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.
- κρινοῦμεν Διοπείθη νὴ Δία. (Demosthenes, Speeches, 20:3)
- ἡμεῖσ δὲ οὐ τοῖσ λόγοισ τιμωρεῖσθαι τοὺσ ἐχθροὺσ εἰώθαμεν, ἀλλὰ τοῖσ ἔργοισ, καὶ οὔτε δικαστὴν ποιούμεθά σε περὶ ὧν Ταραντίνοισ ἢ Σαυνίταισ ἢ τοῖσ ἄλλοισ πολεμίοισ ἐγκαλοῦμεν οὔτ’ ἐγγυητὴν λαμβάνομεν ἐκτίσματοσ οὐδενόσ, ἀλλὰ τοῖσ ἡμῶν αὐτῶν ὅπλοισ τὸν ἀγῶνα κρινοῦμεν καὶ τὰσ τιμωρίασ, ὡσ ἂν αὐτοὶ θέλωμεν, ἀναπράξομεν. (Dionysius of Halicarnassus, Antiquitates Romanae, Books X-XX, book 19, chapter 10 4:1)
- τῷ δὴ τὸν ἐρῶντά τε καὶ μὴ κρινοῦμεν; (Plato, Parmenides, Philebus, Symposium, Phaedrus, 71:3)
- τοῦτ’ οὖν τότε κρινοῦμεν, ὅταν ἔργῳ λόγοσ ἀκολουθήσασ μηνύσῃ τι σαφὲσ τῶν τε ἄλλων ὧν εἴρηκεν πέρι, καὶ ὅτι τῇ πολεμικῇ μάχῃ πασῶν κινήσεων ὄντωσ ἐστὶ συγγενὴσ πολὺ μάλισθ’ ἡμῖν ἡ τοιαύτη πάλη, καὶ δὴ καὶ ὅτι δεῖ ταύτην ἐκείνησ χάριν ἐπιτηδεύειν, ἀλλ’ οὐκ ἐκείνην ταύτησ ἕνεκα μανθάνειν. (Plato, Laws, book 7 163:4)
- οὐκ οἴδατε ὅτι ἀγγέλουσ κρινοῦμεν, μήτιγε βιωτικά; (PROS KORINQIOUS A, chapter 6 4:1)
Synonyms
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I separate
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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)
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I inquire
-
I select
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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)