κρίσις κρίσις (κρῐ), εως κρίνω a separating, power of distinguishing, Arist.: choice, selection, Arist. a decision, judgment, Hdt., Aesch.; κρ. οὐκ ἀληθής no certain means of judging, Soph. in legal sense, a trial, Ar., Thuc., etc.:— the result of a trial, condemnation, Xen. a trial of skill, τόξου in archery, Soph. a dispute, περί τινος Hdt. the event or issue of a thing, κρίσιν ἔχειν to be decided, of a war, Thuc.