κρίνω

Ancient Greek

verb

Definitions

(transitive) To separate, divide, part, distinguish between two things or people or among a group of things or people
(transitive) To order, arrange
To inquire, investigate
To select, choose, prefer
(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
To decide or judge ,
To discern between good and bad
To judge, pronounce
To bring to court, accuse
To pass sentence on, condemn, criticize

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Hellenic *kríňňō derived from Proto-Indo-European *kri-n-ye-, *krinyéti, *krey- (separate, seive, divide, touch, strip, sieve, sift, graze, split, I separate, shake, streak, pick out, I move, part).

Origin

Proto-Indo-European

*krey-

Gloss

separate, seive, divide, touch, strip, sieve, sift, graze, split, I separate, shake, streak, pick out, I move, part

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