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.
- νῦν οὖν εἰ κρίνεται, βασιλεῦ, ἐπισκεπήτω ἐν τοῖσ βασιλικοῖσ βιβλιοφυλακίοισ τοῦ Κύρου. (Septuagint, Liber Esdrae I 6:20)
- ἐπὶ μέροσ τῆσ γῆσ, ὅτι κρίσισ τῷ Κυρίῳ ἐν τοῖσ ἔθνεσι, κρίνεται αὐτὸσ πρὸσ πᾶσαν σάρκα, οἱ δὲ ἀσεβεῖσ ἐδόθησαν εἰσ μάχαιραν, λέγει Κύριοσ. (Septuagint, Liber Ieremiae 32:17)
- ὁρᾶτε γάρ, ὦ Ἀθηναῖοι, ὅτι παρὰ μὲν ὑμῖν Δημοσθένησ οὑτοσὶ κρίνεται, παρὰ δὲ τοῖσ ἄλλοισ ὑμεῖσ· (Dinarchus, Speeches, 4:1)
- ὥσπερ γὰρ ἐπὶ τῶν ἰδίων ἐγκλημάτων πολλὰ διὰ προκλήσεων κρίνεται, οὕτωσ καὶ τουτὶ τὸ πρᾶγμα κέκριται. (Hyperides, Speeches, 1:2)
- ὅτι δίκαια μὲν ἐν τῷ ἀνθρωπείῳ λόγῳ ἀπὸ τῆσ ἴσησ ἀνάγκησ κρίνεται, δυνατὰ δὲ οἱ προὔχοντεσ πράσσουσι καὶ οἱ ἀσθενεῖσ ξυγχωροῦσι. (Dionysius of Halicarnassus, , chapter 38 2:4)
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)