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.
- "ἐγὼ Νίνοσ πάλαι ποτ’ ἐγενόμην πνεῦμα, νῦν δ’ οὐκ ἔτ’ οὐδέν, ἀλλὰ γῆ πεποίημαι. (Athenaeus, The Deipnosophists, Book 12, book 12, chapter 20 1:171)
- Ἀλλὰ γὰρ περὶ μὲν τῶν νόμων καὶ τῆσ πολιτείασ τὴν ἀκριβῆ πεποίημαι παράδοσιν ἐν τοῖσ περὶ ἀρχαιολογίασ μοι γραφεῖσι. (Flavius Josephus, Contra Apionem, 262:1)
- "ἐπεὶ δὲ περὶ πάντων εἶπον τῶν παρακειμένων ἀποτράγημά τε πεποίημαι· (Athenaeus, The Deipnosophists, Book 14, book 14, chapter 7613)
- ἐγὼ γάρ, ὦ ἄνδρεσ σύσσιτοι, οὐ κατὰ τὰσ Μεταγένουσ Αὔρασ ἢ τὸν Ἀρισταγόρου Μαμμάκυθον ὑμῖν ὀρχηστρίδασ εἶπον ἑταίρασ ὡραίασ πρότερον, νῦν δ’ οὐχ ὑμῖν ἀγορεύω ἄρτι χνοαζούσασ αὐλητρίδασ, αἵ τε τάχιστα ἀνδρῶν φορτηγῶν ὑπὸ γούνατα μισθοῦ ἔλυσαν, ἀλλὰ περὶ τῶν ὄντωσ ἑταιρῶν τὸν λόγον πεποίημαι, τουτέστιν τῶν φιλίαν ἄδολον συντηρεῖν δυναμένων, ἃσ ὁ Κύνουλκοσ τολμᾷ λοιδορεῖν, μόνασ τῶν ἄλλων γυναικῶν τῷ τῆσ φιλίασ ὀνόματι προσηγορευμένασ, ἢ ἀπὸ τῆσ παρὰ τοῖσ Ἀθηναίοισ καλουμένησ Ἑταίρασ τῆσ Ἀφροδίτησ, περὶ ἧσ φησιν ὁ Ἀθηναῖοσ Ἀπολλόδωροσ ἐν τοῖσ περὶ Θεῶν οὕτωσ· (Athenaeus, The Deipnosophists, Book 13, book 13, chapter 281)
- οἰνοπότησ δὲ πεποίημαι. (Athenaeus, The Deipnosophists, Book 11, book 11, chapter 2 1:6)
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)
