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.
- τοῦ δὲ δήμου πρώτην μὲν ἀπόδειξιν τῆσ πρὸσ αὐτόν εὐνοίασ ἔλαβεν ὅτε πρὸσ Γάϊον Ποπίλιον ἐρίσασ ὑπὲρ χιλιαρχίασ πρότεροσ ἀνηγορεύθη δευτέραν δὲ καὶ καταφανεστέραν ὅτε, τῆσ Μαρίου γυναικὸσ Ιοὐλίασ ἀποθανούσησ, ἀδελφιδοῦσ ὢν αὐτῆσ ἐγκώμιόν τε λαμπρὸν ἐν ἀγορᾷ διῆλθε, καὶ περὶ τὴν ἐκφορὰν ἐτόλμησεν εἰκόνασ Μαρίου προθέσθαι, τότε πρῶτον ὀφθείσασ μετὰ τὴν ἐπὶ Σύλλα πολιτείαν, πολεμίων τῶν ἀνδρῶν κριθέντων. (Plutarch, Caesar, chapter 5 1:1)
- ὃσ πρῶτον μὲν περὶ τῶν ἐκ τοῦ παρεληλυθότοσ χρόνου κριθέντων ἐναντία τοῖσ ὑφ’ ὑμῶν ἐγνωσμένοισ προστάττει, δεύτερον δὲ περὶ τῶν μελλόντων κριθήσεσθαι προστιμᾶν κελεύων τοὺσ δικαστὰσ τοὺσ ὀμωμοκότασ, ἄκυρα τὰ προστιμήματα ποιεῖ, πρὸσ δὲ τούτοισ ἐπιτίμουσ τοὺσ ὀφείλοντασ οὐ τὰ προσήκοντ’ ἐκτίνοντασ καθίστησιν, ὅλωσ δ’ ἐπιδείκνυσι μάτην ὀμνύντασ, τιμῶντασ, δικάζοντασ, ὀργιζομένουσ, ἅπαντα ποιοῦντασ ὑμᾶσ. (Demosthenes, Speeches 21-30, 140:2)
- καὶ μὴν εἴ τισ ὑμῶν πύθοιτο, εἰ καὶ δόξει γελοιότερον, τί δήποτε οὔθ’ ὑμεῖσ οὔτ’ ἄλλοσ οὐθεὶσ πηλίνουσ ποιεῖσθε τὰσ εἰκόνασ τῶν κριθέντων ἀξίων εἶναι τῆσ δωρεᾶσ ταύτησ, εὐχερέστερον δήπουθεν ὂν καὶ μηδεμίαν ἤ παντελῶσ μικρὰν δαπάνην ἔχον· (Dio, Chrysostom, Orationes, 198:1)
- οὐδεὶσ γοῦν ἔστιν ὅστισ οὐ τῶν δικαίων ἀπῆλθε τυχὼν, οὐδ’ ἐμέμψατο τῶν κριθέντων ἐπ’ αὐτοῦ, οὔτε διώκων ἡττηθεὶσ οὔτε φεύγων ἁλοὺσ, ἀλλὰ στέργοντεσ ἀμφότεροι καὶ προσκυνοῦντεσ ἀπέρχονται, καὶ τὴν αὐτὴν ψῆφον περὶ τῶν ἐγνωσμένων ὅ τε ἡττηθεὶσ καὶ ὁ νικήσασ φέρει. (Aristides, Aelius, Orationes, 6:6)
- περὶ μὲν οὖν τῶν ὑπ’ Ἀγρίππου κριθέντων οὐκ ἔστιν ἴσωσ θαυμάζειν· (Flavius Josephus, Antiquitates Judaicae, Book 12 148:2)
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)
