A.“κριτή” Hippon.118: (κρίνω):—judge, umpire, A.Supp.397, Hdt.3.160, etc.; “ἐν πέντε κριτῶν γούνασι κεῖται” Epich.229; κ. τῶν ἀληθῶν, opp. δοξαστής, Antipho 5.94; κριταὶ ἀπὸ τοῦ ἴσου, opp. ἀγωνισταί, Th.3.37; “τῶν . . λεγομένων μὴ κακοὺς κ.” Id.1.120; “κ. περί τινος” Lys.16.21, Pl.Phlb.65a; at Athens, usu. of the judges in the poetic contests, Ar.Ach.1224, Nu.1115, Av.445, cf. And.4.21; rarely, = δικαστής, Demad.3: so metaph. in Aeschin.3.232; πάντα τὰ στοιχεῖα κριτὴν εἴληφε, i. e. each element has found favour with some philosopher, Arist.de An.405b8, cf. Pol.1337a42; of the Judges of Israel, LXX Jd.2.16, al.; κ. δοθείς, = Lat. judex datus, POxy.1195.1 (ii A. D.); ἐπίλεκτος κ., = judex selectus, OGI567.10 (Attalia, ii A. D.).
2. κ. ἐνυπνίων interpreter of dreams, A.Pers.226.