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κρίνω [ῑ],
Epic dialect 3rd.person etc for 1st.person, 2nd.person singular indicative κρίνησι (δια-) falsa lectio in [[ 3rd c.BC: Theocritus Poeta Bucolicus 25.46 ] Refs 3rd c.BC+]: future κρῐνῶ, Epic dialect, Ionic dialect κρῐνέω (δια-) [[ 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 2.387 ] Refs 8th c.BC+]: aorist [[ ἔκρῑνα 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 18.264 ] Refs 8th c.BC+], etc.: perfect [[ κέκρῐκα Plato Philosophus [{5-6th c.BC}] “Leges” 734c ] Refs 6th c.BC+], etc.:—middle, future [[ κρῐνοῦμαι 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Med.” 609 ] Refs 5th c.BC+], but in passive sense, [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Grg.” 521e ] Refs 5th c.BC+]: aorist [[ ἐκρῑνάμην 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 9.521 ] Refs 8th c.BC+], etc.:—passive, future [[ κρῐθήσομαι Aeschylus Tragicus [{4-5th c.BC}] “Eumenides” 677, 5th c.BC: Antipho Orator 6.37 ] Refs 5th c.BC+], etc.: aorist ἐκρίθην [ῐ] [[ 5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “N.” 7.7, etc.; 3rd._person_ etc for 1st._person_, 2nd._person_ _plural_ κρίθεν [prev\. author] “P.” 4.168, ἔκριθεν 3rd c.BC: Apollonius Rhodius Epicus 4.1462 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; Epic dialect optative κρινθεῖτε (δια-) [[ 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 3.102 ] Refs 8th c.BC+], participle [[ κρινθείς 13.129, 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 8.48 ] Refs 8th c.BC+], infinitive [[ κρινθήμεναι 3rd c.BC: Apollonius Rhodius Epicus 2.148 ] Refs 3rd c.BC+]: perfect [[ κέκρῐμαι 5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “O.” 2.30, 5th-6th c.BC: Andocides Orator 4.35 ] Refs 5th c.BC+], etc.; infinitive κεκρίσθαι (ἀπο-) [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Men.” 75c:] Refs 5th c.BC+] — _Aeolic dialect_ κρίννω uncertain in [[“IG” 12(2).278 (Mytil.)] Refs]: aorist ἔκριννε [[[prev. work]] Refs] 6.28(Mytil., ἐπ-); infinitive κρίνναι [[[prev. work] 526b15] Refs]:—Thess. present infinitive κρεννέμεν [[[prev. work]9(2).517.14 (from Larissa)] Refs]:—separate, put asunder, distinguish, [[ ὅτε τε ξανθὴ Δημήτηρ κρίνῃ.. καρπόν τε καὶ ἄχνας 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 5.501, etc.; κρῖν᾽ ἄνδρας κατὰ φῦλα 2.362. compare 446; ἥλιος ἠὼ καὶ δύσιν ἔκρινεν 5th c.BC: Empedocles Poeta Philosophus 154.1; κ. τὸ ἀληθές τε καὶ μή Plato Philosophus [{5-6th c.BC}] “Theaetetus” 150b; τούς τε ἀγαθοὺς καὶ τοὺς κακούς Xenophon Historicus [{5-6th c.BC}] “Memorabilia” 3.1.9 ] Refs 8th c.BC+], etc.:—also middle, [[ ἀντία δ᾽ ἐκρίναντο δέμας καὶ σήματ᾽ ἔθεντο χωρὶς ἀπ᾽ ἀλλήλων Parmenides Poeta Philosophus [{4-5th c.BC}] 8.55 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]:—passive, [[ κρινόμενον πῦρ 5th c.BC: Empedocles Poeta Philosophus 62.2 ] Refs 5th c.BC+].
