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.
- ἢν δὲ μὴ κρίνητε, χαλκεύεσθε μηνίσκουσ φορεῖν ὥσπερ ἀνδριάντεσ· (Aristophanes, Birds, Parabasis, antepirrheme8)
- ὅτι τὴν ὀργὴν ἣν εἰκόσ ἐστι γενέσθαι παρ’ ὑμῶν, ἄν τι λυπῆσθε τῷ πολέμῳ, εἰσ τοὺσ ὑπὲρ ὑμῶν λέγοντασ τὰ βέλτιστα τρέψαι βούλονται, ἵνα τούτουσ κρίνητε, μὴ Φίλιππον ἀμύνησθε, καὶ κατηγορῶσιν αὐτοί, μὴ δίκην δῶσιν ὧν ποιοῦσι νῦν. (Demosthenes, Speeches, 67:2)
- οὐκ, ἐὰν τά γε δίκαια καὶ τὰ προσήκοντα τοῖσ ὑμετέροισ ἔθεσι βούλησθε πράττειν καὶ χωρὶσ ὀργῆσ κρίνητε τὸ συμφέρον. (Dionysius of Halicarnassus, Antiquitates Romanae, Books IV-VI, book 6, chapter 55 5:1)
- ἀλλ’ ὃν μὲν ἂν κρίνητε ἐξαιρήσεσθαι καὶ δοκῇ τοιαῦτα ἀδικεῖν, ὥστε παραπέμψαι μὴ συμφέρειν, τοῦτον ὡσ ἐξελέγξοντεσ παρασκευάζεσθε, καὶ τὴν γνώμην εὐθὺσ ἔχετε ὡσ πρὸσ ἐχθρὸν καὶ ἐπιβουλεύοντα ὑμῖν. (Dio, Chrysostom, Orationes, 52:2)
- ἢ μὴ οὐχ ὑμεῖσ ὃν ἂν βούλησθε ἀποκτείνητε καὶ ἐλευθερώσητε, ἂν κατὰ τὸν νόμον κρίνητε, ἀλλ’ οὐκ ἂν παρὰ τὸν νόμον, ὥσπερ Καλλίξενοσ τὴν βουλὴν ἔπεισεν εἰσ τὸν δῆμον εἰσενεγκεῖν μιᾷ ψήφῳ; (Xenophon, Hellenica, , chapter 7 28:2)
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)