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.
- κριθεῖσα δ’ ὕστερον ἔτεσι δέκα ἐπ’ Ἀριστοφῶντοσ, γενομένη δὲ ὡσ οὐδεμία τῶν δημοσίων περιβόητοσ διά τε τὴν δόξαν τῶν λεγόντων καὶ τὴν τῶν δικαζόντων εὐγένειαν, οἳ τοῖσ ἐλαύνουσι τὸν Δημοσθένη τότε πλεῖστον δυναμένοισ καὶ μακεδονίζουσιν οὐ προήκαντο τὴν κατ’ αὐτοῦ ψῆφον, ἀλλ’ οὕτω λαμπρῶσ ἀπέλυσαν ὥστε τὸ πέμπτον μέροσ τῶν ψήφων Αἰσχίνην μὴ μεταλαβεῖν. (Plutarch, Demosthenes, chapter 24 2:1)
- κριθεῖσα δὲ ἐν τοῖσ Ἀργείοισ ἀποφεύγει τε καὶ Ἀφροδίτην ἐπὶ τῷδε ἀνέθηκε Νικηφόρον. (Pausanias, Description of Greece, , chapter 19 10:3)
- σοὶ μέν γε, εἰ μὴ τὴν πατρίδα ἀτιμάσασ ὡσ οὐκ ἂν γενναίᾳ ψυχῇ πρὸσ ἄσκησιν ἀρετῆσ καὶ παιδείαν ἀρκέσουσαν ξένην εἵλου θεραπεύειν ἑστίαν, τῇ δ’ ὑπάρχει φιλοτιμεῖσθαι δήπουθεν οὐδενὸσ ἧττον, ὅτι σὲ μὴ μόνον ἐνεγκεῖν ηὐτύχησεν, ἀλλὰ καὶ προϊόντα ἤδη τὴν ἡλικίαν παρ’ αὑτῇ κατέσχεν, ἔτι καὶ τῇ περὶ λόγουσ καὶ σοφίαν σπουδῇ μετὰ τῶν ἄλλων ὧν ἔχει καλῶν σὺν ἐκείναισ ἢ πρό γ’ ἐκείνων νικᾶν κριθεῖσα. (Aristides, Aelius, Orationes, 2:2)
- αὕτη πρώτη δημοτελὴσ κρίσισ ἐν τῷ μέσῳ κατὰ τοὺσ ἀνθρώπουσ ἐγένετο ἀρετῆσ πρὸσ πλοῦτον καὶ φρονήματοσ Ἑλληνικοῦ πρὸσ βαρβάρων πλῆθοσ καὶ παρασκευὴν, οὐ λόγων εὐφημίᾳ κριθεῖσα, ἀλλ’ ἔργων ἀποδείξει καὶ τῷ καλοῦντι τοῦ καιροῦ. (Aristides, Aelius, Orationes, 34:8)
- νυνὶ δὲ τοσοῦτον προσθετέον ὅτι τῆσ μὲν Ἀντιπόλεωσ ἐν τοῖσ τῆσ Ναρβωνίτιδοσ μέρεσι κειμένησ, τῆσ δὲ Νικαίασ ἐν τοῖσ τῆσ Ἰταλίασ, ἡ μὲν Νίκαια ὑπὸ τοῖσ Μασσαλιώταισ μένει καὶ τῆσ ἐπαρχίασ ἐστίν, ἡ δ’ Ἀντίπολισ τῶν Ἰταλιωτίδων ἐξετάζεται, κριθεῖσα πρὸσ τοὺσ Μασσαλιώτασ καὶ ἐλευθερωθεῖσα τῶν παρ’ ἐκείνων προσταγμάτων. (Strabo, Geography, book 4, chapter 1 18:8)
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
-
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)
