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.
- καίτοι πρῴην ἀπηνέχθησαν κατ’ αὐτοῦ αἱ γραφαί, καὶ οὐδὲν ἤπειγεν ἤδη κεκρίσθαι. (Lucian, Bis accusatus sive tribunalia, (no name) 25:6)
- ἐπεὶ πάντων ἂν εἰή τοῦτο ἀτοπώτατον, πέμψαντά τινα μεγαλοπρεπὲσ οὕτω δῶρον θεῷ τὴν καταδικάζουσαν ἐκ τοῦ ἱεροῦ ψῆφον λαβεῖν καὶ μισθὸν κομίσασθαι τῆσ εὐσεβείασ τὸ κεκρίσθαι μηδὲ τοῦ ἀνατιθέναι ἄξιον Ὁ μὲν οὖν τἀναντία μοι ἐγνωκώσ, καθάπερ ἐκ τοῦ Ἀκράγαντοσ ἄρτι καταπεπλευκώσ, σφαγὰσ τινασ καὶ βίασ καὶ ἁρπαγὰσ καὶ ἀπαγωγὰσ ἐτραγῴδει τοῦ τυράννου μόνον οὐκ αὐτόπτησ γεγενῆσθαι λέγων, ὃν ἴσμεν οὐδ’ ἄχρι τοῦ πλοίου ἀποδεδημηκότα. (Lucian, Phalaris, book 2 5:3)
- ἀλλ’ οὐκ ἐλάττω σοι ἡ Ἀλεξάνδρεια σύνοιδεν, οὐδὲ μὰ Δί’ ἐχρῆν δευτέραν τῆσ Ἀντιοχείασ κεκρίσθαι αὐτήν, ἀλλ’ ἥ τε ἀκολασία γυμνοτέρα καὶ ἡ αἰσχρουργία σοι ἐκεῖ ἐπιμανεστέρα καὶ τοὔνομα ἐπὶ τούτοισ μεῖζον καὶ ἐπὶ πᾶσιν ἀκάλυπτοσ ἡ κεφαλή. (Lucian, Pseudologista, (no name) 18:2)
- ἄκουε δή, ὦ θαυμάσιε, καὶ σκόπει καθ’ ὅσον ἡμεῖσ οἱ βάρβαροι εὐγνωμονέστερον ὑμῶν περὶ τῶν ἀγαθῶν ἀνδρῶν κρίνομεν, εἴ γε ἐν Ἄργει μὲν καὶ Μυκήναισ οὐδὲ τάφον ἔνδοξον ἔστιν ἰδεῖν Ὀρέστου ἢ Πυλάδου, παρ’ ἡμῖν δὲ καὶ νεὼσ ἀποδέδεικται αὐτοῖσ ἅμα ἀμφοτέροισ, ὥσπερ εἰκὸσ ἦν, ἑταίροισ γε οὖσι, καὶ θυσίαι προσάγονται καὶ ἡ ἄλλη τιμὴ ἅπασα, κωλύει τε οὐδὲν ὅτι ξένοι ἦσαν ἀλλὰ μὴ Σκύθαι ἀγαθοὺσ κεκρίσθαι καὶ ὑπὸ Σκυθῶν τῶν ἀρίστων θεραπεύεσθαι οὐ γὰρ ἐξετάζομεν ὅθεν οἱ καλοὶ καὶ ἀγαθοὶ εἰσιν, οὐδὲ φθονοῦμεν εἰ μὴ φίλοι ὄντεσ ἀγαθὰ εἰργάσαντο, ἐπαινοῦντεσ δὲ ἃ ἔπραξαν, οἰκείουσ αὐτοὺσ ἀπὸ τῶν ἔργων ποιούμεθα. (Lucian, Toxaris vel amicitia, (no name) 5:1)
- ὡσ ἔγωγε πολὺ ἥδιον ἂν μοι δοκῶ μονομαχῶν ἡττηθεὶσ ἀποτμηθῆναι τὴν δεξιάν, ὅπερ ἥττησ Σκυθικῆσ ἐπιτίμιόν ἐστιν, ἢ χείρων ἄλλου κατὰ φιλίαν κεκρίσθαι, καὶ ταῦτα Ἕλληνοσ, Σκύθησ αὐτὸσ ὤν. (Lucian, Toxaris vel amicitia, (no name) 10:4)
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)