῖσ εἰήσαν ἐκ τοῦ Πειραιῶσ δεδεκασμένοι, ἑξακόσιοι δὲ καὶ χίλιοι ἐκ τοῦ ἄστεωσ· (Lysias, Speeches, 16:1)
Synonyms
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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)
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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)
