κρῐτ-ής, οῦ, ὁ,
vocative [[ κριτή 6th c.BC: Hipponax Iambographus 118 ] Refs 6th c.BC+]: (κρίνω):—judge, umpire, [[ 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Supp.” 397, 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 3.160, etc.; ἐν πέντε κριτῶν γούνασι κεῖται 5th c.BC: Epicharmus Comicus 229 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; κ. τῶν ἀληθῶν, opposed to δοξαστής, [[ 5th c.BC: Antipho Orator 5.94; κριταὶ ἀπὸ τοῦ ἴσου, opposed to ἀγωνισταί, 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 3.37; τῶν.. λεγομένων μὴ κακοὺς κ. [prev\. author] 1.120; κ. περί τινος 5th c.BC: Lysias Orator 16.21, 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Phlb.” 65a ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; at Athens, usually of the judges in the poetic contests, [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Ach.” 1224, “Nu.” 1115, “Av.” 445, compare 5th-6th c.BC: Andocides Orator 4.21; rarely, ={δικαστής}, 4th c.BC: Demades Orator 3: so _metaphorically_ in 4th c.BC: Aeschines Orator 3.232; πάντα τὰ στοιχεῖα κριτὴν εἴληφε, i. e. each element has found favour with some philosopher, 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “de An.” 405b8, compare “Pol.” 1337a42; of the “Judges” of Israel, LXX.Judg.2.16, +others; κ. δοθείς, =] LXX+5th c.BC+] Latin judex datus, [[ POxy. 1195.1 (2nd c.AD); ἐπίλεκτος κ., =] Refs 2nd c.AD+] judex selectus, [[“OGI” 567.10 (Attalia, 2nd c.AD). ] Refs 2nd c.AD+]
__2 κ. ἐνυπνίων interpreter of dreams, [[ 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Pers.” 226. ] Refs 4th c.BC+]
__II κριτάς· ὀδόντας, [[ 5th c.AD(?): Hesychius Legal icographus; compare κραντήρ. ] Refs 5th c.AD+]