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.
- τίνοσ οὖν ἕνεκ’, ὦ βδελυρέ, ἐτῶν ὄντων πλειόνων ἢ τριάκοντ’ ἀφ’ οὗ σὺ πολιτεύει, καὶ ἐν τούτῳ τῷ χρόνῳ πολλῶν μὲν στρατηγῶν ἠδικηκότων τὴν πόλιν, πολλῶν δὲ ῥητόρων, οἳ παρὰ τουτοισὶ κέκρινται, ὧν οἱ μὲν τεθνᾶσιν ἐφ’ οἷσ ἠδίκουν, οἱ δ’ ὑποχωρήσαντεσ φεύγουσιν, οὐδενὸσ πώποτ’ ἐξητάσθησ κατήγοροσ οὐδ’ ἀγανακτῶν ὤφθησ ὑπὲρ ὧν ἡ πόλισ πάσχει, οὕτωσ ὢν θρασὺσ καὶ λέγειν δεινόσ, ἀλλ’ ἐνταῦθ’ ἐφάνησ κηδεμὼν ὤν, οὗ σε πολλοὺσ ἔδει κακῶσ ποιῆσαι; (Demosthenes, Speeches 21-30, 82:1)
- τίνοσ οὖν ἕνεκ’, ὦ Τιμόκρατεσ καὶ Ἀνδροτίων, ἐτῶν ὄντων πλειόνων ἢ τριάκοντ’ ἀφ’ οὗ ὅ γ’ ἕτεροσ ὑμῶν πολιτεύεται, καὶ ἐν τούτῳ τῷ χρόνῳ πολλῶν μὲν στρατηγῶν ἠδικηκότων τὴν πόλιν, πολλῶν δὲ ῥητόρων, οἳ παρὰ τουτοισὶ κέκρινται, ὧν οἱ μὲν τεθνᾶσιν ἐφ’ οἷσ ἠδίκουν, οἱ δ’ ὑποχωρήσαντεσ ᾤχοντο καταγνόντεσ αὑτῶν, οὐδενὸσ πώποτε τούτων ἐξητάσθη κατήγοροσ ὑμῶν οὐδέτεροσ, οὐδ’ ἀγανακτῶν ὤφθη ὑπὲρ ὧν ἡ πόλισ πάσχει, ἀλλ’ ἐνταῦθ’ ἐφάνηθ’ ἡμῶν κηδόμενοι οὗ πολλοὺσ ἔδει κακῶσ ποιῆσαι; (Demosthenes, Speeches 21-30, 243:1)
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)