__II pick out, choose, [[ ἐν δ᾽ ἐρέτας ἔκρινεν ἐείκοσιν 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 1.309; ἐκ Λυκίης.. φῶτας ἀρίστους 6.188, compare 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 4.666, 9.90, 195, 14.217, etc.; κ. τινὰ ἐκ πάντων 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 6.129; κρίνασα δ᾽ ἀστῶν.. τὰ βέλτατα Aeschylus Tragicus [{4-5th c.BC}] “Eumenides” 487; δίδωμί σοι κρίναντι χρῆσθαι 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Coloneus” 641 ] Refs 8th c.BC+], etc.:—middle, κρίνασθαι ἀρίστους to choose the best, [[ 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 9.521, compare 19.193, 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 4.408, 530, etc.:] Refs 8th c.BC+] —passive, to be chosen out, distinguished, [[ ἵνα τε κρίνονται ἄριστοι 24.507 ] Refs]; especiallyin partt., κεκριμένος picked out, chosen, [[ 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 10.417, 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 13.182, +others, 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 3.31; κρινθείς 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 13.129, 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 8.48; ἀρετᾷ κριθείς] Refs 8th c.BC+] distinguished for.., [[ 5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “N.” 7.7; κριθέντων ἐν τοῖς ἱερέοις] Refs 5th c.BC+] approved.. , [[“GDI” 2049.15 (Delph.); ἀσπίδα.. κεκριμένην ὕδατι καὶ πολέμῳ] Refs] proved by sea and land, [[“AP” 9.42 (1st c.AD: Leonidas Alexandrinus Epigrammaticus); ἐν ζῶσι κεκριμένα] Refs 1st c.AD+] numbered among.., conjecture in [[ 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Supp.” 969 (Lyric poetry); εἰς τοὺς ἐφήβους κριθείς 2nd c.AD: Lucianus Sophista “Am.” 2 ] Refs 5th c.BC+].
__II.2 decide disputes, [[ κρίνων νείκεα πολλά 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 12.440; ἔκριναν μέγα νεῖκος.. πολέμοιο 18.264 ] Refs 8th c.BC+]: c.accusative cognate, οἳ.. σκολιὰς κρίνωσι θέμιστας judge crooked judgements, [[ 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 16.387; κ. δίκας 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 2.129; κρῖνε δ᾽ εὐθεῖαν δίκην Aeschylus Tragicus [{4-5th c.BC}] “Eumenides” 433 ] Refs 8th c.BC+], etc.; πρώτας δίκας κρίνοντες αἵματος [[[prev. work] 682; κρινεῖ δὲ δὴ τίς ταῦτ; 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Ra.” 805; κ. κρίσιν Plato Philosophus [{5-6th c.BC}] “Respublica” 36o e; ἄριστα κ. 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 6.39 ] Refs 6th c.BC+]; κρίνουσι βοῇ καὶ οὐ ψήφῳ they decide the question.., [[ [prev\. author] 1.87; μίσει πλέον ἢ δίκῃ κ. [prev\. author] 3.67; τὸ δίκαιον κ. Isocrates Orator [{5-6th c.BC}] 14.10 ] Refs 6th c.BC+]; τῷ τοῦτο κρίνει; by what do you form this judgement? [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Pl.” 48; κ. περί τινος 5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “N.” 5.40, 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Ap.” 35d, 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Rh.” 1391b9, etc.:] Refs 5th c.BC+] — passive, [[ ἀγὼν κριθήσεται Aeschylus Tragicus [{4-5th c.BC}] “Eumenides” 677 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; κἂν ἰσόψηφος κριθῇ (i.e. ἡ δίκη) [[[prev. work] 741: _impersonal_, κριθησόμενον] Refs] a decision being about to be taken, [[ 2nd c.AD: Arrianus Historicus “An.” 3.9.6. ] Refs 2nd c.AD+]
__II.2.b decide a contest, e.g. for a prize, [[ ἀγῶνα κ. Aristophanes Comicus [{5-6th c.BC}] “Ranae” 873; ἔργον ἐν κύβοις Ἄρης κρινεῖ Aeschylus Tragicus [{4-5th c.BC}] “Septem contra Thebas” 414 ] Refs 6th c.BC+]: with accusative person, κ. τὰς θεάς decide their contest, i.e. judge them, [[ 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “IA” 72:] Refs 5th c.BC+] —passive, [[ [prev\. author] “Supp.” 601 (Lyric poetry); αἱ μάχαι κρίνονται ταῖς ψυχαῖς Xenophon Historicus [{5-6th c.BC}] “Institutio Cyri (Cyropaedia)” 3.3.19 ] Refs 6th c.BC+]:—middle and passive, of persons, have a contest decided, come to issue, [[ κρινώμεθ᾽ Ἄρηϊ 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 2.385, compare 18.209; ὁπότε μνηστῆρσι καὶ ἡμῖν.. μένος κρίνηται Ἄρηος 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 16.269; βίηφι κ. {8-7th c.BC}: Hesiodus Epicus “Theogonia” 882 ] Refs 8th c.BC+]; dispute, contend, [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Nu.” 66; περὶ ἀρετῆς 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 3.120; οὐ κρινοῦμαι.. σοι τὰ πλείονα 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Med.” 609; δίκῃ περί τινος κρίνεσθαι 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 4.122 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; κρίνεσθαι μετά τινος variant in [[ LXX.Judg.8.1, LXX.Job.9.3; πολλαῖς μάχαις κριθείς 1st c.BC: Nicolaus Damascenus Historicus 20 1st c.AD: Josephus Historicus ] LXX+1st c.BC+]; compete in games, with accusative cognate, [[ κριθέντα Πύθια “JRS” 3.295 (Antioch. Pisid.)] Refs]: perfect participle, decided, clear, strong, [[ κεκριμένος οὖρος 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 14.19 ] Refs 8th c.BC+]; πόνοι κεκρ. decided, ended, [[ 5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “N.” 4.1. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]
__II.2.c win a battle, [[ τὴν μάχην Ἀννίβας ἔκρινε 2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 3.117.11 ] Refs 2nd c.BC+].
