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.
- ἐῶ γὰρ τἆλλα ὅσα μεταβαλλόμενοσ ἐν τοῖσ πράγμασι καὶ δημηγορῶν οὐδὲν ὑγιὲσ διατετέλεκε, καὶ τοτὲ μὲν γράφων καὶ ἀπαγορεύων μηδένα νομίζειν ἄλλον θεὸν ἢ τοὺσ παραδεδομένουσ, τοτὲ δὲ λέγων ὡσ οὐ δεῖ τὸν δῆμον ἀμφισβητεῖν τῶν ἐν τῷ οὐρανῷ τιμῶν Ἀλεξάνδρῳ, ὅταν δὲ μέλλῃ κριθήσεσθαι παρ’ ὑμῖν, Καλλιμέδοντα εἰσαγγέλλων συνιέναι ἐν Μεγάροισ τοῖσ φυγάσιν ἐπὶ καταλύσει τοῦ δήμου, καὶ ταύτην τὴν εἰσαγγελίαν εὐθὺσ παραχρῆμα ἀναιρούμενοσ, ἐν δὲ τῇ ἐκκλησίᾳ ταύτῃ τῇ πρώην γεγενημένῃ προσάγων καὶ κατασκευάζων ψευδῆ μηνυτὴν ὡσ ἐπιβουλευομένων τῶν νεωρίων, καὶ περὶ τούτων γράφων μὲν οὐδέν, αἰτίασ δ’ ἕνεκα τοῦ παρόντοσ ἀγῶνοσ παρασκευάζων· (Dinarchus, Speeches, 114:1)
- ταῦτ’ οὖν ὑπονοοῦσι τούσ τε περὶ τὸν Κέλσον αἰσθανομένουσ ἐμβαλεῖν διατριβήν, ἐλπίζοντασ ἄνευ μάχησ καὶ πόνων κριθήσεσθαι τὰ πράγματα, καὶ τούσ περὶ τὸν Ὄθωνα φοβουμένουσ ἐπιταχῦναι τὴν μάχην. (Plutarch, Otho, chapter 9 5:1)
- ἐν οἷσ ἅμα κρίνων αὐτὸσ κριθήσεσθαι προσδόκα παρὰ πᾶσιν, κἀμὲ τὸν οὕτωσ ἐγκωμιάσαντά σ’ ἑτοίμωσ ἐν ἀγῶνι γενήσεσθαι τῆσ σῆσ δοκιμασίασ. (Demosthenes, Speeches 51-61, 62:3)
- ἐπιστήμῃ γὰρ οἶμαι δεῖ κρίνεσθαι ἀλλ’ οὐ πλήθει τὸ μέλλον καλῶσ κριθήσεσθαι. (Plato, Alcibiades 1, Alcibiades 2, Hipparchus, Lovers, Theages, Charmides, Laches, Lysis, 39:4)
- 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)
Synonyms
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I separate
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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)