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.
- σύνθεσιν ταύταν ἐπαινήσαντεσ οἱ μὲν κρίθεν· (Pindar, Odes, pythian odes, pythian 4 52:1)
- τὸ γὰρ ἐκ τῆσ βουλῆσ κριθὲν προαιρετόν ἐστιν. (Aristotle, Nicomachean Ethics, Book 3 53:4)
- βέλτιον γὰρ ἐν ταῖσ πράξεσι τὸ καλῶσ κριθὲν μὴ ὀρθωθῆναι διὰ ταύτην. (Diogenes Laertius, Lives of Eminent Philosophers, I, EPIKOUROS 135:1)
- τοῦ δ’ ὄχλου συνδραμόντοσ ἐπὶ τὰ βασίλεια καὶ μετὰ κραυγῆσ ἐξαιτοῦντοσ ἐπὶ τιμωρίαν τὸν Θεμιστοκλέα, ὁ μὲν βασιλεὺσ ἀπεκρίνατο δικαστήριον καταστήσειν ἐκ τῶν ἀρίστων Περσῶν, καὶ τὸ κριθὲν τεύξεσθαι συντελείασ· (Diodorus Siculus, Library, book xi, chapter 57 4:1)
- ὁ μὲν οὖν δῆμοσ ἐν τοῖσ ἔμπροσθεν χρόνοισ πάντα πειθόμενοσ τῇ γερουσίᾳ, τότε πρῶτον ἤρξατο διαλύειν τὸ κριθὲν ὑπὸ τῆσ συγκλήτου. (Diodorus Siculus, Library, book xiv, chapter 113 8:1)
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)