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 AtticIonicDoric present tense κρῑ́νω (krī́nō) has a long (ī) because the vowel of the root was compensatorily lengthened after the shortening of Proto-Hellenic *ňň, and the aorist ἔκρῑνᾰ (ékrīna) has long (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 (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

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Greek

Verb

κρίνω (kríno) (simple past έκρινα, passive κρίνομαι)

  1. judge, assess, decide

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