A.set apart, prob. in Alc.Supp. 5.7, Pherecr.23, Ael.VH12.8; “χωρὶς ἀ.” Pl.Plt.302c, al.:—Pass., to be parted or separated, ἀποκρινθέντε parted from the throng (of two πρόμαχοι), Il.5.12 (nowhere else in Hom.); “πίθηκος ᾔει θηρίων ἀποκριθείς” Archil.89.3; of the elements in cosmogony, Emp.9.4, Anaxag. 2, Democr.167; “ἀπεκρίθη . . τοῦ βαρβάρου ἔθνεος τὸ Ἑλληνικόν” Hdt.1.60; “χωρίς θηρίων ἡ δίαιτα ἀποκέκριται” Id.2.36; ἀποκεκρίσθαι εἰς ἓν ὄνομα to be separated and brought under one name, Th.1.3; οὐ βεβαίως ἀπεκρίθησαν, of combatants, separated without decisive result, Id.4.72.
2. Medic. in Pass., to be distinctly formed, Hp.Prog.23; of the embryo, Arist.HA561a17; τὰ ἐν τῷ σώματι -όμενα bodily secretions, Hp.VM14; “τὰ ἐς τὴν κοιλίην ἀ.” Id.Vict.4.89; but ἐς τοῦτο πάντα ἀπεκρίθη all illnesses determined or ended in this alone, Th.2.49; also “ᾗ τὰ περιττώματα ἀποκρίνεται” are voided, Arist.PA665b24, cf. GA773b35.
3. mark by a distinctive form, distinguish, “πρύμνην” Hdt.1.194; “νόσημά τι ἀποκεκριμένον” specific, Pl.R.407d, cf. Arist. Mete.369b29.
II. choose, “ἕνα ὑμῶν ἀ. ἐξαίρετον” Hdt.6.130; ἀ. τοῦ πεζοῦ, τοῦ στρατοῦ, choose from . ., Hdt.3.17,25; δυοῖν ἀποκρίνας κακοῖν having set apart, i.e. decreed, one of two, S.OT640.
2. exclude, “πλήθει τῶν ψήφων” Pl.Lg.946a.
III. reject on examination, κρίνειν καὶ ἀ. ib.751d; ἐγκρίνειν καὶ ἀ. ib.936a; ἀ. τινὰ τῆς νίκης decide that one has lost the victory, decide it against one, Arist.Pol.1315b18:—Med., Pl.Lg.966d.
IV. Med., ἀποκρίνομαι, fut. -κρι^νοῦμαι, etc.: Pl. uses pf. and plpf. Pass. in med. sense, Prt.358a, Grg.463c, etc., but also in pass. sense (v. infr.):—give answer to, reply to question, dub.1. in Hdt.5.49, 8.101 (elsewh. ὑποκρ-), cf. E.Ba.1271, IA1354; “ἀ. τινί” Ar.Nu.1245, etc.: metaph., “ἀ. τοῖς πράγμασιν ὡς ἐπὶ τῶν ἐρωτημάτων” Arr.Epict.2.16.2; ἀ. πρός τινα, πρὸς τὸ ἐρωτώμενον, to a questioner or question, Th.5.42, Pl.Prt.338d; “ἀ. εἰ . .” Ar. V.964; “ἀ. ὅτι . .” Th.1.90: c. acc., ἀποκρίνεσθαι τὸ ἐρωτηθέν to answer the question, Id.3.61, cf. Pl.Cri.49a, Hp.Ma.287b, Arist.Metaph. 1007a9: c. acc. cogn., “ἀ. οὐδὲ γρῦ” Ar.Pl.17; “οὐδὲν ξυμβατικόν” Th.8.71; “ἀ. ἀπόκρισιν” Pl.Lg.658c:—Pass., τοῦτό μοι ἀποκεκρίσθω let this be my answer, Id.Tht.187b; καλῶς ἄν σοι ἀπεκέκριτο your answer would have been sufficient, Id.Grg.453d, cf.Men.75c,Euthd.299d.
2. answer charges, defend oneself, Ar.Ach.632; “ὁ ἀποκρινόμενος” the defendant, Antipho 6.18, cf. 2.4.3; ἀπεκρινάμην freq. in legal documents, PHib.1.31.24 (iii B. C.), etc.
3. aor. Pass. ἀπεκρίθη, = ἀπεκρίνατο, he answered, condemned by Phryn.86, is unknown in earlier Att., exc. in Pherecr.51, Pl.Alc.2.149b; but occurs in Machoap.Ath.8.349d, UPZ6.30 (ii B. C.), SIG674.61 (Narthacium, ii B. C.), IG4.679 (Hermione, ii B. C.), Plb.4.30.7, etc.; once in J., AJ9.3.1, twice in Luc., Sol.5, Demon.26; regular in LXX (but sts. ἀπεκρινάμην in solemn language, as 3 Ki.2.1) and prevails in NT esp. in the phrase “ἀποκριθεὶς εἶπεν” Ev.Matt.3.15; “ἀ. λέγει” Ev.Marc.8.20, al., cf. X.An. 2.1.22 codd.: fut. ἀποκριθήσομαι in same sense, LXXIs.14.32, al., Ev.Matt.25.45, Hermog.Inv.4.6.
