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.
- αἱρούμενοι οὖν καὶ τοῦτο τὸ ἔθνοσ ἐκτὸσ ταραχῆσ εἶναι, κρίνομεν τό τε ἱερὸν αὐτοῖσ ἀποκατασταθῆναι καὶ πολιτεύεσθαι κατὰ τὰ ἐπὶ τῶν προγόνων αὐτῶν ἔθη. (Septuagint, Liber Maccabees II 11:25)
- περὶ Δεινάρχου τοῦ ῥήτοροσ οὐδὲν εἰρηκὼσ ἐν τοῖσ περὶ τῶν ἀρχαίων γραφεῖσιν διὰ τὸ μήτε εὑρετὴν ἰδίου γεγονέναι χαρακτῆροσ τὸν ἄνδρα, ὥσπερ τὸν Λυσίαν καὶ τὸν Ἰσοκράτην καὶ τὸν Ἰσαῖον, μήτε τῶν εὑρημένων ἑτέροισ τελειωτήν, ὥσπερ τὸν Δημοσθένη καὶ τὸν Αἰσχίνη καὶ τὸν Ὑπερείδην ἡμεῖσ κρίνομεν, ὁρῶν δὲ καὶ τοῦτον τὸν ἄνδρα παρὰ πολλοῖσ ἠξιωμένον ὀνόματοσ ἐπὶ δεινότητι λόγων καὶ ἀπολελοιπότα δημοσίουσ τε καὶ ἰδίουσ λόγουσ οὔτε ὀλίγουσ οὔτ’ εὐκαταφρονήτουσ, ἡγησάμην δεῖν μὴ παραλιπεῖν αὐτόν, ἀλλὰ καὶ περὶ τοῦ βίου καὶ τοῦ χαρακτῆροσ αὐτοῦ διελθεῖν καὶ διορίσαι τούσ τε γνησίουσ καὶ ψευδεῖσ λόγουσ πάντων ἢ τῶν γε πλείστων ἀναγκαιότερον οἶμαι τοῖσ μὴ ἐκ περιζώματοσ ἀσκοῦσι ῥητορικήν. (Dionysius of Halicarnassus, De Dinarcho, chapter 11)
- ὥστε ὅσῳ δεινότερα τὰ προ<σ>δοκώμεν’ ἂν γενέσθαι κρίνομεν, τοσούτῳ μειζόνων ἐπαίνων τοὺσ τετελευτηκότασ ἀξίουσ χρὴ νομίζειν. (Hyperides, Speeches, <[E)pita/fios]> 22:3)
- ἄκουε δή, ὦ θαυμάσιε, καὶ σκόπει καθ’ ὅσον ἡμεῖσ οἱ βάρβαροι εὐγνωμονέστερον ὑμῶν περὶ τῶν ἀγαθῶν ἀνδρῶν κρίνομεν, εἴ γε ἐν Ἄργει μὲν καὶ Μυκήναισ οὐδὲ τάφον ἔνδοξον ἔστιν ἰδεῖν Ὀρέστου ἢ Πυλάδου, παρ’ ἡμῖν δὲ καὶ νεὼσ ἀποδέδεικται αὐτοῖσ ἅμα ἀμφοτέροισ, ὥσπερ εἰκὸσ ἦν, ἑταίροισ γε οὖσι, καὶ θυσίαι προσάγονται καὶ ἡ ἄλλη τιμὴ ἅπασα, κωλύει τε οὐδὲν ὅτι ξένοι ἦσαν ἀλλὰ μὴ Σκύθαι ἀγαθοὺσ κεκρίσθαι καὶ ὑπὸ Σκυθῶν τῶν ἀρίστων θεραπεύεσθαι οὐ γὰρ ἐξετάζομεν ὅθεν οἱ καλοὶ καὶ ἀγαθοὶ εἰσιν, οὐδὲ φθονοῦμεν εἰ μὴ φίλοι ὄντεσ ἀγαθὰ εἰργάσαντο, ἐπαινοῦντεσ δὲ ἃ ἔπραξαν, οἰκείουσ αὐτοὺσ ἀπὸ τῶν ἔργων ποιούμεθα. (Lucian, Toxaris vel amicitia, (no name) 5:1)
- οὐ γὰρ τάγαθὸν ὑφίσταται καὶ τὸ κακόν, ἵνα γένηται φρόνησισ, ἀλλ’ ᾗ τἀγαθὸν καὶ τὸ κακὸν ὄντα καὶ ὑφεστῶτα κρίνομεν, ὠνομάσθη φρόνησισ· (Plutarch, De communibus notitiis adversus Stoicos, section 17 2:3)
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)
