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.
- χαίρω γάρ, ὦ Λυσίμαχε, τῷ ἀνδρὶ πλησιάζων, καὶ οὐδὲν οἶμαι κακὸν εἶναι τὸ ὑπομιμνῄσκεσθαι ὅτι μὴ καλῶσ ἢ πεποιήκαμεν ἢ ποιοῦμεν, ἀλλ’ εἰσ τὸν ἔπειτα βίον προμηθέστερον ἀνάγκη εἶναι τὸν ταῦτα μὴ φεύγοντα ἀλλ’ ἐθέλοντα κατὰ τὸ τοῦ Σόλωνοσ καὶ ἀξιοῦντα μανθάνειν ἑώσπερ ἂν ζῇ, καὶ μὴ οἰόμενον αὐτῷ τὸ γῆρασ νοῦν ἔχον προσιέναι. (Plato, Alcibiades 1, Alcibiades 2, Hipparchus, Lovers, Theages, Charmides, Laches, Lysis, 59:3)
- ἃ μὲν οὖν νυνδὴ ἐπεχειρήσαμεν σκοπεῖν, τίνεσ οἱ διδάσκαλοι ἡμῖν τῆσ τοιαύτησ παιδείασ γεγόνασιν ἢ τίνασ ἄλλουσ βελτίουσ πεποιήκαμεν, ἴσωσ μὲν οὐ κακῶσ εἶχεν ἐξετάζειν καὶ τὰ τοιαῦτα ἡμᾶσ αὐτούσ· (Plato, Alcibiades 1, Alcibiades 2, Hipparchus, Lovers, Theages, Charmides, Laches, Lysis, 68:4)
- τὰ δ’ ἡμέτερα πράγματα οὐχ οὕτωσ ἔχει, ἀλλ’ ἡ μὲν ὑμετέρα πόλισ ἀπὸ μείζονοσ αὐχήματοσ ἀρχομένη καὶ πλειόνων ἀφορμῶν τυχοῦσα εἰσ ἐλάττονα ὄγκον συνῆκται, ἡμεῖσ δὲ μικρὰσ τὰσ πρώτασ ἀρχὰσ λαβόντεσ ἐν οὐ πολλῷ χρόνῳ μεγίστην τῶν πλησιοχώρων πόλεων τὴν Ῥώμην πεποιήκαμεν τούτοισ τοῖσ πολιτεύμασιν ὧν σὺ κατηγόρεισ χρώμενοι. (Dionysius of Halicarnassus, Antiquitates Romanae, book 3, chapter 11 10:2)
- προὔργου γοῦν τι πεποιήκαμεν, ὡσ ἐοίκε, πρὸσ τὸ ἐξευρεῖν ὅπῃ ἔχει· (Plato, Euthydemus, Protagoras, Gorgias, Meno, 87:6)
- διὸ μακροτέραν τὴν ἀπόδειξιν πεποιήκαμεν καὶ πάντωσ τῷ μύθῳ τέλοσ οὐκ ἐπέθεμεν, ἀλλ’ ἀτεχνῶσ ὁ λόγοσ ἡμῖν ὥσπερ ζῷον τὴν ἔξωθεν μὲν περιγραφὴν ἐοίκεν ἱκανῶσ ἔχειν, τὴν δὲ οἱο͂ν τοῖσ φαρμάκοισ καὶ τῇ συγκράσει τῶν χρωμάτων ἐνάργειαν οὐκ ἀπειληφέναι πω. (Plato, Cratylus, Theaetetus, Sophist, Statesman, 122:1)
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)
