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.
- μετὰ δὲ τὸν ἑξέτη καὶ τὴν ἑξέτιν διακρινέσθω μὲν ἤδη τὸ γένοσ ἑκατέρων ‐ κόροι μὲν μετὰ κόρων, παρθένοι δὲ ὡσαύτωσ μετ’ ἀλλήλων τὴν διατριβὴν ποιείσθωσαν ‐ πρὸσ δὲ τὰ μαθήματα τρέπεσθαι χρεὼν ἑκατέρουσ, τοὺσ μὲν ἄρρενασ ἐφ’ ἵππων διδασκάλουσ καὶ τόξων καὶ ἀκοντίων καὶ σφενδονήσεωσ, ἐὰν δέ πῃ συγχωρῶσιν, μέχρι γε μαθήσεωσ καὶ τὰ θήλεα, καὶ δὴ τά γε μάλιστα πρὸσ τὴν τῶν ὅπλων χρείαν. (Plato, Laws, book 7 39:1)
- δεκάτῃ δὲ τοῦ μηνὸσ τὴν τῶν ὑγρῶν οἱ μὲν πρᾶσιν, οἱ δὲ ὠνὴν ποιείσθωσαν δι’ ὅλου τοῦ μηνὸσ ἱκανήν· (Plato, Laws, book 8 141:2)
- ἐὰν μὲν δοῦλον κτείνῃ, νομίζων τὸν ἑαυτοῦ διειργάσθαι τὸν τοῦ τελευτήσαντοσ δεσπότην ἀβλαβῆ παρεχέτω καὶ ἀζήμιον, ἢ δίκην εἰσ τὴν ἀξίαν τοῦ τελευτήσαντοσ ὑπεχέτω διπλῆν, τῆσ δὲ ἀξίασ οἱ δικασταὶ διάγνωσιν ποιείσθωσαν, καθαρμοῖσ δὲ χρήσασθαι μείζοσίν τε καὶ πλείοσι τῶν περὶ τὰ ἆθλα ἀποκτεινάντων, τούτων δ’ ἐξηγητὰσ εἶναι κυρίουσ οὓσ ἂν ὁ θεὸσ ἀνέλῃ· (Plato, Laws, book 9 78:1)
- ὡσαύτωσ δὲ τῆσ θυγατρὸσ τῆσ Μητροδώρου τὴν ἐπιμέλειαν ποιείσθωσαν, καὶ εἰσ ἡλικίαν ἐλθοῦσαν ἐκδότωσαν ᾧ ἂν Ἕρμαρχοσ ἕληται τῶν φιλοσοφούντων μετ’ αὐτοῦ, οὔσησ αὐτῆσ εὐτάκτου καὶ πειθαρχούσησ Ἑρμάρχῳ. (Diogenes Laertius, Lives of Eminent Philosophers, I, EPIKOUROS 19:2)
- "Ποιείσθωσαν δὲ μεθ’ ἑαυτῶν καὶ Ἕρμαρχον κύριον τῶν προσόδων, ἵνα μετὰ τοῦ συγκαταγεγηρακότοσ ἡμῖν ἐν φιλοσοφίᾳ καὶ καταλελειμμένου ἡγεμόνοσ τῶν συμφιλοσοφούντων ἡμῖν ἕκαστα γίνηται. (Diogenes Laertius, Lives of Eminent Philosophers, I, EPIKOUROS 20:1)
Synonyms
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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)
