κρίμα

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

• κρῖμᾰ (krîma)

Etymology

From κρίνω (krínō, “to judge”) +‎ -μᾰ (-ma).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /krí.ma/ → /ˈkri.ma/ → /ˈkri.ma/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /krí.ma/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈkri.ma/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈkri.ma/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈkri.ma/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈkri.ma/

Noun

κρῐ́μᾰ • (kríma) n (genitive κρῐ́μᾰτος); third declension

1. decision
   • 279 BCE – 206 BCE, Chrysippus of Soli, Collected Works 3.58
   • 200 BCE – 118 BCE, Polybius, The Histories 23.1.12
   • 300 BCE – 200 BCE, Septuagint, Psalms 118.7
   • New Testament, Epistle to the Romans 11:33
   • 108 CE, Arrian, Discourses of Epictetus 2.15.8
   • 161 CE – 180 CE, Marcus Aurelius, Meditations 8.47
2. decree
   • 60 BCE – 7 BCE, Dionysius of Halicarnassus, Roman Antiquities 4.12
3. judgment
   • New Testament, Revelation 20:4
4. sentence, condemnation
   • 300 BCE – 200 BCE, Septuagint, Deuteronomy 21.22
   • The Gospel of Mark 12:40
5. lawsuit
   • 300 BCE – 200 BCE, Septuagint, Exodus 18.22
   • 53 CE – 55 CE, Paul the Apostle, First Epistle to the Corinthians 6:7

Inflection

Third declension of τὸ κρῐ́μᾰ; τοῦ κρῐ́μᾰτος (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	τὸ κρῐ́μᾰ tò kríma	τὼ κρῐ́μᾰτε tṑ krímate	τᾰ̀ κρῐ́μᾰτᾰ tà krímata
Genitive	τοῦ κρῐ́μᾰτος toû krímatos	τοῖν κρῐμᾰ́τοιν toîn krimátoin	τῶν κρῐμᾰ́των tôn krimátōn
Dative	τῷ κρῐ́μᾰτῐ tôi krímati	τοῖν κρῐμᾰ́τοιν toîn krimátoin	τοῖς κρῐ́μᾰσῐ / κρῐ́μᾰσῐν toîs krímasi(n)
Accusative	τὸ κρῐ́μᾰ tò kríma	τὼ κρῐ́μᾰτε tṑ krímate	τᾰ̀ κρῐ́μᾰτᾰ tà krímata
Vocative	κρῐ́μᾰ kríma	κρῐ́μᾰτε krímate	κρῐ́μᾰτᾰ krímata
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

• Greek: κρίμα (kríma)
• Mariupol Greek: кри́ма (kríma)

Further reading

• “κρίμα”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• κρίμα in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• G2917 in Strong, James (1979) Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible
• κρίμα in Trapp, Erich, et al. (1994–2007) Lexikon zur byzantinischen Gräzität besonders des 9.-12. Jahrhunderts [the Lexicon of Byzantine Hellenism, Particularly the 9th–12th Centuries], Verlag der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften

Greek

Alternative forms

• (adverb, colloquial) κρίμας (krímas)

Etymology

From Ancient Greek κρίμα (kríma).

Noun

κρίμα • (kríma) n

1. Indicates a wrong or unjustified action or a misfortune:a misdeed.

Declension

	singular	plural
nominative	κρίμα (kríma)	κρίματα (krímata)
genitive	κρίματος (krímatos)	κριμάτων (krimáton)
accusative	κρίμα (kríma)	κρίματα (krímata)
vocative	κρίμα (kríma)	κρίματα (krímata)

Related terms

• το κρίμα στο λαιμό σου (to kríma sto laimó sou, “on your conscience, you are responsible for the misfortune”)

Adverb

κρίμα • (kríma)

1. Indicates pity or shame