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 κρινάντων τῶν Τρώων, ὡσ δέ τινεσ τῶν συμμάχων, Ὀδυσσεὺσ προκρίνεται. (Apollodorus, Library and Epitome, book E, chapter 5 13:1)
- κρίσισ δὲ αὐτῶν ἔστω παρά τε τῷ παιδευτῇ καὶ τοῖσ ἄλλοισ νομοφύλαξι, τοῦτο ἀποδιδόντων αὐτοῖσ γέρασ, παρρησίαν ἐν μούσαισ εἶναι μόνοισ, τοῖσ δὲ ἄλλοισ μηδεμίαν ἐξουσίαν γίγνεσθαι, μηδέ τινα τολμᾶν ᾄδειν ἀδόκιμον μοῦσαν μὴ κρινάντων τῶν νομοφυλάκων, μηδ’ ἂν ἡδίων ᾖ τῶν Θαμύρου τε καὶ Ὀρφείων ὕμνων, ἀλλ’ ὅσα τε ἱερὰ κριθέντα ποιήματα ἐδόθη τοῖσ θεοῖσ, καὶ ὅσα ἀγαθῶν ὄντων ἀνδρῶν ψέγοντα ἢ ἐπαινοῦντά τινασ ἐκρίθη μετρίωσ δρᾶν τὸ τοιοῦτον. (Plato, Laws, book 8 10:2)
- ἐὰν δέ τισ ἐπιβῇ που τῶν τῆσ τοῦ φονευθέντοσ χώρασ, ὁ προστυχὼν πρῶτοσ τῶν οἰκείων τοῦ ἀποθανόντοσ ἢ καὶ τῶν πολιτῶν ἀνατὶ κτεινέτω, ἢ δήσασ τοῖσ ἄρχουσι τῶν τὴν δίκην κρινάντων κτεῖναι παραδότω. (Plato, Laws, book 9 115:4)
- κρινάντων δὲ ταῦτα τῶν Μάγων, Περσέων τε τῶν συλλεχθέντων αὐτίκα πᾶσ ἀνὴρ ἐσ τὴν ἀρχὴν ἑωυτοῦ ἀπελάσασ εἶχε προθυμίην πᾶσαν ἐπὶ τοῖσι εἰρημένοισι, θέλων αὐτὸσ ἕκαστοσ τὰ προκείμενα δῶρα λαβεῖν, καὶ Ξέρξησ τοῦ στρατοῦ οὕτω ἐπάγερσιν ποιέεται, χῶρον πάντα ἐρευνῶν τῆσ ἠπείρου. (Herodotus, The Histories, book 7, chapter 19 3:1)
- κρινάντων δὲ Ἥρασ εἶναι τὴν γῆν, οὕτω σφίσιν ἀφανίσαι τὸ ὕδωρ Ποσειδῶνα. (Pausanias, Description of Greece, , chapter 15 9:4)
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)
