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.
- ἐν γὰρ τῷ πυρὶ Κυρίου κριθήσεται πᾶσα ἡ γῆ καὶ ἐν τῇ ρομφαίᾳ αὐτοῦ πᾶσα σάρξ. πολλοὶ τραυματίαι ἔσονται ὑπὸ Κυρίου. (Septuagint, Liber Isaiae 66:16)
- ἢ τίνι βιωτόν, εἰ κριθήσεται τοῦ ἀνατιθέναι ἀνάξιοσ ; (Lucian, Phalaris, book 2 13:2)
- ‐ στράτευμα πᾷ Παλλάδοσ κριθήσεται; (Euripides, Suppliants, choral, strophe 12)
- τῇδε θἠμέρᾳ κριθήσεται εἴτ’ ἔστ’ ἔτι ζῶν εἴτ’ ἀπόλωλ’ Εὐριπίδησ. (Aristophanes, Thesmophoriazusae, Prologue, iambics16)
- "τούτων δ’ ἕκαστον μέροσ ἐστὶ τῆσ αὐλητικῆσ ἑρμηνείασ, οὐ μέντοι τέλοσ, ἀλλ’ ἕνεκα τοῦ τέλουσ γιγνόμενον παρὰ ταῦτα γὰρ αὖ καὶ τὰ τοιαῦτα πάντα κριθήσεται τὸ τῆσ ἑρμηνείασ ἦθοσ, εἰ οἰκεῖον ἀποδίδοται τῷ παραποιηθέντι ποιήματι, ὃ μεταχειρίσασθαι καὶ ἑρμηνεῦσαι ὁ ἐνεργῶν βεβούληται. (Pseudo-Plutarch, De musica, section 3612)
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)