κρίνω Lat. cerno, to separate, part, put asunder, distinguish, Il., Xen. 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. to decide disputes, 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. to adjudge, κράτος τινί Soph. to judge of, estimate, πρὸς ἐμαυτὸν κρίνων αὐτόν judging of him by myself, Dem.:—Pass., ἴσον παρʼ ἐμοὶ κέκριται Hdt. to expound, interpret dreams, Hdt., Aesch., etc.: so in Mid., Il. c. acc. et inf. to decide or judge that, Hdt., Attic c. inf. only, to determine to do a thing, NTest. to question, Soph. to bring to trial, accuse, Xen., etc.:—Pass. to be brought to trial, Thuc., etc. to pass sentence upon, to condemn, Soph., Dem.