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.
- δαίμων δ’ ἔνθα καὶ ἔνθα χορῶν, τοτὲ δ’ ἐσ μέσον ἑρ́πων, πυκνὰ ποσὶν διέπει, λαῖφοσ δ’ ἐπὶ νῶτα δαφοινὸν λυγκὸσ ἔχει, λιγυρῇσιν ἀγαλλόμενοσ φρένα μολπαῖσ ἐν μαλακῷ λειμῶνι, τόθι κρόκοσ ἠδ’ ὑάκινθοσ εὐώδησ θαλέθων καταμίσγεται ἄκριτα ποίῃ. (Anonymous, Homeric Hymns, 2:8)
- οὐ γάρ τι βέλοσ διὰ σαρκὸσ ὄλισθεν ὀκριόεν, χλωρῇ δὲ παλίσσυτον ἔμπεσε ποίῃ. (Theocritus, Idylls, 97)
- αὔλακι καὶ γήρᾳ τετρυμένον ἐργατίνην βοῦν Ἄλκων οὐ φονίην ἤγαγε πρὸσ κοπίδα, αἰδεσθεὶσ ἔργων ὁ δέ που βαθέῃ ἐνὶ ποίῃ μυκηθμοῖσ ἀρότρου τέρπετ’ ἐλευθερίῃ. (Unknown, Greek Anthology, book 6, chapter 2281)
- Τά τε αὖ μώνυχα τῶν ζώων, ἅτε ἀμφόδοντα ἐόντα, δύναται μὲν σαρκάζειν, δύναται δὲ ὑπὸ τὴν βραχείην ποίην ὑποβάλλειν τοὺσ ὀδόντασ, καὶ ἥδεται τῇ οὕτωσ ἐχούσῃ ποίῃ μᾶλλον, ἢ τῇ βαθείῃ‧ καὶ γὰρ τὸ ἐπίπαν ἀμείνων καὶ στερεωτέρη ἡ βραχείη ποίη τῆσ βαθείησ, ποτὶ καὶ πρὶν ἐκκαρπεῖν τὴν βαθείην. (Hippocrates, Oeuvres Completes D'Hippocrate., , 8.7)
- "ποίῃ γὰρ νῦν δεῦρο, πάτερ φίλε, νηί̈ σε ναῦται ἤγαγον εἰσ Ἰθάκην; (Homer, Odyssey, Book 16 27:1)
- ᾔδει δὲ ὁ κύριοσ αὐτοῦ, ὅτι ὁ Κύριοσ ἦν μετ̓ αὐτοῦ καὶ ