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.
- σὺ δὲ μνήσθητι καὶ κριθῶμεν. λέγε σὺ τὰσ ἀνομίασ σου πρῶτοσ, ἵνα δικαιωθῇσ. (Septuagint, Liber Isaiae 43:26)
- ἐπειδὴ γάρ, ὦ ἄνδρεσ Ἀθηναῖοι, τῶν ὑμετέρων πολιτῶν τινὲσ παραγενόμενοι ἀπὸ ταὐτομάτου συνεβούλευον ἡμῖν τὸ μὲν διδόμενον λαμβάνειν, περὶ δὲ τῶν ἀντιλεγομένων κρίνεσθαι, τοὺσ δὲ εἰσ Ῥόδον τόκουσ μὴ καθομολογεῖν τέωσ ἂν κριθῶμεν, ἡμεῖσ μὲν ταῦτα συνεχωροῦμεν, οὐκ ἀγνοοῦντεσ, ὦ ἄνδρεσ δικασταί, τὸ ἐκ τῆσ συγγραφῆσ δίκαιον, ἀλλ’ ἡγούμενοι δεῖν ἐλαττοῦσθαί τι καὶ συγχωρεῖν ὥστε μὴ δοκεῖν φιλόδικοι εἶναι, οὗτοσ δ’ ὡσ ἑώρα ἡμᾶσ ὁμόσε πορευομένουσ, ἀναιρεῖσθε φησὶ τοίνυν τὴν συγγραφήν. (Demosthenes, Speeches 51-61, 17:1)
- ἀλλὰ κατὰ μὲν τἀργύριον ὃ ἂν ἀποδῷσ, ὁμολογήσομεν ἐναντίον τοῦ τραπεζίτου ἄκυρον ποιεῖν τὴν συγγραφήν, τὸ μέντοι σύνολον οὐκ ἂν ἀνελοίμεθα, ἑώσ ἂν περὶ τῶν ἀντιλεγομένων κριθῶμεν. (Demosthenes, Speeches 51-61, 18:3)
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)