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.
- τίσ γάρ ἐστιν ὁ κριθησόμενόσ μοι, ὅτι νῦν κωφεύσω καὶ ἐκλείψω̣ (Septuagint, Liber Iob 13:19)
- μηδενὸσ δὲ ἐμποδὼν ὄντοσ, ὥσπερ εἰώθεν ἀντικαθημένων πολεμίων, τῶν δὲ περιχώρων λεγόντων στράτευμα μηδὲν ὦφθαι, πυρῶν δὲ κεκαυμένων μεστὸν εἶναι τὸν τόπον, ᾔσθετο κατεστρατηγημένοσ ὑπὸ Εὐμένουσ, καὶ βαρέωσ φέρων προσῆγεν ὡσ φανερᾷ μάχῃ κριθησόμενοσ. (Plutarch, chapter 15 7:1)
- Μιθριδάτησ μὲν οὖν, οἱᾶ Ῥωμαίων πολλάκισ ἐσ πεῖραν ἐλθών, καὶ τόνδε μάλιστα τὸν πόλεμον ἡγούμενοσ, ἀπροφασίστωσ δὴ καὶ ὀξέωσ γενόμενον, ἄσπειστον ἕξειν, πᾶσαν ἐπενόει παρασκευὴν ὡσ ἄρτι δὴ κριθησόμενοσ περὶ ἁπάντων. (Appian, The Foreign Wars, chapter 10 3:1)
- καὶ σὺ δέ, Κορῆ, παραχώρησον τὴν κρίσιν τῷ θεῷ καὶ τὴν ἐπὶ τούτοισ αὐτοῦ μένε ψηφοφορίαν, ἀλλὰ μὴ σαυτὸν ποίει τοῦ θεοῦ κρείττονα, παραγίνου δὲ κριθησόμενοσ οὕτωσ περὶ τοῦ γέρωσ. (Flavius Josephus, Antiquitates Judaicae, Book 4 42:1)
- "ἄνδρεσ σύνεδροι καὶ βασιλεῦ, εἰσ δίκην μὲν οὔτ’ αὐτὸσ οἶδά τινα τῶν πώποτε εἰσ ὑμᾶσ κεκλημένων οὕτω παραστάντα οὔτε ὑμᾶσ ἔχειν εἰπεῖν ὑπολαμβάνω, ἀλλὰ πᾶσ ὁστισδηποτοῦν ἀφῖκται εἰσ τὸ συνέδριον τοῦτο κριθησόμενοσ ταπεινὸσ παρίσταται καὶ σχήματι δεδοικότοσ καὶ ἔλεον θηρωμένου παρ’ ὑμῶν, κόμην τ’ ἐπιθρέψασ καὶ ἐσθῆτα μέλαιναν ἐνδεδυμένοσ. (Flavius Josephus, Antiquitates Judaicae, Book 14 218:2)
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)
