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.
- ποῦ ποτε θείαν Ἑλένου ψυχὰν καὶ Κασάνδραν ἐσίδω, Τρῳάδεσ, ὥσ μοι κρίνωσιν ὀνείρουσ; (Euripides, Hecuba, choral, anapests 1:7)
- τοῖσ κριταῖσ εἰπεῖν τι βουλόμεσθα τῆσ νίκησ πέρι, ὅσ’ ἀγάθ’, ἢν κρίνωσιν ἡμᾶσ, πᾶσιν αὐτοῖσ δώσομεν, ὥστε κρείττω δῶρα πολλῷ τῶν Ἀλεξάνδρου λαβεῖν. (Aristophanes, Birds, Parabasis, antepirrheme1)
- οἶμαι δ’ ἐγὼ ταῦτα γίγνεσθαι οὐχ ὅπωσ τοὺσ αὐτοὺσ χοροὺσ κρίνωσιν οἱ πολῖται, οὐδ’ ὅπωσ τοὺσ αὐτοὺσ αὐλητὰσ ἐπαινῶσιν, οὐδ’ ὅπωσ τοὺσ αὐτοὺσ ποιητὰσ αἱρῶνται, οὐδ’ ἵνα τοῖσ αὐτοῖσ ἥδωνται, ἀλλ’ ἵνα τοῖσ νόμοισ πείθωνται. (Xenophon, Memorabilia, , chapter 4 17:2)
- ἐγὼ δ’ ὑμῖν τὰ νικητήρια ἐντελῆ μέν, ὅταν οἱ θεοὶ κρίνωσιν, ἐπὶ ἐντελέσι τοῖσ ἔργοισ διαλύσομαι· (Appian, The Civil Wars, book 4, chapter 16 2:5)
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)
