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ἐπι-κρίνω [κρι_], fut. -κρι^νῶ (v.infr.):—
A.decide, determine, τι Pl.Lg.768a; τὸ πλεῖον “καὶ τοὔλαττον” D.H.3.29; περί τινος Decr. ap. D.18.38; τοῦ ἐπικρινοῦντος “δέοι ἄν” Pl.R.524e: c.inf., ἐπέκρινε γενέσθαι τὸ αἴτημα αὐτῶν Ev. Luc.23.24; ἐ. τί διαφέρει what is the difference, Arist.de An.431a20; τὸ ἐπικρῖνον 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., μέχρις ἂν ἐπικριθῇ αὐτῷ ὑπὸ τῶν ἱερέων ἢ ἀποδοῦναι αὐτὸν ἢ εἰσέρχεσθαι until the judges determine whether he shall pay up or enter (without payment), SIG1109.71, cf.PTeb.284.2 (i B.C.).
2.. c.acc.pers., judge, “τινά” Ph.2.380:—Pass., ib.309.
II.. select, pick out, “ἐξ ἑαυτῶν τὸν ἄριστον” D.S.1.75; ἐ. τινὰ ἴσον ἀδελφοῖς distinguish, esteem, Hp.Jusj.
2.. in Egypt, select by “ἐπίκρισις” 11 (q.v.), PGen.19 (ii A.D.):—Pass., POxy.39 (i A.D.).
3.. consider, πάντα “ταῦτα” Phld.Oec.p.63J.
III.. Med., choose for oneself, pick out, “βοῦν” SIG1025.17 (Cos, iv/iii B.C.).
Henry George Liddell. Robert Scott. A Greek-English Lexicon. revised and augmented throughout by. Sir Henry Stuart Jones. with the assistance of. Roderick McKenzie. Oxford. Clarendon Press. 1940.

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