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 τὰ φιλάνθρωπα ἐγὼ κρίνασ προσέταξα τοὺσ βουλομένουσ ἐκ τοῦ ἔθνουσ τῶν Ἰουδαίων αἱρετίζοντασ καὶ τῶν ἱερέων καὶ τῶν Λευιτῶν, καὶ τῶνδε ἐν τῇ ἡμετέρᾳ βασιλείᾳ, συμπορεύεσθαί σοι εἰσ Ἱερουσαλήμ. (Septuagint, Liber Esdrae I 8:10)
- Εἶτα ὁ βασιλεὺσ εἰσ τὴν πόλιν ἀπαλλαγείσ, τὸν ἐπὶ τῶν προσόδων προσκαλεσάμενοσ, ἐκέλευσεν οἴνουσ τε καὶ τὰ λοιπὰ πρὸσ εὐωχίαν ἐπιτήδεια τοῖσ Ἰουδαίοισ χορηγεῖν ἐπὶ ἡμέρασ ἑπτά, κρίνασ αὐτοὺσ ἐν ᾧ τόπῳ ἔδοξαν τὸν ὄλεθρον ἀναλαμβάνειν, ἐν τούτῳ ἐν εὐφροσύνῃ πάσῃ σωτήρια ἄγειν. (Septuagint, Liber Maccabees III 6:30)
- αἰεί ποτ’ εὖ φρονοῦσα τυγχάνεισ πόλει κἀμοί, μέγιστον δ’ ἐν βίῳ κειμήλιον κρίνασ σέ φημι τῇδε προσθέσθαι πόλει. (Euripides, Rhesus, episode 2:9)
- Ἐν δὲ τετάρτῃ μηνὸσ ἄγεσθαι οἶκον ἄκοιτιν οἰωνοὺσ κρίνασ, οἳ ἐπ’ ἔργματι τούτῳ ἄριστοι. (Hesiod, Works and Days, Book WD 97:1)
- πολλὰ καὶ καλὰ λέγειν ἔχων περὶ τῆσ Λυσίου λέξεωσ, ἣν λαμβάνων καὶ μιμούμενοσ ἄν τισ ἀμείνων γένοιτο τὴν ἑρμηνείαν, τὰ μὲν ἄλλα τοῦ χρόνου στοχαζόμενοσ ἐάσω, μίαν δὲ ἀρετὴν ἔτι τοῦ ῥήτοροσ ἀποδείξομαι, κρίνασ καλλίστην τε καὶ κυριωτάτην καὶ μόνην αὐτὴν μάλιστα τῶν ἄλλων τὸν Λυσίου χαρακτῆρα δυναμένην βεβαιῶσαι, ἣν ὑπερεβάλετο μὲν οὐδεὶσ τῶν ὕστερον, ἐμιμήσαντο δὲ πολλοὶ καὶ παρ’ αὐτὸ τοῦτο κρείττουσ ἑτέρων ἔδοξαν εἶναι τὴν ἄλλην δύναμιν οὐθὲν διαφέροντεσ· (Dionysius of Halicarnassus, chapter 10 1:4)
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)