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.
- βασιλέωσ ἐν ἀληθείᾳ κρίνοντοσ πτωχούσ, ὁ θρόνοσ αὐτοῦ εἰσ μαρτύριον κατασταθήσεται. (Septuagint, Liber Proverbiorum 29:14)
- οὐδεὶσ γὰρ ἐν ἑαυτῷ τοῦ ἐπιθυμοῦντοσ αἰσθάνεται μεταβολὴν εἰσ τὸ κρῖνον οὐδὲ τοῦ κρίνοντοσ αὖ πάλιν εἰσ τὸ ἐπιθυμοῦν, οὐδὲ παύεται μὲν ἐρῶν ὅτε λογίζεται καθεκτέον εἶναι τὸν ἔρωτα καὶ διαμαχετέον πρὸσ αὐτόν, ἐξίσταται δὲ πάλιν τοῦ λογίζεσθαι καὶ κρίνειν, ὅταν ἐνδιδῷ μαλασσόμενοσ ὑπὸ τῆσ ἐπιθυμίασ. (Plutarch, De virtute morali, section 7 13:3)
- ῥῆμα, τὰ δὲ πράγματα διδόντεσ τοῖσ διαφέρειν τὸ παθητικὸν καὶ ἄλογον τοῦ λογιζομένου καὶ κρίνοντοσ ἀποφαινομένοισ. (Plutarch, De virtute morali, section 10 15:1)
- οὐδεὶσ γὰρ ἐν ἑαυτῷ τοῦ ἐπιθυμοῦντοσ αἰσθάνεται μεταβολὴν εἰσ τὸ κρῖνον οὐδὲ τοῦ κρίνοντοσ αὖ πάλιν εἰσ τὸ ἐπιθυμοῦν, οὐδὲ παύεται μὲν ἐρῶν, ὅτε λογίζεται καθεκτέον εἶναι τὸν ἔρωτα καὶ διαμαχετέον πρὸσ αὐτόν, ἐξίσταται δὲ πάλιν τοῦ λογίζεσθαι καὶ κρίνειν, ὅταν ἐνδιδῷ μαλασσόμενοσ ὑπὸ τῆσ ἐπιθυμίασ· (Plutarch, De virtute morali, section 7 5:1)
- ἀλλ’ οὐ τοῦτο νῦν διελεγκτέον, ἐκεῖνο δ’ ἐκ τούτου ληπτέον, ὅτι συγχωροῦσι καὶ αὐτοὶ τῆσ κρίσεωσ ἕτερον εἶναι τὸ ἄλογον, καθ’ ὅ φασι γίνεσθαι τὸ πάθοσ σφοδρότερον καὶ μεῖζον, ἐρίζοντεσ πρὸσ τοὔνομα καὶ τὸ ῥῆμα, τὰ δὲ πράγματα διδόντεσ τοῖσ διαφέρειν τὸ παθητικὸν καὶ ἄλογον τοῦ λογιζομένου καὶ κρίνοντοσ ἀποφαινομένοισ. (Plutarch, De virtute morali, section 10 4:2)
Synonyms
-
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)
