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.
- ὥσπερ γὰρ ἐπὶ τῶν ἰδίων ἐγκλημάτων πολλὰ διὰ προκλήσεων κρίνεται, οὕτωσ καὶ τουτὶ τὸ πρᾶγμα κέκριται. (Hyperides, Speeches, 1:2)
- κἀκεῖνο κέκριται, μὴ ἐφυβρίζεσθαι νεκρούσ. (Euripides, Phoenissae, episode, iambic 3:32)
- φυγοῦσα γοῦν σε καὶ τοὺσ σοὶ παραπλησίουσ ἡ Ἀρετὴ Ἡδονῇ παρακάθηται, ὥσ φησι Μνασάλκησ ὁ Σικυώνιοσ ἐν ἐπιγράμμασιν ἅδ’ ἐγὼ ἁ τλάμων Ἀρετὰ παρὰ τῇδε κάθημαι ἡδονῇ, αἰσχίστωσ κειραμένη πλοκάμουσ, θυμὸν ἄχει μεγάλῳ βεβολημένα, εἴπερ ἅπασιν ἁ κακόφρων Τέρψισ κρεῖσσον ἐμοῦ κέκριται. (Athenaeus, The Deipnosophists, Book 4, book 4, chapter 55 2:1)
- ἐπεὶ δὲ πάντων ἡμᾶσ εὐθύνασ σοι διδόναι κέκριται, Ἀντιφάνησ ἐν Λυδῷ εἴρηκε· (Athenaeus, The Deipnosophists, Book 10, book 10, chapter 64 1:3)
- "τί κωλύει διὰ χρόνου Κικέρωνοσ ἀκοῦσαι λέγοντοσ, ἐπεὶ πάλαι κέκριται πονηρὸσ ὁ ἀνὴρ καὶ πολέμιοσ; (Plutarch, Cicero, chapter 39 5:3)
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)