Ancient Greek-English Dictionary Language

κριτός

First/Second declension Adjective; 자동번역 Transliteration:

Principal Part: κριτός κριτή κριτόν

Structure: κριτ (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Etym.: kri/nw의 분사형

Sense

  1. picked out, chosen
  2. choice, excellent

Examples

  • ἦμοσ δ’ οὔτ’ ἄρ πω ἠώσ, ἔτι δ’ ἀμφιλύκη νύξ, τῆμοσ ἄρ’ ἀμφὶ πυρὴν κριτὸσ ἔγρετο λαὸσ Ἀχαιῶν, τύμβον δ’ ἀμφ’ αὐτὴν ἕνα ποίεον ἐξαγαγόντεσ ἄκριτον ἐκ πεδίου, ποτὶ δ’ αὐτὸν τεῖχοσ ἔδειμαν πύργουσ θ’ ὑψηλούσ, εἶλαρ νηῶν τε καὶ αὐτῶν. (Homer, Iliad, Book 7 41:1)
  • ἐδικαίουν δ’ οἱ μὲν ὕπατοι τὴν κρείττονα ἔχοντεσ ἐξουσίαν ἁπάντων ἄρχειν τῶν ἐν τῇ πόλει, οἱ δὲ δήμαρχοι τὴν ἐκκλησίαν ἑαυτῶν εἶναι χωρίον ὥσπερ ἐκείνων τὴν βουλήν, καὶ ὁπόσα ἐπὶ τοῖσ δημόταισ ἦν κρίνειν τε καὶ ψηφίζεσθαι, τούτων αὐτοὶ πᾶν ἔχειν τὸ κρίτοσ. (Dionysius of Halicarnassus, Antiquitates Romanae, Books VII-IX, book 7, chapter 16 1:1)
  • Ἀπέσκωψε δ’ εἰσ αὐτὸν ἐπίγραμμα καὶ Θεό‐ κριτοσ ὁ Χῖοσ, οὑτωσὶ ποιήσασ, ὥσ φησιν Ἀμβρύων ἐν τῷ Περὶ Θεοκρίτου· (Diogenes Laertius, Lives of Eminent Philosophers, E, Kef. a'. ARISTOTELHS 11:1)

Synonyms

  1. picked out

  2. choice

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

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