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.
- "ἐπεὶ δὲ τὰ μέγιστα τῶν ἀνθρωπίνων ἀδηλότατα, καὶ τῆσ μάχησ παρὰ γνώμην κριθείσησ οὐ ῥᾴδιον αὖθισ ἀλλήλουσ ἰδεῖν, τί γινώσκεισ περὶ φυγῆσ καὶ τελευτῆσ; (Plutarch, Brutus, chapter 40 3:3)
- οὕτω δὲ κριθείσησ τῆσ μάχησ, οἱ μὲν νενικηκότεσ βασιλεῖσ τὴν ὑπ’ Ἀντιγόνῳ καὶ Δημητρίῳ πᾶσαν ἀρχὴν ὥσπερ μέγα σῶμα κατακόπτοντεσ ἐλάμβανον μερίδασ, καὶ προσδιενείμαντο τὰσ ἐκείνων ἐπαρχίασ αἷσ εἶχον αὐτοὶ πρότερον. (Plutarch, Demetrius, chapter 30 1:1)
- κριθείσησ δὲ τῆσ τοῦ Ζεύξιδοσ γνώμησ, παραυτίκα διελόντεσ τὴν δύναμιν εἰσ τρία μέρη κατὰ τριττοὺσ τόπουσ τοῦ ποταμοῦ διεπεραίουν τὸ πλῆθοσ καὶ τὰσ ἀποσκευάσ. (Polybius, Histories, book 5, chapter 52 1:2)
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)