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 ἐκεῖνοι προειπόντεσ ἀρχαιρέσια καὶ τῷ δήμῳ τὴν διάγνωσιν ἀποδιδόντεσ, εἴτε βούλεται χιλιάρχουσ εἴτε ὑπάτουσ ἀποδεῖξαι, κρίναντοσ αὐτοῦ μένειν ἐπὶ τοῖσ ἐξ ἀρχῆσ ἐθισμοῖσ, ἀπέδοσαν τοῖσ βουλομένοισ τῶν πατρικίων μετιέναι τὴν ὕπατον ἀρχήν· (Dionysius of Halicarnassus, Antiquitates Romanae, Books X-XX, book 11, chapter 62 2:2)
- ἔνιοι δ’ εἰκόνα φασὶν εἶναι τοῦ κρίναντοσ οὕτωσ τὸν ἀνδριάντα τὸν ἐν τῇ ἀγορᾷ καθήμενον. (Aristotle, Politics, Book 5 326:2)
- Πειρίθου δὲ κρίναντοσ μνηστεῦσαι Φερσεφόνην καὶ παρακαλοῦντοσ συναποδημῆσαι, τὸ μὲν πρῶτον ὁ Θησεὺσ μετέπειθεν ἀποτρέπων τῆσ πράξεωσ αὐτὸν διὰ τὴν ἀσέβειαν· (Diodorus Siculus, Bibliotheca Historica, book 4, chapter 63 4:1)
- κρίναντοσ δ’ αὐτοῦ πρῶτον καταγαγεῖν τὸν Πολυνείκην, ἄγγελον εἰσ τὰσ Θήβασ ἀποστεῖλαι Τυδέα πρὸσ Ἐτεοκλέα περὶ τῆσ καθόδου. (Diodorus Siculus, Bibliotheca Historica, book 4, chapter 65 4:1)
- ὁ θεὸσ Ἀβραὰμ καὶ Ἰσαὰκ καὶ Ιἀκώβ, ὁ θεὸσ τῶν πατέρων ἡμῶν, ἐδόξασεν τὸν παῖδα αὐτοῦ Ιἠσοῦν, ὃν ὑμεῖσ μὲν παρεδώκατε καὶ ἠρνήσασθε κατὰ πρόσωπον Πειλάτου, κρίναντοσ ἐκείνου ἀπολύειν· (, chapter 1 92:1)
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)
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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)