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κριθάω

α-contract Verb; Transliteration:

Principal Part: κριθάω

Structure: κριθά (Stem) + ω (Ending)

Etym.: from kri_qh

Sense

  1. to be barley-fed, to wax wanton

Conjugation

Present tense

Active
1st person2nd person3rd person
IndicativeSingular κρίθω κρίθᾳς κρίθᾳ
Dual κρίθᾱτον κρίθᾱτον
Plural κρίθωμεν κρίθᾱτε κρίθωσιν*
SubjunctiveSingular κρίθω κρίθῃς κρίθῃ
Dual κρίθητον κρίθητον
Plural κρίθωμεν κρίθητε κρίθωσιν*
OptativeSingular κρίθῳμι κρίθῳς κρίθῳ
Dual κρίθῳτον κριθῷτην
Plural κρίθῳμεν κρίθῳτε κρίθῳεν
ImperativeSingular κρῖθᾱ κριθᾶτω
Dual κρίθᾱτον κριθᾶτων
Plural κρίθᾱτε κριθῶντων, κριθᾶτωσαν
Infinitive κρίθᾱν
Participle MasculineFeminineNeuter
κριθων κριθωντος κριθωσα κριθωσης κριθων κριθωντος
Middle/Passive
1st person2nd person3rd person
IndicativeSingular κρίθωμαι κρίθᾳ κρίθᾱται
Dual κρίθᾱσθον κρίθᾱσθον
Plural κριθῶμεθα κρίθᾱσθε κρίθωνται
SubjunctiveSingular κρίθωμαι κρίθῃ κρίθηται
Dual κρίθησθον κρίθησθον
Plural κριθώμεθα κρίθησθε κρίθωνται
OptativeSingular κριθῷμην κρίθῳο κρίθῳτο
Dual κρίθῳσθον κριθῷσθην
Plural κριθῷμεθα κρίθῳσθε κρίθῳντο
ImperativeSingular κρίθω κριθᾶσθω
Dual κρίθᾱσθον κριθᾶσθων
Plural κρίθᾱσθε κριθᾶσθων, κριθᾶσθωσαν
Infinitive κρίθᾱσθαι
Participle MasculineFeminineNeuter
κριθωμενος κριθωμενου κριθωμενη κριθωμενης κριθωμενον κριθωμενου

Imperfect tense

Active
1st person2nd person3rd person
IndicativeSingular ἐκρῖθων ἐκρῖθᾱς ἐκρῖθᾱν*
Dual ἐκρίθᾱτον ἐκριθᾶτην
Plural ἐκρίθωμεν ἐκρίθᾱτε ἐκρῖθων
Middle/Passive
1st person2nd person3rd person
IndicativeSingular ἐκριθῶμην ἐκρίθω ἐκρίθᾱτο
Dual ἐκρίθᾱσθον ἐκριθᾶσθην
Plural ἐκριθῶμεθα ἐκρίθᾱσθε ἐκρίθωντο

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.

Examples

  • ἤνεγκαν δέκα κοίτασ καὶ ἀμφιτάπουσ καὶ λέβητασ δέκα καὶ σκεύη κεράμου καὶ πυροὺσ καὶ κριθὰσ καὶ ἄλευρον καὶ ἄλφιτον καὶ κύαμον καὶ φακὸν (Septuagint, Liber II Samuelis 17:28)
  • καὶ τὰσ κριθὰσ καὶ τὸ ἄχυρον τοῖσ ἵπποισ καὶ τοῖσ ἅρμασιν ᾖρον εἰσ τὸν τόπον, οὗ ἂν ᾖ ὁ βασιλεύσ, ἕκαστοσ κατὰ τὴν σύνταξιν αὐτοῦ. καὶ ταῦτα τὰ δέοντα τῷ Σαλωμὼν ἐν ἡμέρᾳ μιᾷ. τριάκοντα κόροι σεμιδάλεωσ καὶ ἑξήκοντα κόροι ἀλεύρου κεκοπανισμένου. (Septuagint, Liber I Regum 5:2)
  • Καὶ σὺ λάβε σεαυτῷ πυροὺσ καὶ κριθὰσ καὶ κύαμον καὶ φακὸν καὶ κέγχρον καὶ ὄλυραν καὶ ἐμβαλεῖσ αὐτὰ εἰσ ἄγγοσ ἓν ὀστράκινον καὶ ποιήσεισ αὐτὰ σεαυτῷ εἰσ ἄρτουσ, καὶ κατὰ ἀριθμὸν τῶν ἡμερῶν, ἃσ σὺ καθεύδεισ ἐπὶ τοῦ πλευροῦ σου, ἐνενήκοντα καὶ ἑκατὸν ἡμέρασ φάγεσαι αὐτά. (Septuagint, Prophetia Ezechielis 4:9)
  • κεἴ τισ δορυξὸσ ἢ κάπηλοσ ἀσπίδων, ἵν’ ἐμπολᾷ βέλτιον, ἐπιθυμεῖ μαχῶν ληφθεὶσ ὑπὸ λῃστῶν ἐσθίοι κριθὰσ μόνασ. (Aristophanes, Peace, Choral, iambics8)
  • κἀπευξαμένουσ τοῖσι θεοῖσιν διδόναι πλοῦτον τοῖσ Ἕλλησιν, κριθάσ τε ποιεῖν ἡμᾶσ πολλὰσ πάντασ ὁμοίωσ οἶνόν τε πολύν, σῦκά τε τρώγειν, τάσ τε γυναῖκασ τίκτειν ἡμῖν, καὶ τἀγαθὰ πάνθ’ ὅσ’ ἀπωλέσαμεν συλλέξασθαι πάλιν ἐξ ἀρχῆσ, λῆξαί τ’ αἴθωνα σίδηρον. (Aristophanes, Peace, Exodus, pnigos1)

Synonyms

  1. to be barley-fed

Similar forms

Source: Henry George Liddell. Robert Scott. "A Greek-English Lexicon". revised and augmented throughout by. Sir Henry Stuart Jones.

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