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.
- ἀλλ̓ ἡμεῖσ τούτων αἴτιοι καὶ πέρα τοῦ μετρίου φιλάνθρωποι, οἵ γε καὶ συμπότασ αὐτοὺσ ἐποιησάμεθα. (Lucian, Dialogi deorum, 5:1)
- ἀλλ’ εἰσ ποῖον δικαστήριον εἰσέλθωμεν, ἄνδρεσ δικασταί, εἰ μὴ πρὸσ ὑμᾶσ, οὗπερ τὸ συμβόλαιον ἐποιησάμεθα; (Demosthenes, Speeches 31-40, 62:1)
- τὴν μὲν οὖν παραγραφὴν ἐποιησάμεθα τῆσ δίκησ, οὐχ ἵν’ ἐκκρούοντεσ χρόνουσ ἐμποιῶμεν, ἀλλ’ ἵνα τῶν πραγμάτων, ἐὰν ἐπιδείξῃ μηδ’ ὁτιοῦν ἀδικοῦνθ’ ἑαυτὸν οὑτοσί, ἀπαλλαγή τισ αὐτῷ γένηται παρ’ ὑμῖν κυρία. (Demosthenes, Speeches 31-40, 3:1)
- συμβουλευσάντων δ’ ἡμῖν τῶν παρόντων, τὰ μὲν ἄλλα πάντα ἐνειμάμεθα, τὴν δὲ οἰκίαν καὶ τοὺσ παῖδασ τοὺσ διακόνουσ τοῦ πατρὸσ ἐξαιρέτουσ ἐποιησάμεθα, ἵν’ ἐκ μὲν τῆσ οἰκίασ, ὁποτέροισ ἂν ἡμῶν φαίνηται ὀφειλομένη ἡ προίξ, οὗτοι αὐτὴν κομίσωνται, ἐκ δὲ τῶν παίδων κοινῶν ὄντων, ἐάν τι οὗτοι τῶν πατρῴων ἐπιζητῶσιν, πυνθάνωνται, καὶ βασανίζοντεσ αὐτοὺσ καὶ ἄλλῳ ὅτῳ ἂν τρόπῳ βούλωνται ζητοῦντεσ. (Demosthenes, Speeches 31-40, 17:2)
- πάλιν δὲ διὰ Μεγαρέασ πολεμήσαντεσ καὶ τὴν χώραν τμηθῆναι προέμενοι, πολλῶν ἀγαθῶν στερηθέντεσ αὖθισ τὴν εἰρήνην ἐποιησάμεθα, ἣν ἡμῖν Νικίασ ὁ Νικηράτου κατηργάσατο. (Andocides, Speeches, 13:1)
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)
