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|Definition=[κρῑ], fut. -κρῐνῶ (v.infr.):—<br><span class="bld">A</span> [[decide]], [[determine]], τι [[Plato|Pl.]]''[[Leges|Lg.]]''768a; <b class="b3">τὸ πλεῖον</b> καὶ τοὔλαττον D.H.3.29; περί τινος Decr. ap. D.18.38; <b class="b3">τοῦ ἐπικρινοῦντος</b> δέοι ἄν [[Plato|Pl.]]''[[Republic|R.]]'' 524e: c.inf., <b class="b3">ἐπέκρινε γενέσθαι τὸ αἴτημα αὐτῶν</b> ''Ev.'' ''Luc.''23.24; <b class="b3">ἐ. τί διαφέρει</b> what is the difference, Arist.''de An.''431a20; <b class="b3">τὸ ἐπικρῖνον</b> [[the deciding power]], Id.''Insomn.''461b25; also, [[principle]] [[of selection]], rule of life, Epicur.''Nat.''125G.; [[adjudge]], [[inflict]], [[θάνατόν]] τινι [[LXX]] 2 ''Ma.''4.47:—Pass., <b class="b3">μέχρις ἂν ἐπικριθῇ αὐτῷ ὑπὸ τῶν ἱερέων ἢ</b> <b class="b3">ἀποδοῦναι αὐτὸν ἢ εἰσέρχεσθαι</b> until the judges [[determine]] whether he shall pay up or enter (without payment), ''SIG''1109.71, cf.''PTeb.''284.2 (i B.C.).<br><span class="bld">2</span>. c.acc.pers., [[judge]], τινά Ph.2.380:—Pass., ib.309.<br><span class="bld">II</span>. [[select]], [[pick out]], ἐξ ἑαυτῶν τὸν ἄριστον D.S.1.75; <b class="b3">ἐ. τινὰ ἴσον ἀδελφοῖς</b> [[distinguish]], [[esteem]], Hp.''Jusj.''<br><span class="bld">2</span>. in Egypt, [[select by]] ἐπίκρισις ''ΙΙ'' ([[quod vide|q.v.]]), ''PGen.''19 (ii A.D.):—Pass., ''[[Oxyrhynchus Papyri|POxy.]]''39 (i A.D.).<br><span class="bld">3</span>. [[consider]], [[πάντα]] ταῦτα Phld.''Oec.''p.63J.<br><span class="bld">III</span>. Med., [[choose for oneself]], [[pick out]], βοῦν ''SIG''1025.17 (Cos, iv/iii B.C.).