See also: κρινῶ

Ancient Greek edit

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Etymology edit

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 (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.

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Verb edit

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 voice, passive voice) to have a contest decided
    2. (middle voice and passive voice) 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
  11. to secrete

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Descendants edit

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

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Etymology edit

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

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Verb edit

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

  1. to judge, assess, decide

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