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κρῐτ-ῐκός, ή, όν,

I

1. able to discern, critical, δύναμις σύμφυτος κ. Arist. APo. 99b35; οὐκ ἔχει ῥῖνα κριτικὴν πρὸς τοὖψον Posidipp. 1.4; αἰσθήσεις κ. Phld. Mus. p.8 K.; τὸ κ. the power of discerning, Arist. de An. 432a16; ἡ κριτική (sc. τέχνη) Pl. Plt. 260c, etc.: c. gen., ἡ γεῦσις τῶν σχημάτων κριτικωτάτη Arist. Sens. 442b17, cf. Thphr. Sens. 43, Ocell. 2.7; of persons, [ τὸν ὅλως πεπαιδευμένον] περὶ πάντων ὡς εἰπεῖν κ. τινὰ νομίζομεν εἶναι Arist. PA 639a9: esp. in language, grammarian, scholar, literary critic, Pl. Ax. 366e, Phld. Po. 5.24, Str. 9.1.10, etc.; of Crates, Ath. 11.490e, who distd. κ. and γραμματικός, S.E. M. 1.79; εἰ δύναταί τις εἶναι κ. καὶ γραμματικός, title of work by Galen (Libr.Propr. 17); but τῶν ὕστερον γραμματικῶν κληθέντων πρότερον δὲ κ. D.Chr. 53.1, cf. Apollod. ap. Clem.Al. Strom. 1.16.79; οἱ κ. τῶν λόγων Philostr. VS 2.1.14; πρὸς τοὺς κ., title of work by Chrysippus, Stoic. 2.9; ἡ κ., opp. ἡ γραμματική, Taurisc. ap. S.E. M. 1.248, cf. Sch. DT p.3 H. Adv. - κῶς, ἔχειν τινός Artem. 4 Praef., cf. Erot. Praef. p.7 N., Men.Rh. p.391 S.

2. of or for judging, ἀρχὴ κ. the office of judges, opp. ἀρχὴ βουλευτική, Arist. Pol. 1275b19.

II = κρίσιμος, ἑβδομάς Ph. 1.45 (Sup.), cf. Plu. 2.134f, Gal. 9.93, al. Adv. - κῶς Id. UP 17.2, al.

κριτικός, κριτικη, κριτικον (κρίνω), relating to judging, fit for judging, skilled in judging (Plato, Plutarch, Lucian, others): with the genitive of the object, ἐνθυμήσεων καί ἐννοιῶν καρδίας, tracing out and passing judgment on the thoughts of the mind, Hebrews 4:12.

* κριτικός , -ή , -όν

(< κρίνω ),

critical, able to discern or judge: c. gen. obj., Hebrews 4:12.†