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 ὅτε καὶ τὰ τείχη καὶ τὰσ ναῦσ καὶ τὰ χρήματα ἐκαὶ συμμάχουσ ἐκτησάμεθα, οὐχ ὅπωσ τινὰ Ἀθηναῖον ἀπώσομεν διενοούμεθα, ἀλλὰ καὶ Εὐβοεῦσιν ἐπιγαμίαν ἐποιούμεθα· (Dionysius of Halicarnassus, chapter 33 2:1)
- ^ ὡσ δὲ τοῦ ὕδατοσ ἐψαύσαμεν, θαυμασίωσ ὑπερηδόμεθα καὶ ὑπερεχαίρομεν καὶ πᾶσαν ἐκ τῶν ’παρόντων εὐφροσύνην ἐποιούμεθα καὶ ἀποβάντεσ ἐνηχόμεθα· (Lucian, Verae Historiae, book 1 29:16)
- τότε μὲν οὖν ἐπὶ πολὺ ἐδακρύομεν, ὕστερον δὲ ἀναστήσαντεσ τοὺσ ἑταίρουσ τὴν μὲν ναῦν ὑπεστηρίξαμεν, αὐτοὶ δὲ τὰ πυρεῖα συντρίψαντεσ καὶ ἀνακαύσαντεσ δεῖπνον ἐκ τῶν παρόντων ἐποιούμεθα. (Lucian, Verae Historiae, book 1 32:1)
- ἀναμνήσθητε γάρ, ὦ Ἀθηναῖοι, τῆσ ἡμέρασ ἐκείνησ ὅτε Βοιωτοῖσ τὴν συμμαχίαν ἐποιούμεθα, τίνα γνώμην ἔχοντεσ ταῦτα ἐπράττομεν. (Andocides, Speeches, 36:1)
- οὐ μὴν ὀλιγωρίᾳ γ’ αὐτὰ παραδόντεσ ἀφήκαμεν, ἀλλ’ ὅση δύναμισ ἡμῖν ἦν ἐπιμελῆ ζήτησιν ἐποιούμεθα τῆσ ἀληθείασ. (Dionysius of Halicarnassus, Antiquitates Romanae, Books X-XX, book 10, chapter 10 3:1)
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)
