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.
- ἀνεμνήσθην ἐκείνων τῶν Ὁμήρου ἐπῶν, ἐν οἷσ πεποίησαι αὐτῷ ἐν τῇ ἐκκλησίᾳ τῶν θεῶν δημηγορῶν, ὁπότε ἠπείλεισ αὐτοῖσ ὡσ ἀπὸ σειρᾶσ τινοσ χρυσῆσ ἀναρτησόμενοσ τὰ πάντα· (Lucian, Juppiter confuatus, (no name) 4:4)
- ἀλλὰ νῦν οὐκ οἶδ’ ὅπωσ ἀθρόαν πεποίησαι τὴν μεταβολὴν ἐπιδαψιλευόμενοσ καὶ ἐκ τοῦ τέωσ φειδομένου ἄσωτοσ ἐν τοῖσ ἐπαίνοισ ἀναπέφηνασ. (Lucian, Pro imaginibus, (no name) 14:3)
- σὺ δὲ οὐ μόνον περὶ τῶν συνηγόρων τοὺσ λόγουσ πεποίησαι, ἀλλὰ καὶ τὴν ἀπολογίαν τὴν ἐμὴν διατάττεισ· (Hyperides, Speeches, 18:1)
- οὐκοῦν ἄλλην μὲν οὐδεμίαν τῶν ἐν τῇ πόλει γυναῖκα ἔχεισ εἰπεῖν, ᾗτινι ἐγὼ τούτων αἴτιόσ εἰμι, περὶ ἧσ δὲ νῦν τὴν κατηγορίαν πεποίησαι, πότερα ᾤου προσήκειν συνοικεῖν ἐκδεδομένην Χαρίππῳ, ἑνὶ τῶν πολιτῶν, ἢ ἀνέκδοτον ἔνδον καταγηράσκειν, ἣ εὐθὺσ ἐξεδόθη τάλαντον ἀργυρίου προσθέντοσ αὐτῇ Εὐφήμου, δηλονότι οὐ διὰ πονηρίαν, ἀλλὰ δι’ ἐπιείκειαν; (Hyperides, Speeches, 20:1)
- τοῖσ γὰρ Καίσαροσ ὑπομνήμασιν ἐναντίαν πεποίησαι τὴν γραφήν. (Flavius Josephus, 423:5)
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)
