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.
- ἐπεὶ δὲ ἐπυθόμην Κότυν τετελευτηκέναι, τὸν βασιλέα τοῦ Βοσπόρου τοῦ Κιμμερίου καλουμένου ἐπιμελὲσ ἐποιησάμην καὶ τὸν μέχρι τοῦ Βοσπόρου πλοῦν δηλῶσαί σοι, ὡσ, εἴ τι βουλεύοιο περὶ τοῦ Βοσπόρου, ὑπάρχει σοι καὶ τόνδε τὸν πλοῦν μὴ ἀγνοοῦντι βουλεύεσθαι. (Arrian, Periplus Ponti Euxini, chapter 17 5:1)
- τούτων δή, φημί, τῶν ἀνδρῶν καὶ τῶν παραπλησίων τούτοισ διαφέρειν οἰόμενοσ Λυσίαν καὶ ὥσπερ ἀρχέτυπον ἀπογράφων ὑπερέχειν, ἐκεῖνον τὸν ἄνδρα ταύτησ τῆσ προαιρέσεωσ τῶν λόγων ἐποιησάμην κανόνα. (Dionysius of Halicarnassus, chapter 20 1:1)
- ἄλλωσ τε καὶ ἡδύ μοι τὸ μεμνῆσθαι αὐτῶν πολλάκισ, καὶ ταύτην ἤδη μελέτην ἐποιησάμην ἐπεὶ κἄν τισ μὴ παρὼν τύχῃ, καὶ οὕτω δὶσ ἢ τρὶσ τῆσ ἡμέρασ ἀνακυκλῶ πρὸσ ἐμαυτὸν τὰ εἰρημένα. (Lucian, Nigrinus, Nigrinou Fiaosofia 6:6)
- ἐπὶ τούτῳ μέντοι ἤδη πολύτροποι ἐξακοντισμοὶ γίγνονται ἢ κούφων παλτῶν ἢ καὶ βελῶν, οὐκ ἀπὸ τόξου τούτων γε ἀλλ̓ ἀπὸ μηχανῆσ ἀφιεμένων, ἢ λίθων ἐκ χειρὸσ ἢ ἐκ σφενδόνησ ἐπὶ τὸν σκοπόν, ὃσ μέσοσ τοῖν δυοῖν, οἷν ἤδη μνήμην ἐποιησάμην, ἵσταται. (Arrian, chapter 43 1:1)
- Ἀλλ̓ ὑπὲρ ἀσφαλείασ τοῦτο ἔγωγε τῆσ σῆσ ἐποιησάμην, ὡσ μὴ ἀπολέσθαι ἅπαντασ μετὰ τοῦ χρυσίου· (Lucian, 34:2)
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)
