κρίνω
I. Lat. cerno, to separate, part, put asunder, distinguish, Il., Xen.
II. "to pick out, choose", Hom., Hdt., attic:—Mid. "to pick out for oneself, choose", Hom., etc.: —Pass. "to be chosen", Il.; perf. and aor1 part. κεκριμένος, κρινθείς "picked out, chosen", Hom.
III. "to decide" disputes, id=Hom., Hdt., etc.; σκολιὰς κρίνειν θέμιστας "to judge" crooked judgments, i. e. to judge unjustly, Il.; κρίνουσι βόηι καὶ οὐ ψήφωι "they decide the question" by shouting, not by voting, Thuc.; "to decide" a contest for a prize, Soph., etc.; κρ. τὰς θεάς "to decide" their "contest", i. e. "judge" them, Eur.:—Pass. and Mid., of persons, "to have" a contest "decided, come to issue", Hom., etc.
2. "to adjudge", κράτος τινί Soph.
3. "to judge of, estimate", πρὸς ἐμαυτὸν κρίνων [αὐτόν] "judging of" him by myself, Dem.:—Pass., ἴσον παρ᾽ ἐμοὶ κέκριται Hdt.
4. "to expound, interpret" dreams, id=Hdt., Aesch., etc.: so in Mid., Il.
5. c. acc. et inf. "to decide or judge that", Hdt., attic
6. c. inf. only, "to determine" to do a thing, NTest.
IV. "to question", Soph.
2. "to bring to trial, accuse", Xen., etc.:—Pass. "to be brought to trial", Thuc., etc.
3. "to pass sentence upon, to condemn", Soph., Dem.