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.
- τὸ δ’ Ἰσαίου πεποιῆσθαι ῥητορικῶσ καὶ κεκαλλιλογῆσθαι σεμνότερον ἅπαντεσ ἂν φήσειαν, τὸ γάρ· (Dionysius of Halicarnassus, chapter 94)
- τῶν δὲ ἀνθρώπων οἰομένων τὸ κήρυγμα μάτην αὐτὸν πεποιῆσθαι, εἶχον ἃ ἔτυχον ἕκαστοι κεκτημένοι κατὰ χώραν. (Aristotle, Economics, Book 2 109:2)
- εἰ μὲν οὖν ἔξαρνοσ εἶ μὴ εἰργάσθαι αὐτά, δεήσει καὶ διελέγχειν καὶ ῥῆσίν τινα μακρὰν ἀποτείνειν καὶ πειρᾶσθαι ὡσ ἔνι μάλιστα ἐμφανίζειν τὴν ἀλήθειαν εἰ δὲ φὴσ τοιαύτην πεποιῆσθαι τὴν νομὴν τῶν κρεῶν καὶ τὰ περὶ τοὺσ ἀνθρώπουσ καινουργῆσαι καὶ τὸ πῦρ κεκλοφέναι, ἱκανῶσ κατηγόρηταί μοι, καὶ μακρότερα οὐκ ἂν εἴποιμι· (Lucian, Prometheus, (no name) 6:2)
- ὡσ ἡ σφονδύλη φεύγουσα πονηρότατον βδεῖ, χἠ κώδων ἀκαλανθὶσ ἐπειγομένη τυφλὰ τίκτει, τουτάκισ οὔπω χρῆν τὴν εἰρήνην πεποιῆσθαι. (Aristophanes, Peace, Lyric-Scene, dactyls10)
- ἢ τὴν ἐξ Ἀρείου πάγου βουλὴν Δημοσθένην καὶ Δημάδην καὶ Κηφισοφῶντα ζητήσασαν ἓξ μῆνασ ἀδίκωσ εἰσ ὑμᾶσ πεποιῆσθαι τὰσ ἀποφάσεισ; (Dinarchus, Speeches, 53:4)
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)
