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.
- ὅτι οὐκ ἐγενήθη τὸ πάσχα τοῦτο ἀφ̓ ἡμερῶν τῶν κριτῶν, οἳ ἔκρινον τὸν Ἰσραήλ, καὶ πάσασ τὰσ ἡμέρασ βασιλέων Ἰσραὴλ καὶ βασιλέων Ἰούδα, (Septuagint, Liber II Regum 23:22)
- εὐέλπιδεσ δὲ καθειστήκεισαν ἀντιλήψεωσ τεύξεσθαι. καὶ τοὺσ ἀποχωροῦντασ ἐξ αὐτῶν ἐβδελύσσοντο καὶ ὡσ πολεμίουσ τοῦ ἔθνουσ ἔκρινον καὶ τῆσ κοινῆσ συναναστροφῆσ καὶ εὐχρηστίασ ἐστέρουν. (Septuagint, Liber Maccabees III 2:33)
- οἱ ἡγούμενοι αὐτῆσ μετὰ δώρων ἔκρινον, καὶ οἱ ἱερεῖσ αὐτῆσ μετὰ μισθοῦ ἀπεκρίνοντο, καὶ οἱ προφῆται αὐτῆσ μετὰ ἀργυρίου ἐμαντεύοντο, καὶ ἐπὶ τὸν Κύριον ἐπανεπαύοντο λέγοντεσ. οὐχὶ ὁ Κύριοσ ἐν ἡμῖν ἐστιν̣ οὐ μὴ ἐπέλθῃ ἐφ̓ ἡμᾶσ κακά. (Septuagint, Prophetia Michaeae 3:11)
- καὶ ἔστησε τοὺσ λόγουσ αὐτοῦ, οὓσ ἐλάλησεν ἐφ’ ἡμᾶσ καὶ ἐπὶ τοὺσ κριτὰσ ἡμῶν, οἳ ἔκρινον ἡμᾶσ, ἐπαγαγεῖν ἐφ’ ἡμᾶσ κακὰ μεγάλα, οἷα οὐ γέγονεν ὑποκάτω παντὸσ τοῦ οὐρανοῦ κατὰ τὰ γενόμενα ἐν Ἱερουσαλήμ. (Septuagint, Prophetia Danielis 9:12)
- ἐν δὴ τῷ δευτέρῳ περὶ Ἡροδότου τε καὶ Θουκυδίδου καὶ Ξενοφῶντοσ καὶ Φιλίστου καὶ Θεοπόμπου τούτουσ γὰρ ἔκρινον τοὺσ ἄνδρασ εἰσ μίμησιν ἐπιτηδειοτάτουσ τάδε γράφω· (Dionysius of Halicarnassus, Epistula ad Pompeium Geminum, chapter 3 1:4)
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)
