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 οὐκ ἐμνήσθη Ἰωὰσ τοῦ ἐλέουσ, οὗ ἐποίησεν Ἰωδαὲ ὁ πατὴρ αὐτοῦ μετ’ αὐτοῦ, καὶ ἐθανάτωσε τὸν υἱὸν αὐτοῦ. καὶ ὡσ ἀπέθνησκεν, εἶπεν. ἴδοι Κύριοσ καὶ κρινάτω. (Septuagint, Liber II Paralipomenon 24:22)
- ποῦ ὁ βασιλεύσ σου οὗτοσ̣ καὶ διασωσάτω σε ἐν πάσαισ ταῖσ πόλεσί σου. κρινάτω σε ὃν εἶπασ. δόσ μοι βασιλέα καὶ ἄρχοντα. (Septuagint, Prophetia Osee 13:10)
- κρινάτω δ’ ἡμᾶσ μὴ Ἀλέξανδροσ ὁ Πριάμου, ἀλλ’ αὐτοὶ οὗτοι οὕσπερ σὺ οἰεί ἐπιθυμεῖν σε φιλῆσαι. (Xenophon, Works on Socrates, , chapter 4 21:2)
- εἰ γάρ τισ οἶδε καρπούμενόν τινα, ὧν οὐκ ἔχει κτῆσιν ἀποδεῖξαι νόμῳ, μήνυσιν ἀπενεγκάτω πρὸσ τοὺσ ὑπάτουσ καὶ κρινάτω κατὰ τοὺσ νόμουσ, οὓσ οὐ νεωστὶ δεήσει γράφειν· (Dionysius of Halicarnassus, Antiquitates Romanae, Books VII-IX, book 9, chapter 52 6:1)
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)