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.
- ἀλλὰ ἀκύρουσ ἐποιεῖτε ἐμᾶσ βουλάσ, τοῖσ δὲ ἐμοῖσ ἐλέγχοισ οὐ προσείχετε, (Septuagint, Liber Proverbiorum 1:25)
- καὶ ταῦτα, ἃ ἐμίσουν, ἐποιεῖτε. ἐκαλύπτετε δάκρυσι τὸ θυσιαστήριον Κυρίου καὶ κλαυθμῷ καὶ στεναγμῷ ἐκ κόπων. ἔτι ἄξιον ἐπιβλέψαι εἰσ θυσίαν ἢ λαβεῖν δεκτὸν ἐκ τῶν χειρῶν ὑμῶν̣ (Septuagint, Prophetia Malachiae 2:13)
- οὕτωσ ἐποιεῖτε θυγατράσιν Ἰσραήλ, καὶ ἐκεῖναι φοβούμεναι ὡμίλουν ὑμῖν, ἀλλ’ οὐ θυγάτηρ Ἰούδα ὑπέμεινε τὴν ἀνομίαν ὑμῶν. (Septuagint, Liber Susanna 1:57)
- "ὥστε μοι νὴ τὴν Τισιφόνην πάλαι δὴ ἐφ’ οἷσ ἐποιεῖτε καὶ ἐλέγετε παμμέγεθεσ ἐπῄει ἀνακαγχάσαι, διεκώλυσε δὲ ἡ ὀθόνη καὶ τὰ ἔρια, οἷσ μου τὰσ σιαγόνασ ἀπεσφίγξατε. (Lucian, (no name) 16:23)
- ἡμεῖσ τὸν μὲν πρότερον πόλεμον καὶ τὸν χρόνον ἠνεσχόμεθα ὑπὸ σωφροσύνησ τῆσ ἡμετέρασ τῶν ἀνδρῶν ἅττ’ ἐποιεῖτε. (Aristophanes, Lysistrata, Agon, epirrheme40)
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)
