ποιέω
ε-contract Verb;
Transliteration:
Principal Part:
ποιέω
ποιήσω
ἐποίησα
πεποίηκα
πεποίημαι
ἐποιήθην
Structure:
ποιέ
(Stem)
+
ω
(Ending)
Etym.: Att. Poets often use the penult. short, as poiw=, poiei=n, etc., which are often written pow=, poei=n, etc., as in Lat. poeta, poesis.
Sense
- I make
- I create
- I produce
- I postulate, imply
- I solve
- I do, act
Conjugation
The inflection forms above were generated by rules and some usages of them were not attested.
Due to a bug of system, some forms may display wrong accents.
- ἆρ’ ἐπὶ ταύταισ ταῖσ ἐλπίσι τὴν εἰρήνην ἐποιεῖσθε, ἢ ταῦτ’ ἐπηγγέλλεθ’ ὑμῖν οὗτοσ ὁ μισθωτόσ; (Demosthenes, Speeches 11-20, 52:1)
- ἣν μὲν ἀπ’ ἀρχῆσ εἴχετε πρὸσ ἡμᾶσ αἱρ́εσιν, οὐκ ἀγνοῶ, καὶ τίνα σπουδὴν ἐποιεῖσθε προσκαλέσασθαι βουλόμενοι Θετταλοὺσ καὶ Θηβαίουσ, ἔτι δὲ καὶ Βοιωτούσ· (Demosthenes, Speeches 11-20, 250:1)
- ἀλλ’ ἐπειδὴ πάλιν ἥκομεν ἐκ τῆσ πρεσβείασ ταύτησ τῆσ ἐπὶ τοὺσ ὁρ́κουσ, ἧσπερ εἰσὶν αἱ νῦν εὔθυναι, οὔτε μικρὸν οὔτε μέγ’ οὐδ’ ὁτιοῦν εὑρημένοι τῶν ὅτε τὴν εἰρήνην ἐποιεῖσθε λεχθέντων καὶ προσδοκηθέντων, ἀλλὰ πάντ’ ἐξηπατημένοι, καὶ τούτων ἕτερ’ αὖθισ αὖ πεπραχότων καὶ παρ’ αὐτὸ τὸ ψήφισμα πεπρεσβευκότων, προσῇμεν τῇ βουλῇ. (Demosthenes, Speeches 11-20, 23:2)
- παρελθὼν δ’ ἐγὼ πάντα τἀληθῆ πρὸσ τὴν βουλὴν ἀπήγγειλα, καὶ κατηγόρησα τούτων, καὶ ἀνηριθμησάμην ἀπὸ τῶν πρώτων ἐλπίδων ἐκείνων ὧν ὁ Κτησιφῶν καὶ ὁ Ἀριστόδημοσ ἀπήγγειλαν πρὸσ ὑμᾶσ, καὶ μετὰ ταῦτα, ὅτε τὴν εἰρήνην ἐποιεῖσθε, ἃ οὗτοσ ἐδημηγόρησε καὶ εἰσ ἃ προήχασι τὴν πόλιν, καὶ περὶ τῶν ὑπολοίπων ταῦτα δ’ ἦν Φωκεῖσ καὶ Πύλαι μὴ προέσθαι συνεβούλευον, μηδὲ ταὐτὰ παθεῖν, μηδ’ ἀναρτωμένουσ ἐλπίσιν ἐξ ἐλπίδων καὶ ὑποσχέσεσιν εἰσ τοὔσχατον ἐλθεῖν τὰ πράγματ’ ἐᾶσαι. (Demosthenes, Speeches 11-20, 24:1)
- εἰ δὴ τότε, ὅθ’ ὑμῖν οἰκείωσ ἔχειν ὁ Κότυσ ἐδόκει, ἔγραψέ τισ, ἄν τισ ἀποκτείνῃ Κότυν, ἔκδοτον αὐτὸν εἶναι, πότερ’ ἐξέδοτ’ ἂν τὸν Πύθωνα καὶ τὸν ἀδελφόν, ἢ παρὰ τὸ ψήφισμα τοῦτο πολίτασ ἐποιεῖσθε καὶ ὡσ εὐεργέτασ ἐτιμᾶτε; (Demosthenes, Speeches 21-30, 172:2)
Synonyms
-
I make
-
I create
-
I produce
-
I solve
-
I do
Derived
- εἰσποιέω (to give in adoption, to make, son)
- ἐκποιέω (to put out, to put out, give him in adoption)
- μεταποιέω (to alter the make of, remodel, alter)
- παραποιέω (to make falsely, having got a false, made)
- περιποιέω (to make to remain over and above, to keep safe, preserve)
- προποιέω (to do before or beforehand, to make the first move, to prepare beforehand)
- προσποιέω (to make over to, to attach to oneself, win)
- ὑποποιέω (to put under, to subject to oneself, to produce gradually)
