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.
- σκοπῶμεν δὴ καὶ κρίνωμεν τόν τε ἡδονῆσ καὶ τὸν φρονήσεωσ βίον ἰδόντεσ χωρίσ. (Plato, Parmenides, Philebus, Symposium, Phaedrus, 60:1)
- καθ’ ἓν ἕκαστον τοίνυν τῶν τριῶν πρὸσ τὴν ἡδονὴν καὶ τὸν νοῦν κρίνωμεν· (Plato, Parmenides, Philebus, Symposium, Phaedrus, 327:1)
- ἀλλ’, ὦ μακάριε, μὴ ταχὺ τὸ τοιοῦτον κρίνωμεν, ἀλλὰ διαιροῦντεσ αὐτὸ κατὰ μέρη σκοπώμεθα τοιῷδέ τινι τρόπῳ· (Plato, Laws, book 2 35:3)
- Μηκέτι οὖν ἀλλήλουσ κρίνωμεν· (PROS RWMAIOUS, chapter 11 95:1)
- ἐὰν οὕτω κρίνωμεν, ὡσ οὐ Κόδρῳ γε μετέσται τῆσ φιλοτιμίασ, ἀλλὰ καὶ οὗτοσ παῖσ οἷσ εἶπον συμβάλλειν καὶ οὐκ ἀρχαῖοσ, καὶ κατὰ μικρὸν οὕτω ζητήσομεν εἴ τισ ἦν πρὶν σελήνην εἶναι. (Aristides, Aelius, Orationes, 3:3)
- δῆλον δὲ ὅτι ἐν τοῖσ ἐνδόξοισ καὶ καθ’ ὑπερβολὴν τῶν ἀγώνων ὁ καιρὸσ τῶν τοιούτων ἐννοημάτων, οὐχ ὅταν βλάβησ ἢ ἄλλου τινὸσ τῶν φαυλοτάτων κρίνωμέν τινα ἢ κρινώμεθα. (Aristides, Aelius, Ars Rhetorica, , 8:5)
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)
-
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)