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.
- κριθεὶσ δὲ καὶ ἁλοὺσ καὶ ἀδοξήσασ ἐν μὲν τῇ πόλει ἐπέμενε παλαιὸσ καὶ γεγηρακώσ,6 ἀτίμωσ δὲ διαζῶν. (Athenaeus, The Deipnosophists, Book 11, book 11, chapter 119 3:2)
- εἰσ τὰ τῆσ Δήμητροσ ἁμαρτὼν μυστήρια, κριθεὶσ ἐπὶ τούτοισ ἀπέφυγεν ἐπὶ τῷ μηνύσειν τοὺσ ἀδικοῦντασ σπουδὴν δὲ πᾶσαν εἰσενεγκάμενοσ ἐξεῦρε τοὺσ περὶ τὰ ἱερὰ ἁμαρτόντασ, ἐν οἷσ καὶ τὸν αὑτοῦ πατέρα ἐμήνυσε. (Plutarch, Vitae decem oratorum, , section 1 4:1)
- καὶ παῖσ ὁ Θεαρίωνοσ ἀρετᾷ κριθεὶσ εὔδοξοσ ἀείδεται Σωγένησ μετὰ πενταέθλοισ. (Pindar, Odes, nemean odes, nemean 7 2:1)
- καὶ κριθεὶσ ἐν Ἀρείῳ πάγῳ φυγὴν ἀίδιον καταδικάζεται. (Apollodorus, Library and Epitome, book 3, chapter 15 1:12)
- φωραθέντοσ δὲ τοῦ νεκροῦ κριθεὶσ ἐν Ἀρείῳ πάγῳ καὶ καταδικασθεὶσ πρὸσ Μίνωα ἔφυγε. (Apollodorus, Library and Epitome, book 3, chapter 15 8:20)
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)