__II.3 adjudge, [[ κράτος τινί 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Ajax” 443 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]:—passive, [[ τοῖς οὔτε νόστος.. κρίθη 5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “P.” 8.84; τὰ κριθησόμενα _the sum adjudged to be paid, PLips. 38.13 (4th c.AD). ] Refs 5th c.BC+]
__II.3.b absolutely, judge, give judgement, [[ ἄκουσον.. καὶ κρῖνον Aristophanes Comicus [{5-6th c.BC}] “fragment” 473; ἀδίκως κ. 5th c.BC: Pherecrates Comicus 96, compare 4th-3rd c.BC: Menander Comicus “Mon.” 287, 576. ] Refs 6th c.BC+]
__II.3.c in Medicine texts, bring to a crisis, [[ τὸ θερμὸν φίλιόν [ἐστι] καὶ κρῖνον 5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “ἀφορισμοί” 5.22; κ. τὰ νοσήματα 2nd c.AD: Galenus Medicus “Nat. Fac.” 1.13 ] Refs 5th c.BC+], +others:—passive, of a sick person, come to a crisis, [[ ἐκρίθη εἰκοσταῖος 5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “ἐπιδημίαι” 1.15 ] Refs 5th c.BC+] (also impersonal in active, ἔκρινε τούτοισιν ἑνδεκαταίοισιν the crisis came.., [[[prev. work] 18); τοῦ πάθους κριθέντος 1st c.BC: Diodorus Siculus Historicus 19.24 ] Refs 1st c.BC+].
__II.4 judge of, estimate, πρὸς ἐμαυτὸν κρίνων [αὐτόν] judging of him by myself, [[ 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 21.154; πρὸς ἀργύριον τὴν εὐδαιμονίαν κ. Isocrates Orator [{5-6th c.BC}] 4.76 ] Refs 6th c.BC+]:—passive, [[ ἴσον παρ᾽ ἐμοὶ κέκριται 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 7.16. α᾽; εὔνοιακαιρῷ κρίνεται Menander Comicus [{4-3rd c.BC}] 691 ] Refs 5th c.BC+].
__II.5 expound, interpret in a particular way, [[ τὸ ἐνύπνιον ταύτῃ ἔκριναν 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.120, compare 7.19, 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Pr.” 485, etc.:] Refs 5th c.BC+] —in middle, [[ ὁ γέρων ἐκρίνατ᾽ ὀνείρους 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 5.150 ] Refs 8th c.BC+].
__II.6 with accusative et infinitive, decide or judge that.., [[ 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.30, 214, 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Tht.” 17o d, etc.; κρίνω σὲ νικᾶν Aeschylus Tragicus [{4-5th c.BC}] “Choephori” 903 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; so, with the infinitive omitted, [[ ἀνδρῶν πρῶτον κ. τινά 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Tyrannus” 34; Ἔρωτα δ᾽ ὅστις μὴ θεὸν κρίνει μέγαν 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “fragment” 269; τὴν πόλιν ἀθλιωτάτην ἔκρινας Plato Philosophus [{5-6th c.BC}] “Respublica” 578b; ἐκ τῶν λόγων μὴ κρῖνε.. σοφόν Philemo Comicus [{4-3rd c.BC}] 228 ] Refs 6th c.BC+]:—passive, [[ Ἑλλήνων ἕνα κριθέντ᾽ ἄριστον 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Philoctetes” 1345, compare 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 2.40, etc. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]
__II.7 decide in favour of, prefer, choose, [[ κρίνω δ᾽ ἄφθονον ὄλβον Aeschylus Tragicus [{4-5th c.BC}] “Agamemnon” 471, compare “Supp.” 396 (both Lyric poetry); τὴν ἐλπίδα τῆς τύχης πάρος 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Trachiniae” 724; τινὰ πρό τινος Plato Philosophus [{5-6th c.BC}] “Respublica” 399e, compare “Phlb.” 57e; τι πρός τι [prev\. author] “Phd.” 110a ] Refs 6th c.BC+] (passive); [[ εἴ σφε κρίνειεν Πάρις 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Troades” 928, compare 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Av.” 1103, “Ec.” 1155 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; choose between, [[ δύ᾽ ἔσθ᾽ ἃ κρῖναι τὸν γαμεῖν μέλλοντα δεῖ, ἤτοι προσηνῆ γ᾽ ὄψιν ἢ χρηστὸν τρόπον Menander Comicus [{4-3rd c.BC}] 584 ] Refs 3rd c.BC+].
