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.
- ἀλλ’ ἡ τὰ μέγιστα τῶν πραγμάτων κρίνουσα τῷ παρὰ μικρὸν τύχη τηλικαύτην ἀπεδείξατο ῥοπὴν καιροῦ καὶ δύναμιν, ὥστε, τῆσ μάχησ ἐν Σελασίᾳ γενομένησ καὶ τοῦ Κλεομένουσ ἀποβεβληκότοσ τὴν δύναμιν καὶ τὴν πόλιν, εὐθὺσ παρεῖναι τοὺσ καλοῦντασ τὸν Ἀντίγονον. (Plutarch, Cleomenes, chapter 27 4:1)
- οὐδὲ γὰρ ἡ ψυχὴ τὸ φαγεῖν κρίνουσα γέγηθεν, ἀλλὰ μόνον τιμῆσ αἰσθομένη τρέφεται. (Unknown, Greek Anthology, Volume III, book 9, chapter 1763)
- εἰ δὲ λέγεισ ἢ τὰ πρὸσ Θηβαίουσ δίκαι’, Αἰσχίνη, ἢ τὰ πρὸσ Βυζαντίουσ ἢ τὰ πρὸσ Εὐβοέασ, ἢ περὶ τῶν ἴσων νυνὶ διαλέγει, πρῶτον μὲν ἀγνοεῖσ ὅτι καὶ πρότερον τῶν ὑπὲρ τῶν Ἑλλήνων ἐκείνων ἀγωνισαμένων τριήρων, τριακοσίων οὐσῶν τῶν πασῶν, τὰσ διακοσίασ ἡ πόλισ παρέσχετο, καὶ οὐκ ἐλαττοῦσθαι νομίζουσα οὐδὲ κρίνουσα τοὺσ ταῦτα συμβουλεύσαντασ οὐδ’ ἀγανακτοῦσ’ ἐπὶ τούτοισ ἑωρᾶτο αἰσχρὸν γάρ, ἀλλὰ τοῖσ θεοῖσ ἔχουσα χάριν, εἰ κοινοῦ κινδύνου τοῖσ Ἕλλησι περιστάντοσ αὐτὴ διπλάσια τῶν ἄλλων εἰσ τὴν ἁπάντων σωτηρίαν παρέσχετο. (Demosthenes, Speeches 11-20, 343:1)
- ὡσαύτωσ δὲ καὶ ἡ βουλὴ τὸν δῆμον ὅπωσ μείζω καταστήσῃ σκοποῦσ’ ἀεὶ, τὸ δ’ αὑτῆσ οὐδεπώποτε ἰδίᾳ λογισαμένη, ἀλλὰ ταύτην καὶ καλὴν καὶ γιγνομένην πλεονεξίαν ἑαυτῆσ κρίνουσα, τὸ τῶν πολλῶν ἐπὶ σωτηρίᾳ μετ’ εὐδοξίασ προί̈στασθαι. (Aristides, Aelius, Orationes, 103:12)
- ἡ δὲ ὁρ́κουσ ποιησαμένῳ, ὥστε μηδὲν διαθεῖναι κακόν, παραδίδωσιν ἀντὶ μεγάλησ μὲν εὐεργεσίασ κρίνουσα τὴν συμμαχίαν, κακίζουσα δὲ τοὺσ ἱερέασ, εἰ κτεῖναι προαγορεύσαντεσ αὐτὸν ὡσ πολέμιον οὐκ ᾐδοῦντο νῦν χρῄζοντεσ αὐτοῦ τῆσ ἐπικουρίασ. (Flavius Josephus, Antiquitates Judaicae, Book 2 300:1)
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)
