A. set apart,prob. in Alc. Supp. 5.7 , Pherecr. 23 , Ael. VH 12.8 ; χωρὶς ἀ.
Pl. Plt. 302c
, al.:— Pass. ,to be parted or separated, ἀποκρινθέντε parted from the throng(of twoπρόμαχοι), Il. 5.12 (nowhere else in Hom. ); πίθηκος ᾔει θηρίων ἀποκριθείς
Archil. 89.3
; of the elements in cosmogony, Emp. 9.4 , Anaxag. 2 , Democr. 167 ; ἀπεκρίθη . . τοῦ βαρβάρου ἔθνεος τὸ Ἑλληνικόν
Hdt. 1.60
; χωρίς θηρίων ἡ δίαιτα ἀποκέκριται
Id. 2.36
;ἀποκεκρίσθαι εἰς ἓν ὄνομα to be separated and broughtunder one name, Th. 1.3 ;οὐ βεβαίως ἀπεκρίθησαν,of combatants,separatedwithout decisive result, Id. 4.72 .
2. Medic. in Pass. ,to be distinctly formed,
Hp. Prog. 23 ; of the embryo, Arist. HA 561a17 ;τὰ ἐν τῷ σώματι -όμεναbodilysecretions,
; butἐς τοῦτο πάντα ἀπεκρίθηall illnessesdeterminedorendedin thisalone,
Th. 2.49 ; also ᾗ τὰ περιττώματα ἀποκρίνεται are voided,
Arist. PA 665b24
, cf. GA 773b35 .
3. mark by a distinctive form, distinguish,
πρύμνην
Hdt. 1.194
; νόσημά τι ἀποκεκριμένον specific,
Pl. R. 407d
, cf. Arist. Mete. 369b29 .
II. choose,
ἕνα ὑμῶν ἀ. ἐξαίρετον
Hdt. 6.130
;ἀ. τοῦ πεζοῦ, τοῦ στρατοῦ, choose from . .,
Hdt. 3.17 , 25 ;δυοῖν ἀποκρίνας κακοῖν having set apart,i.e.decreed,one of two, S. OT 640 .
2. exclude,
πλήθει τῶν ψήφων
Pl. Lg. 946a
.
III. reject on examination, κρίνειν καὶ ἀ.ib. 751d ;ἐγκρίνειν καὶ ἀ.ib. 936a ;ἀ. τινὰ τῆς νίκης decidethat onehas lostthe victory,decideitagainstone, Arist. Pol. 1315b18 :— Med. , Pl. Lg. 966d .
IV.
Med. ,ἀποκρίνομαι, fut. -κρῐνοῦμαι,etc.: Pl. usespf.andplpf.
Pass. in med. sense, Prt. 358a , Grg. 463c , etc., but also in pass. sense (v. infr.):—give answer to, reply toquestion, dub. 1 . in Hdt. 5.49 , 8.101 (elsewh.ὑποκρ-), cf. E. Ba. 1271 , IA 1354 ; ἀ. τινί
, cf. 2.4.3 ;ἀπεκρινάμηνfreq. in legal documents, PHib. 1.31.24
(iii B. C.), etc.
3. aor.
Pass.
ἀπεκρίθη,
= ἀπεκρίνατο , heanswered,condemned by Phryn. 86 , is unknown in earlier Att. , exc. in Pherecr. 51 , Pl. Alc. 2.149b ; but occurs in Machoap. Ath. 8.349d , UPZ 6.30
(ii B. C.), SIG 674.61 (Narthacium,ii B. C.), IG 4.679 (Hermione,ii B. C.), Plb. 4.30.7 , etc.; once in J.,AJ 9.3.1 , twice in Luc.,Sol. 5 , Demon. 26 ; regular in LXX (but sts.ἀπεκρινάμηνin solemn language, as 3 Ki. 2.1 ) and prevails inNTesp. in the phrase ἀποκριθεὶς εἶπεν
Ev.Matt. 3.15
; ἀ. λέγει
Ev.Marc. 8.20
, al., cf. X. An. 2.1.22 codd.:fut. ἀποκριθήσομαιin same sense, LXX Is. 14.32 , al., Ev.Matt. 25.45 , Hermog. Inv. 4.6 .
