κριτής

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From κρίνω "I decide"

Pronunciation

• (5th BC Attic): IPA: /kritɛ͜ɛ́s/

• (1st BC Egyptian): IPA: /kritéːs/

• (4th AD Koine): IPA: /kritís/

• (10th AD Byzantine): IPA: /kritís/

• (15th AD Constantinopolitan): IPA: /kɾitís/

Noun

κριτής (genitive κριτοῦ) m, first declension; (kritēs)

1. umpire
2. judge

Inflection

First declension of κρῐτής, κρῐτοῦ

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ὁ κρῐτής	τὼ κρῐτά	οἱ κρῐταί
Genitive	τοῦ κρῐτοῦ	τοῖν κρῐταῖν	τῶν κρῐτῶν
Dative	τῷ κρῐτῇ	τοῖν κρῐταῖν	τοῖς κρῐταῖς
Accusative	τὸν κρῐτήν	τὼ κρῐτά	τοὺς κρῐτάς
Vocative	κρῐτά	κρῐτά	κρῐταί

Descendants

English: critic

References

• Bauer lexicon
• κριτής in A Greek-English Lexicon by Liddell & Scott, Clarendon Press, Oxford, 1940
• Strong’s concordance number: G2923