ἀνακρίνω

ἀνακρίνω, A. examine closely, interrogate, esp. judicially, Παυσανίαν Th. 1.95, cf. Antipho 2.1.9, Pl. Smp. 201e; ἀ. τινὰ πόθεν ζῇ Diph. 32.3; sound a person, LXX 1 Ki. 20.12. 2. inquire into, ἀ. τοὺς ἐργασαμένους Antipho 2.3.2; τὴν [αἰτίαν] Phld. Po. 994 Fr. 21, cf. Lib. p.21 O.:—Med., ἀ. ποινὰ τίς ἔσται what remedy there shall be, Pi. P. 4.63. II. examine magistrates so as to prove their qualification, D. 57.66 and 70. 2. of the magistrates, examine persons concerned in a suit, so as to prepare the matter for trial, And. 1.101, Is. 5.32; ὁ ἄρχων ἀνέκρινε πᾶσιν ὑμῖν καὶ ἀνακρίνας εἰσήγαγεν εἰς τὸ δικαστήριον D. 48.31, cf. Arist. Ath. 56.6:—Pass., ἀνεκρίθησαν αἱ ἀμφισβητήσεις D. 48.23:—Med., οὐκ ἀνεκρίνατο ταύτην [τὴν γραφήν] he did not have it examined, of the prosecutor, Id. 21.103, cf. 53.17. 3. generally, examine, μάρτυρας SIG 953.46 (Calymna); τινά 1 Cor. 9.3:—Med., Michel 409.9 (Cos). 4. select, Ps.-Callisth. 3.26. III. in Med., abs., ἀνακρίνεσθαι πρὸς ἑωυτούς dispute, wrangle one with another, Hdt. 9.56.