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.
- παρέλιπε δὲ τὴν χρῆσιν τῶν λαχάνων καὶ ἰχθύων καὶ τῶν ὀρνίθων διά τε τὴν λιχνείαν καὶ προσέτι τὴν ἐν ταῖσ σκευασίαισ ἀπρέπειαν, ἐλάττω κεκρικὼσ ἡρωικῶν καὶ θείων ἔργων. (Athenaeus, The Deipnosophists, book 1, chapter 46 2:2)
- ὁ δὲ Περδίκκασ πρότερον μὲν ἦν κεκρικὼσ κοινοπραγίαν Ἀντιπάτρῳ καὶ διὰ τοῦτο τὴν μνηστείαν ἐπεποίητο, μήπω τῶν κατ’ αὐτὸν πραγμάτων βεβαίωσ ἐστερεωμένων· (Diodorus Siculus, Bibliotheca Historica, Books XVIII-XX, book 18, chapter 23 2:1)
- ὁ δ’ οὔπω μάχεσθαι κεκρικώσ, ἀλλὰ τῷ ἀδελφῷ συνελθεῖν ἐπειγόμενοσ, ὑπεχώρει. (Appian, The Foreign Wars, chapter 8 5:5)
- καὶ τὰσ μὲν δυνάμεισ ἤθροισεν εἰσ Κρήτην, κεκρικὼσ ἐκ ταύτησ ποιεῖσθαι τὴν ὁρμήν· (Diodorus Siculus, Bibliotheca Historica, book 4, chapter 17 3:2)
- ταῦτα Χαιρέαν ἐνήγαγεν μειζόνωσ ἅπτεσθαί τε τῆσ ἐπιβουλῆσ καὶ παύειν κατὰ τῶν ἀνθρώπων ἐξηγριωκότα τὸν Γάιον, καὶ πολλάκισ μὲν καὶ παρὰ τὰσ ἑστιάσεισ ἐμέλλησεν ἐπιχειρεῖν, οὐ μὴν ἀλλ’ ἐπείχετο λογισμῷ, τὸ μὲν κτείνειν οὐκέτ’ ἐνδοιαστὸν κεκρικώσ, τὸν δὲ καιρὸν περισκοπῶν, ὅπωσ μὴ εἰσ κενόν, ἀλλ’ ἐπὶ καταπράξει τῶν βεβουλευμένων ταῖσ χερσὶ χρῷτο. (Flavius Josephus, Antiquitates Judaicae, Book 19 32:1)
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)
-
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)