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.
- ἑκατὸν γὰρ ἀπὸ τῶν χρημάτων ἐκείνων ἐποιήθησαν τριήρεισ, αἷσ καὶ πρὸσ Ξέρξην ἐναυμάχησαν. (Plutarch, , chapter 4 2:2)
- ἐπὶ ταῖσ φιάλαισ δ’ ἃσ ἀντ’ ἐκείνων ἐποιήσαθ’ ὑμῖν ὁ πόρνοσ οὗτοσ, Ἀνδροτίωνοσ ἐπιμελουμένου ἐποιήθησαν ἐπιγέγραπται· (Demosthenes, Speeches 21-30, 90:2)
- ὡσ δὲ αἵ τε μηχαναὶ αὐτῷ ἐποιήθησαν καὶ ἐπαχθεῖσαι κατὰ τὸ χῶμα κατέσεισαν τοῦ τείχουσ ἐπὶ πολύ, ὑπονόμων τε ἄλλῃ καὶ ἄλλῃ ὀρυσσομένων καὶ τοῦ χοῦ ἀφανῶσ ἐκφερομένου τὸ τεῖχοσ πολλαχῇ ἠρείπετο ὑφιζάνον κατὰ τὸ κενούμενον, τοῖσ τε βέλεσιν ἐπὶ πολὺ κατεῖχον οἱ Μακεδόνεσ ἀναστέλλοντεσ τοὺσ προμαχομένουσ τῶν πύργων, ἐσ μὲν τρεῖσ προσβολὰσ οἱ ἐκ τῆσ πόλεωσ ἀποθνησκόντων τε αὐτοῖσ πολλῶν καὶ τιτρωσκομένων ὅμωσ ἀντεῖχον. (Arrian, Anabasis, book 2, chapter 27 4:1)
- ἐπεὶ δὲ καὶ ὕλῃ ἐργασίμῳ ἐνέτυχε παρὰ τὸν ποταμὸν, καὶ αὕτη ἐκόπη αὐτῷ ὑπὸ τῆσ στρατιᾶσ καὶ ναῦσ ἐποιήθησαν. (Arrian, Anabasis, book 4, chapter 30 9:1)
- οἱ γάμοι δὲ ἐποιήθησαν νόμῳ τῷ Περσικῷ· (Arrian, Anabasis, book 7, chapter 4 6:5)
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)
