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κριτής

krites

judge, umpire

Appears 31 times across Plato's dialogues.

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κριτής, οῦ, ὁ, voc. κριτή Hippon. 118: (κρίνω):—A. 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, OGI 567.10 (Attalia, ii A. D.). 2. κ. ἐνυπνίων interpreter of dreams, A. Pers. 226. II. κριτάς· ὀδόντας, Hsch.; cf. κραντήρ.
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