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.
- τὸ δὲ λίνον καὶ ἡ κριθὴ ἐπλήγη. ἡ γὰρ κριθὴ παρεστηκυῖα, τὸ δὲ λίνον σπερματίζον. (Septuagint, Liber Exodus 9:31)
- οἱ ταῦροι ὑμῶν καὶ οἱ βόεσ οἱ ἐργαζόμενοι τὴν γῆν φάγονται ἄχυρα ἀναπεποιημένα ἐν κριθῇ λελικμημένα. (Septuagint, Liber Isaiae 30:24)
- ὡσ γὰρ ὄρνισ ἐν οἰκίᾳ πολλάκισ τροφῆσ παρακειμένησ εἰσ γωνίαν καταδῦσα σκαλεύει ἔνθα γέ που διαφαίνεθ’ ἅτ’ ἐν κοπρίῃ μία κριθὴ παραπλησίωσ οἱ πολυπράγμονεσ, ὑπερβάντεσ τοὺσ ἐν μέσῳ λόγουσ καὶ ἱστορίασ καὶ ἃ μηδεὶσ κωλύει πυνθάνεσθαι μηδ’ ἄχθεται πυνθανομένοισ, τὰ κρυπτόμενα καὶ λανθάνοντα κακὰ πάσησ οἰκίασ ἐκλέγουσι. (Plutarch, De curiositate, section 3 1:1)
- ὡσ γὰρ ὄρνισ ἐν οἰκίᾳ πολλάκισ, τροφῆσ πολλῆσ παρακειμένησ, εἰσ γωνίαν καταδῦσα σκαλεύει ἔνθα γέ που διαφαίνεθ’ ἅτ’ ἐν κοπρίῃ μία κριθή· (Plutarch, De curiositate, section 3 1:1)
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)