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.
- ἐὰν γὰρ βούληται κριθῆναι αὐτῷ, οὐ μὴ ὑπακούσῃ αὐτῷ, ἵνα μὴ ἀντείπῃ πρὸσ ἕνα λόγον αὐτοῦ ἐκ χιλίων. (Septuagint, Liber Iob 9:3)
- Εἴ τι ἐγένετο, ἤδη κέκληται ὄνομα αὐτοῦ, καὶ ἐγνώσθη ὅ ἐστιν ἄνθρωποσ, καὶ οὐ δυνήσεται κριθῆναι μετὰ τοῦ ἰσχυροτέρου ὑπὲρ αὐτόν. (Septuagint, Liber Ecclesiastes 6:10)
- Ποστουμίαν δὲ τὸ γελᾶν προχειρότερον καὶ λαλιᾷ χρῆσθαι θρασυτέρᾳ πρὸσ ἄνδρασ διέβαλεν, ὥστε κριθῆναι φθορᾶσ, εὑρέθη μὲν οὖν καθαρὰ τῆσ αἰτίασ, ἀπολύσασ δ’ αὐτὴν ὁ ἀρχιερεὺσ Σπόριοσ Μινούκιοσ ὑπέμνησε μὴ χρῆσθαι λόγοισ ἀσεμνοτέροισ τοῦ βίου. (Plutarch, De capienda ex inimicis utilitate, chapter, section 6 11:1)
- ἔτει δ’ ἕκτῳ μετὰ τὴν τῶν τετρακοσίων κατάλυσιν, ἐπὶ Καλλίου τοῦ Ἀγγελῆθεν ἄρχοντοσ, γενομένησ τῆσ ἐν Ἀργινούσσαισ ναυμαχίασ, πρῶτον μὲν τοὺσ δέκα στρατηγοὺσ τοὺσ τῇ ναυμαχίᾳ νικῶντασ συνέβη κριθῆναι μιᾷ χειροτονίᾳ πάντασ, τοὺσ μὲν οὐδὲ συνναυμαχήσαντασ, τοὺσ δ’ ἐπ’ ἀλλοτρίασ νεὼσ σωθέντασ, ἐξαπατηθέντοσ τοῦ δήμου διὰ τοὺσ παροργίσαντασ· (Aristotle, Athenian Constitution, work Ath. Pol., chapter 34 1:2)
- ἐπεὶ δ’ ἡ κρίσισ ἐνέστη, Πέρσαι μὲν Ἀρτάβανον ἀδελφὸν ὄντα Δαρείου δικαστὴν ἀπέφηναν, τὸ δὲ δόξαν αὐτοῖσ Ξέρξησ ἔφευγεν ὑπ̓ ἐκείνου κριθῆναι τῷ πλήθει πεποιθώσ. (Plutarch, De fraterno amore, section 18 2:4)
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)
