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.
- καὶ μετὰ ταῦτα συστάντων οἷσ ἦν ἐπιμελὲσ κακῶσ ἐμὲ ποιεῖν, καὶ γραφάσ, εὐθύνασ, εἰσαγγελίασ, πάντα ταῦτ’ ἐπαγόντων μοι, οὐ δι’ ἑαυτῶν τό γε πρῶτον, ἀλλὰ δι’ ὧν μάλισθ’ ὑπελάμβανον ἀγνοήσεσθαι ἴστε γὰρ δήπου καὶ μέμνησθ’ ὅτι τοὺσ πρώτουσ χρόνουσ κατὰ τὴν ἡμέραν ἑκάστην ἐκρινόμην ἐγώ, καὶ οὔτ’ ἀπόνοια Σωσικλέουσ οὔτε συκοφαντία Φιλοκράτουσ οὔτε Διώνδου καὶ Μελάντου μανία οὔτ’ ἄλλ’ οὐδὲν ἀπείρατον ἦν τούτοισ κατ’ ἐμοῦ, ἐν τοίνυν τούτοισ πᾶσι μάλιστα μὲν διὰ τοὺσ θεούσ, δεύτερον δὲ δι’ ὑμᾶσ καὶ τοὺσ ἄλλουσ Ἀθηναίουσ ἐσῳζόμην. (Demosthenes, Speeches 11-20, 357:1)
- εἰ ἐκρινόμην μὲν ἐγώ, κατηγόρει δ’ Αἰσχίνησ οὑτοσί, Φίλιπποσ δ’ ἦν ὁ κρίνων, εἶτ’ ἐγὼ μηδὲν ἔχων εἰπεῖν ὡσ οὐκ ἀδικῶ κακῶσ ἔλεγον τουτονὶ καὶ προπηλακίζειν ἐπεχείρουν, οὐκ ἂν οἰέσθε καὶ κατ’ αὐτὸ τοῦτ’ ἀγανακτῆσαι τὸν Φίλιππον, εἰ παρ’ ἐκείνῳ τοὺσ ἐκείνου τισ εὐεργέτασ κακῶσ λέγει; (Demosthenes, Speeches 11-20, 281:2)
Synonyms
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I separate
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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)