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.
- ἐλθὼν δ’ ἐγὼ ἠγανάκτουν μὲν πρὸσ Ἡγήμονα τὸν ἔχοντα τὴν τούτου θυγατέρα, λόγουσ δ’ ἐποιούμην πρὸσ τοὺσ ἄλλουσ ἐπιτηδείουσ, ἠξίουν δὲ τοῦτον εἰσ ἔλεγχον ἰέναι περὶ τῶν πραγμάτων. (Dionysius of Halicarnassus, chapter 25 3:12)
- οὐ μὰ Δία, ἀλλ’ ἐν αὐτοῖσ τοῖσ ἄστροισ ἐποιούμην τὴν ἀποδημίαν. (Lucian, Icaromenippus, (no name) 1:8)
- καὶ τὸ ὅλον, παιδιὰν ἐποιούμην ἂν τὸν τῶν ἀνθρώπων βίον καὶ πάντα ἐμὰ ἦν καὶ θεὸσ ἐδόκουν τοῖσ ἄλλοισ. (Lucian, 75:7)
- Τοὺσ δὲ συμπρέσβεισ ἀπὸ τῶν Γισχάλων ἀπολύσασ εἰσ τὰ Ιἑροσόλυμα πρόνοιαν ἐποιούμην ὅπλων τε κατασκευῆσ καὶ πόλεων ἐχυρότητοσ. (Flavius Josephus, 91:1)
- τοὺσ δ’ ἐν τέλει τῶν Γαλιλαίων ὅσον ἑβδομήκοντα πάντασ βουλόμενοσ ἐν προφάσει φιλίασ καθάπερ ὅμηρα τῆσ πίστεωσ ἔχειν φίλουσ τε καὶ συνεκδήμουσ ἐποιησάμην ἐπί τε κρίσεισ παρελάμβανον καὶ μετὰ γνώμησ τῆσ ἐκείνων τὰσ ἀποφάσεισ ἐποιούμην, μήτε προπετείᾳ πειρώμενοσ τοῦ δικαίου διαμαρτάνειν καθαρεύειν τε παντὸσ ἐπ’ αὐταῖσ λήμματοσ. (Flavius Josephus, 93:1)
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)
