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.
- τῷ ὀκτωκαιδεκάτῳ ἔτει τῆσ βασιλείασ Ἰωσίου ἐποιήθη τὸ φασὲκ τοῦτο. (Septuagint, Liber II Paralipomenon 35:19)
- τοῦ ἀγαγεῖν ἐφ̓ ἡμᾶσ κακὰ μεγάλα, ἃ οὐκ ἐποίησεν ὑποκάτω παντὸσ τοῦ οὐρανοῦ καθὰ ἐποιήθη ἐν Ἱερουσαλήμ, κατὰ τὰ γεγραμμένα ἐν τῷ νόμῳ Μωυσῆ, (Septuagint, Liber Baruch 2:2)
- ἦν οὑμὸσ υἱὸσ κάλλοσ ἐκπρεπέστατοσ, ὁ σὸσ δ’ ἰδών νιν νοῦσ ἐποιήθη Κύπρισ· (Euripides, The Trojan Women, episode 3:1)
- ἐπιπλεύσασ τε τῇ Δημητριάδι, πολλῶν ὅπλων ἐξαγομένων πρὸσ Ἀντώνιον, ἃ Καίσαροσ τοῦ προτέρου κελεύσαντοσ ἐπὶ τὸν Παρθικὸν ἐποιήθη πόλεμον, ἐκράτησεν. (Plutarch, Brutus, chapter 25 2:1)
- ἐποιήθη δὲ καὶ τὸ σχῆμα τῆσ κιθάρασ πρῶτον κατὰ Κηπίωνα, τὸν Τερπάνδρου μαθητὴν ἐκλήθη δ’ Ἀσιὰσ διὰ τὸ κεχρῆσθαι τοὺσ Λεσβίουσ αὐτῇ κιθαρῳδοὺσ πρὸσ τῇ Ἀσίᾳ κατοικοῦντασ. (Pseudo-Plutarch, De musica, section 6 3:3)
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)
