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.
- τί οὖν ἄτοπον ἐποιοῦμεν αὐτοὶ τοῖσ ἐκείνου νόμοισ χρώμενοι καὶ ἀντιπαρεξετάζειν αὐτῷ τοὺσ τῶν ἐπακμασάντων λόγουσ βουλόμενοι; (Dionysius of Halicarnassus, Epistula ad Pompeium Geminum, chapter 1 14:1)
- καὶ οὕτωσ ἐποιοῦμεν. (Lucian, Verae Historiae, book 2 42:8)
- καὶ οὐδεὶσ ἐστι τῶν τριηραρχεῖν δυναμένων οὐδὲ τῶν εἰσφέρειν ὅστισ οὐκ ἠξίου τὰ καθήκοντ’ ἐφ’ ἑαυτὸν ποιεῖν, ὅτι χρήματ’ οὐ περιῆν, ἀλλὰ καὶ τριήρεισ ἔπλεον καὶ χρήματ’ ἐγίγνετο καὶ πάντ’ ἐποιοῦμεν τὰ δέοντα. (Demosthenes, Speeches, 44:4)
- τί γὰρ ἂν καὶ ἄλλ’ ἐποιοῦμεν; (Demosthenes, Speeches 31-40, 30:1)
- "καὶ γὰρ αὐτοὶ πάντωσ ἐν Συρακούσαισ ὅμοια τούτοισ ἐποιοῦμεν. (Plutarch, Dion, chapter 17 5:2)
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)
