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.
- καὶ διατί οὐκ ἐποιήσω τῆσ ἀνομίασ μου λήθην καὶ καθαρισμὸν τῆσ ἁμαρτίασ μου̣ νυνὶ δὲ εἰσ γῆν ἀπελεύσομαι, ὀρθρίζων δὲ οὐκέτι εἰμί. (Septuagint, Liber Iob 7:21)
- οὐχὶ καὶ τούτου λόγον ἐποιήσω καὶ τοῦτον ἐποίησασ εἰσελθεῖν ἐν κρίματι ἐνώπιόν σου̣ (Septuagint, Liber Iob 14:3)
- σὺ δ̓ εὖ οἶδ̓ ὅτι κἂν οἱ ἄλλοι εἰσ ἄνοιαν ἢ ἀπαιδευσίαν ἢ παραφροσύνην ἀναφέρωσι τὸ πρᾶγμα, αἰδοῦσ αὐτὸ σύμβολον καὶ ἀφελείασ ἐποιήσω καὶ ψυχῆσ μηδὲν ἀγοραῖον καὶ ἔντεχνον ἐχούσησ· (Lucian, Pro lapsu inter salutandum 30:1)
- ἀλλὰ μόνοσ σὺ τῶν πώποτ’ ἀποπεφασμένων ἠξίωσασ ἑκὼν σεαυτῷ τούτουσ κριτὰσ καὶ ζητητὰσ γενέσθαι, καὶ ἔγραψασ κατὰ σαυτοῦ τὸ ψήφισμα, καὶ τὸν δῆμον ἐποιήσω μάρτυρα τῶν ὡμολογημένων, ὁρισάμενοσ σεαυτῷ ζημίαν εἶναι θάνατον, ἐὰν ἀποφήνῃ <σ’> ἡ βουλὴ τῶν χρημάτων εἰληφότα τι τῶν εἰσ τὴν χώραν ὑφ’ Ἁρπάλου κομισθέντων. (Dinarchus, Speeches, 74:2)
- σὺ δ’ ἐκεῖ μὲν οὐδεπώποτε ἀνέστησ οὐδὲ λόγον περὶ αὐτῶν ἐποιήσω, ἐνθάδε δὲ μισεῖσ Ὀλυμπιάδα ἐπὶ τῷ ἀπολέσαι Εὐξένιππον, καὶ φῂσ κόλακα αὐτὸν εἶναι ἐκείνησ καὶ Μακεδόνων· (Hyperides, Speeches, 20:1)
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)
