κριτής
krites
judge, umpire
Appears 32 times across Aristotle's works.
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Dictionary (LSJ)
κριτής, οῦ, ὁ, voc. κριτή 118: (κρίνω):—A. judge, umpire, Supp. 397, 3.160, etc.; ἐν πέντε κριτῶν γούνασι κεῖται 229; κ. τῶν ἀληθῶν, opp. δοξαστής, 5.94; κριταὶ ἀπὸ τοῦ ἴσου, opp. ἀγωνισταί, 3.37; τῶν . . λεγομένων μὴ κακοὺς κ. 1.120; κ. περί τινος 16.21, Phlb. 65a; at Athens, usu. of the judges in the poetic contests, Ach. 1224, Nu. 1115, Av. 445, cf. 4.21; rarely, = δικαστής, 3: so metaph. in 3.232; πάντα τὰ στοιχεῖα κριτὴν εἴληφε, i. e. each element has found favour with some philosopher, de An. 405b8, cf. Pol. 1337a42; of the Judges of Israel, Jd. 2.16, al.; κ. δοθείς, = Lat. judex datus, 1195.1 (ii A. D.); ἐπίλεκτος κ., = judex selectus, OGI 567.10 (Attalia, ii A. D.). 2. κ. ἐνυπνίων interpreter of dreams, Pers. 226. II. κριτάς· ὀδόντας, ; cf. κραντήρ.
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