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 ἦν πᾶσ ὁ λαὸσ κρινόμενοσ ἐν πάσαισ φυλαῖσ Ἰσραὴλ λέγοντεσ. ὁ βασιλεὺσ Δαυὶδ ἐρρύσατο ἡμᾶσ ἀπὸ πάντων τῶν ἐχθρῶν ἡμῶν, καὶ αὐτὸσ ἐξείλετο ἡμᾶσ ἐκ χειρὸσ ἀλλοφύλων, καὶ νῦν πέφευγεν ἀπὸ τῆσ γῆσ καὶ ἀπὸ τῆσ βασιλείασ αὐτοῦ, καὶ ἀπὸ Ἀβεσσαλώμ. (Septuagint, Liber II Samuelis 19:9)
- ὅτι ἐγγίζει ὁ δικαιώσασ με. τίσ ὁ κρινόμενόσ μοι̣ ἀντιστήτω μοι ἅμα. καὶ τίσ ὁ κρινόμενόσ μοι̣ ἐγγισάτω μοι. (Septuagint, Liber Isaiae 50:8)
- ὁ μὲν γὰρ κρινόμενόσ ἐστι Μενεκλῆσ ὁ τὴν ἱέρειαν Νῖνον ἑλών, ὁ δὲ κατηγορῶν υἱὸσ τῆσ Νίνου. (Dionysius of Halicarnassus, De Dinarcho, chapter 11 2:3)
- οὗτοσ ὑπὸ Ιὀφῶντοσ τοῦ υἱέοσ ἐπὶ τέλει τοῦ βίου παρανοίασ κρινόμενοσ ἀνέγνω τοῖσ δικασταῖσ Οἰδίπουν τὸν ἐπὶ Κολωνῷ, ἐπιδεικνύμενοσ διὰ τοῦ δράματοσ ὅπωσ τὸν νοῦν ὑγιαίνει, ὡσ τοὺσ δικαστὰσ τὸν μὲν ὑπερθαυμάσαι, καταψηφίσασθαι δὲ τοῦ υἱοῦ αὐτοῦ μανίαν. (Lucian, Macrobii, (no name) 24:2)
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)