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.
- ἐκεῖνο δέ μοι πάντωσ εἰπέ, τίνοσ ἕνεκα οὐχὶ καὶ ἐν τοῖσ ἀγῶσι τοῖσ Ὀλυμπίασι καὶ Ἰσθμοῖ καὶ Πυθοῖ καὶ τοῖσ ἄλλοισ, ὁπότε πολλοί, ὡσ φήσ, συνίασιν ὀψόμενοι τοὺσ νέουσ ἀγωνιζομένουσ,^ οὐδέποτε ἐν ὅπλοισ ποιεῖσθε τὴν ἅμιλλαν, ἀλλὰ γυμνοὺσ εἰσ τὸ μέσον παραγαγόντεσ λακτιζομένουσ καὶ παιομένουσ ἐπιδείκνυτε καὶ νικήσασι μῆλα καὶ κότινον δίδοτε; (Lucian, Anacharsis, (no name) 36:3)
- οὐκ αἰεὶ θέροσ ἐσσεῖται, ποιεῖσθε καλιάσ. (Hesiod, Works and Days, Book WD 57:2)
- ὦ νέοι, ἀλλὰ μάχεσθε παρ’ ἀλλήλοισι μένοντεσ, μηδὲ φυγῆσ αἰσχρῆσ ἄρχετε μηδὲ φόβου, ἀλλὰ μέγαν ποιεῖσθε καὶ ἄλκιμον ἐν φρεσὶ θυμόν, μηδὲ φιλοψυχεῖτ’ ἀνδράσι μαρνάμενοι· (Lycurgus, Speeches, 144:7)
- "ὦ ἄνθρωποι, ποῖ φέρεσθε, οἵτινεσ χρημάτων μὲν κτήσεωσ πέρι πᾶσαν, ποιεῖσθε σπουδήν, τῶν δ’ υἱέων, οἷσ ταῦτα καταλείψετε, μικρὰ φροντίζετε ; (Plutarch, De liberis educandis, section 7 12:1)
- ἐπὶ δὲ τούτοισ σύμπασιν ἀδόλῳ γνώμῃ καὶ ὑγιεῖ μετὰ θεῶν βασιλέα στήσασθε, πρῶτον μὲν τὸν ἐμὸν ὑὸν χαρίτων ἕνεκα διττῶν, τῆσ τε παρ’ ἐμοῦ καὶ τῆσ παρὰ τοῦ ἐμοῦ πατρόσ ‐ ὁ μὲν γὰρ ἀπὸ βαρβάρων ἠλευθέρωσεν ἐν τῷ τότε χρόνῳ τὴν πόλιν, ἐγὼ δὲ ἀπὸ τυράννων νῦν δίσ, ὧν αὐτοὶ μάρτυρεσ ὑμεῖσ γεγόνατε ‐ δεύτερον δὲ δὴ ποιεῖσθε βασιλέα τὸν τῷ μὲν ἐμῷ πατρὶ ταὐτὸν κεκτημένον ὄνομα, ὑὸν δὲ Διονυσίου, χάριν τῆσ τε δὴ νῦν βοηθείασ καὶ ὁσίου τρόπου· (Plato, Epistles, Letter 8 26:1)
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)
