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.
- "οὕτω δὲ ὀξέωσ ὑπὸ τὴν χεῖρα προσῆγεν αὐτῷ τὰ συστήματα ἡ τῆσ βάσεωσ εὐκινησία τῷ ποδὶ ψαυαμένη καὶ τὴν χειροθεσίαν ἐπὶ τοσοῦτον εἰθίσθη κατοξύνειν ὥστ’, εἴ τισ μὴ συνορῴη τὸ γινόμενον, ἀλλὰ διὰ τῆσ ἀκοῆσ μόνον κρίνοι, νομίζειν γ’ κιθαρῶν ἀκούειν διαφόρωσ ἡρμοσμένων. (Athenaeus, The Deipnosophists, Book 14, book 14, chapter 39 1:25)
- ἐπεὶ τριήρεισ γε καὶ σωμάτων πλῆθοσ καὶ χρημάτων καὶ τῆσ ἄλλησ κατασκευῆσ ἀφθονία, καὶ τἄλλ’ οἷσ ἄν τισ ἰσχύειν τὰσ πόλεισ κρίνοι, νῦν ἅπασι καὶ πλείω καὶ μείζω ἐστὶ τῶν τότε πολλῷ. (Demosthenes, Speeches, 47:1)
- ἀγορὰν μὲν γὰρ ἄν τισ καὶ πανήγυριν ἐκ τούτων ἢ φαύλωσ ἢ καλῶσ παρεσκευάσθαι κρίνοι· (Demosthenes, Speeches, 59:1)
- εἰ μὲν τοίνυν τὰ πάνυ σμικρὰ κρίνοι παιδία, κρινοῦσιν τὸν τὰ θαύματα ἐπιδεικνύντα· (Plato, Laws, book 2 37:7)
- λελύσθαι μὲν τὸν πόλεμον αὐτοῖσ καὶ κατὰ γῆν καὶ κατὰ θάλασσαν καὶ τὰσ ἐμπορίασ ἀκωλύτουσ εἶναι πανταχοῦ, Πομπήιον δὲ τὰσ φρουρὰσ ἐξαγαγεῖν, ὅσαι κατὰ τὴν Ἰταλίαν εἰσί, καὶ μηκέτι τοὺσ ἀποδιδράσκοντασ οἰκέτασ ὑποδέχεσθαι μηδ’ ἐφορμεῖν ναυσὶ τὴν ἀκτὴν τῆσ Ἰταλίασ, ἄρχειν δὲ Σαρδοῦσ καὶ Σικελίασ καὶ Κύρνου καὶ ὅσων ἄλλων εἶχεν ἐσ τότε νήσων, ἐσ ὅσον ἄρχοιεν τῶν ἑτέρων Ἀντώνιόσ τε καὶ Καῖσαρ, πέμποντα Ῥωμαίοισ τὸν ἐκ πολλοῦ τεταγμένον αὐταῖσ φέρειν σῖτον, ἐπιλαβεῖν δὲ καὶ Πελοπόννησον ἐπὶ ταύταισ, ὑπατεῦσαι δ’ ἀπόντα, δι’ ὅτου κρίνοι τῶν φίλων, καὶ τῆσ μεγίστησ ἱερωσύνησ ἐσ τοὺσ ἱερέασ ἐγγραφῆναι. (Appian, The Civil Wars, book 5, chapter 8 6:2)
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)
