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.
- δεινὸν δέ τι συμβαίνει πολλοῖσ τῶν κρινόντων, ὦ ἄνδρεσ δικασταί. (Demades, On the Twelve Years, 3:1)
- οὐ σοῦ μὰ Δία καὶ τῶν σοὶ παραπλησίων ἕνεκα, τῶν ἀπὸ παντὸσ τοῦ βελτίστου κρινόντων τὰ πράγματα καὶ μηδὲν ἡγουμένων χρῆμα τιμιώτερον τῆσ ἀληθείασ· (Dionysius of Halicarnassus, , chapter 22)
- καὶ ὁ πόλεμοσ οὗτοσ, καίπερ τῶν ἀνθρώπων, ἐν ᾇ μὲν ἂν πολεμῶσι, τὸν παρόντα ἀεὶ μέγιστον κρινόντων, παυσαμένων δὲ τἀρχαῖα μᾶλλον θαυμαζόντων, ἀπ’ αὐτῶν τῶν ἔργων σκοποῦσι δηλώσει ὅμωσ μείζων γεγενημένοσ αὐτῶν. (Dionysius of Halicarnassus, , chapter 20 1:4)
- ἴστε γὰρ δήπου τοῦθ’, ὅτι μελλόντων αὐτῶν, ἑτέρουσ τινὰσ ἐλπιζόντων πράξειν, αἰτιωμένων ἀλλήλουσ, κρινόντων, πάλιν ἐλπιζόντων, σχεδὸν ταὔθ’ ἅπερ νυνὶ ποιούντων, ἅπασ ὁ χρόνοσ διελήλυθεν. (Demosthenes, Speeches, 32:2)
- ἔστι δὲ πρώτη περίοδοσ τῶν ἐν τῇσιν ἀρτίῃσι κρινόντων τετάρτη, ἕκτη, ὀγδόη, δεκάτη, τεσσαρεσκαιδεκάτη, εἰκοστή, τετάρτη καὶ εἰκοστή, τριακοστή, τεσσαρακοστή, ἑξηκοστή, ὀγδοηκοστή, εἰκοστὴ καὶ ἑκατοστή‧ τῶν δ’ ἐν τῇσι περισσῇσι κρινόντων περίοδοσ πρώτη, τρίτη, πέμπτη, ἑβδόμη, ἐνάτη, ἑνδεκάτη, ἑπτακαιδεκάτη, εἰκοστὴ πρώτη, εἰκοστὴ ἑβδόμη, τριακοστὴ πρώτη. (Hippocrates, Hippocrates Collected Works I, EPIDHMIWN A, 217)
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)