κριτήριον
Sunt verba voces quibus hunc lenire dolorem possis, magnam morbi deponere partem → Words will avail the wretched mind to ease and much abate the dismal black disease.
English (LSJ)
τό,
A means for judging or trying, standard, freq. of the mental faculties and senses, ἔχων αὐτῶν τὸ κ. ἐν αὑτῷ Pl.Tht.178b, cf. R.582a, Plu.2.448b, etc.; τὸ αἰσθητήριον καὶ κ. τῶν . . χυμῶν Arist. Metaph.1068a3, cf. Epicur.Ep.1p.5U. (pl.), Sent.24, al.; περὶ κριτηρίου, title of works by Epicurus (D.L.10.27), Posidonius (Diocl. ap. D.L.7.54), and Ptolemy: generally, χρόνον εἶναι μέτρον καὶ κ. τάχους measure, test, Zeno Stoic.1.26, etc. 2 court of judgement, tribunal, Pl.Lg.767b; καθίζειν κ. Plb.9.33.12, cf. PHib.1.29 (a) (iii B. C.), 1 Ep.Cor.6.2, IG14.951.20, Paus.2.20.7, POxy.2134.6 (ii A. D.), etc. b decision of a tribunal, judgement, SIG826 K9 (Delph., ii B. C.).
German (Pape)
[Seite 1511] τό, ein Mittel zum Entscheiden, entscheidendes Kennzeichen; ἔχων αὐτῶν τὸ κριτήριον ἐν ἑαυτῷ Plat. Theaet. 178 b; öfter bei Plut. – Der Ort des Gerichts, der Gerichtsplatz, u. das Gericht selbst; Plat. Legg. VI, 676 b; καθίζειν κριτήριον Pol. 9, 33, 12; ἐν ἴσῳ κριτηρίῳ, apud aequos iudices, 16, 27, 2; Sp.
Greek (Liddell-Scott)
κρῐτήριον: τό, (κριτὴς) μέσον πρὸς κρίσιν ἢ δοκιμήν, μέτρον ἢ γνώμων, ἐπὶ τῶν διανοητικῶν δυνάμεων καὶ τῶν αἰσθήσεων, ἔχων αὐτῶν τὸ κρ. ἐν αὑτῷ Πλάτ. Θεαίτ. 178Β, πρβλ. Πολ. 582Α· τὸ αἰσθητήριον καὶ κρ. τῶν… χυμῶν Ἀριστ. Μετὰ τὰ Φυσ. 10.· 6, 6. 2) δικαστήριον, Πλάτ. Νόμ. 767Β· καθίζειν κρ. Πολύβ. 9. 33, 12, πρβλ. Συλλ. Ἐπιγρ. 5879. 21.
French (Bailly abrégé)
ου (τό) :
1 faculté de juger;
2 règle pour discerner le vrai du faux, critère.
Étymologie: κρίνω.
English (Strong)
neuter of a presumed derivative of κριτής; a rule of judging ("criterion"), i.e. (by implication) a tribunal: to judge, judgment (seat).
English (Thayer)
κριτηρίου, τό (from κριτηρ, equivalent to κριτής);
1. properly, the instrument or means of trying or judging anything; the rule by which one judges (Plato, Plutarch, others).
2. the place where judgment is given; the tribunal of a judge; a bench of judges: plural, Sept.; Plato, Polybius, Plutarch, others).
3. in an exceptional usage, the matter judged, thing to be decided, suit, case: plural 1 Corinthians 6:2).