__II.8 c.infinitive only, determine to do a thing, [[ “UPZ” 42.37 (2nd c.BC), NT.Tit.3.12, NT.1Cor.2.2, etc.; ζῆν μεθ᾽ ὧν κρίνῃ τις ἄν (i.e. ζῆν)] NT+2nd c.BC+] with whom he chooses to live, [[ 4th-3rd c.BC: Menander Comicus 506; but τὸ βιάζεσθαι οὐκ ἔκρινε 1st c.BC: Diodorus Siculus Historicus 15.32 ] Refs 4th c.BC+].
__II.9 form a judgement of a thing, [[ μὴ κρῖν᾽ ὁρῶν τὸ κάλλος Menander Comicus [{4-3rd c.BC}] “Μονόστιχοι - Fragmenta Comicorum Graecorum” 333 ] Refs 3rd c.BC+].
__III in Trag., question, [[ αὐτὸν.. ἅπας λεὼς κρίνει παραστάς 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Trachiniae” 195 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; εἴ νιν πρὸς βίαν κρίνειν θέλοις [[[prev. work] 388; καὶ κρῖνε κἀξέλεγχ᾽ [prev\. author] “Ant.” 399; μὴ κρῖνε, μὴ 'ξέταζε [prev\. author] “Aj.” 586; σέ τοι, σὲ κρίνω [prev\. author] “El.” 1445 ] Refs].
__III.2 bring to trial, accuse, [[ 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 2.29, 18.15, 19.233; κ. θανάτου] Refs 4th c.BC+] judge (in matters) of life and death, [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Cyr.” 1.2.14; κ. τινὰ προδοσίας 4th c.BC: Lycurgus Orator 113; περὶ προδοσίας Isocrates Orator [{5-6th c.BC}] 15.129 ] Refs 6th c.BC+]; κ. τινὰ κακώσεως ἐπαρχίας, Latin repetundarum, [[ 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus “Caes.” 4:] Refs 1st c.AD+] —passive, to be brought to trial, [[ 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 6.29; θανάτου (δίκῃ add. codex B) [prev\. author] 3.57; Λεωκράτους τοῦ κρινομένου 4th c.BC: Lycurgus Orator 1 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; κρίνομαι πρὸς Σωφρόνη; [[ 4th-3rd c.BC: Menander Comicus “Epit.” 529; τρὶς κρίνεται παρ᾽ ὑμῖν περὶ θανάτου 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 4.47; ἐκρίνετο τὴν περὶ Ὠρωποῦ κρίσιν θανάτου [prev\. author] 21.64 ] Refs 4th c.BC+]: with genitive criminis, [[ κρίνεσθαι δώρων 5th c.BC: Lysias Orator 27.3: κ. ἐπ᾽ ἀδικήματι Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus [{1-2nd c.AD}] 2.241e ] Refs 5th c.BC+]: absolutely, [[ ὁ κεκριμένος 4th c.BC: Aeschines Orator 2.159 ] Refs 4th c.BC+].
__III.3 pass sentence upon, condemn, [[ 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 19.232:] Refs 4th c.BC+] — passive, to be judged, condemned, [[ κακούργου.. ἐστι κριθέντ᾽ ἀποθανεῖν [prev\. author] 4.47; μὴ κρίνετε, ἵνα μὴ κριθῆτε NT.Matthew.7.1 ] NT]; τὰ κεκριμένα the judgement of a court, [[ “PRyl.” 76.8 (2nd c.AD). (κρῐ-ν] Refs 2nd c.AD+]-yω ἐ-κρῐ-ν-σα, cf. Latin cerno (from *cr[icaron]-n-), crībrum (from *crei-dhrom).)
