κρίνω

See also: κρινῶ

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

  • κρίννω (krínnō) – Aeolic

Etymology

From Proto-Hellenic *kríňňō, from Proto-Indo-European *kri-n-ye-, from *krey-. Cognates include English rinse, Latin cernō (“I separate, discern”), and Welsh gogrynu.

The root of the verb was originally short, but the Attic–Ionic–Doric present tense κρῑ́νω (krī́nō) has a long ῑ (ī) because the vowel of the root was compensatorily lengthened after the shortening of Proto-Hellenic *ňň, and the aorist ἔκρῑνᾰ (ékrīna) has long ῑ (ī) because of compensatory lengthening after the loss of the aorist tense-marker /s/ in the original form /ekrin-sa/. The Aeolic present κρῐ́ννω (krínnō) and aorist ἔκρῐννε (ékrinne) have a short ῐ (i) and doubled νν (nn) because the consonant ν (n) was compensatorily lengthened instead of the vowel.

Pronunciation

 

Verb

κρῑ́νω • (krī́nō)

  1. (transitive) To separate, divide, part, distinguish between two things or people or among a group of things or people
  2. (transitive) To order, arrange
  3. To inquire, investigate
  4. To select, choose, prefer
  5. (transitive) To decide a dispute or contest, with accusative of the contest or dispute, or accusative of a person involved in the contest or dispute; (intransitive) to pass judgement, come to a decision
    1. (middle, passive) To have a contest decided
    2. (middle and passive) To contend, dispute, quarrel
  6. To decide or judge [+accusative and infinitive = that something does something], [+accusative and accusative = that something is something]
  7. To discern between good and bad
  8. To judge, pronounce
  9. To bring to court, accuse
  10. To pass sentence on, condemn, criticize

Inflection

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Greek: κρίνω (kríno)
  • Mariupol Greek: крину (krinu)

Further reading

Greek

Etymology

Inherited from Ancient Greek κρίνω, from Proto-Hellenic *kríňňō, from Proto-Indo-European *kri-n-ye-, from *krey-.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈkɾi.no/
  • Hyphenation: κρί‧νω
  • Homophone: κρίνο (kríno)

Verb

κρίνω • (kríno) (imperfect έκρινα, past έκρινα, passive κρίνομαι) passive past: κρίθηκα

  1. judge, assess, decide

Conjugation

Verbs -and see their derivatives-
  • ανακρίνω (anakríno, “interrogate”)
  • ανταποκρίνομαι (antapokrínomai, “respond, meet expectation”)
  • απεκκρίνω (apekkríno, “excrete”)
  • αποκρίνομαι (apokrínomai, “respond”)
  • αυτοκρίνομαι (aftokrínomai, “examine one's self”)
  • διακρίνω (diakríno, “discent”)
  • διευκρινίζω (diefkrinízo, “clarify”)
  • εγκρίνω (egkríno, “approve”)
  • εκκρίνω (ekkríno, “secrete”)
  • επανακρίνω (epanakríno, “judge again”)
  • επικρίνω (epikríno, “criticise”)
  • κατακρίνω (katakríno, “reproach”)
  • κριματίζω (krimatízo, “make someone sin”)
  • κριτικάρω (kritikáro, “criticise”)
  • λογοκρίνω (logokríno, “censor”)
  • προανακρίνω (proanakríno, “make preliminary interrogation”)
  • προκρίνω (prokríno, “mark out, choose as better”)
  • συγκεκριμενοποιώ (sygkekrimenopoió, “make precise”)
  • συγκρίνω (sygkríno, “compare”)
  • υπερεκκρίνω (yperekkríno, “hypersecrete”)
  • υποκρίνομαι (ypokrínomai, “pretend”)
Other related words
  • αιματοκρίτης m (aimatokrítis, “haemotocrit”)
  • ακρισία f (akrisía, “lack of judgement”)
  • ακριτομυθία f (akritomythía, “indiscretion”)
  • ακριτόμυθος (akritómythos, “indiscreet, blabber”)
  • άκριτος (ákritos, “unthinking, unjudged”)
  • αυτοκριτική f (aftokritikí, “self-criticism”)
  • βιβλιοκρισία f (vivliokrisía, “book review”)
  • βιβλιοκριτικός m (vivliokritikós, “book reviewer”)
  • δικαιοκρίτης m (dikaiokrítis, “who judges fairly”) (of God)
  • ειλικρίνεια f (eilikríneia, “sincerity”)
  • ειλικρινής (eilikrinís, “sincere”)
  • εμπειριοκριτικισμός m (empeiriokritikismós)
  • ενδοέκκριση f (endoékkrisi, “endocrine”)
  • ενδοκρινής (endokrinís, “endocrine”)
  • ενδοκρινολογία f (endokrinología, “endocrinology”)
  • ενδοκρινολόγος m (endokrinológos, “endocrinlogist”)
  • εξωκρινής (exokrinís, “exocrine”)
  • ευθυκρισία f (efthykrisía, “straight judgement”)
  • ευκρίνεια f (efkríneia, “clear visibility, resolution”)
  • ευκρινής (efkrinís, “indicated in clear, easily recognizable”)
  • θεοκρισία f (theokrisía, “god's judgement”)
  • κρίμα n (kríma, “pity; misdeed”)
  • κρίση f (krísi, “judgjement; crisis”)
  • κρίσιμος (krísimos, “crucial; critical”)
  • κρισιμότητα f (krisimótita, “criticality”)
  • κριτήριο n (kritírio, “criterion”)
  • κριτής m (kritís, “umpire, judge”)
  • κριτική f (kritikí, “criticism; critique”)
  • κριτικισμός m (kritikismós, “criticism, critical theory”) (philosophy)
  • κριτικογραφία f (kritikografía)
  • κριτικογράφος m (kritikográfos)
  • κριτικός (kritikós, “critic”)
  • κρίτρα n pl (krítra, “judge's fee”)
  • μουσικοκριτικός m (mousikokritikós, “music critic”)
  • ονειροκρίτης m (oneirokrítis)
  • προκριματικός (prokrimatikós, “preliminary”)
  • τεχνοκρίτης m (technokrítis, “art critic”)
  • τεχνοκριτική f (technokritikí, “art criticism”)
  • τεχνοκριτικός m (technokritikós, “art critic”)
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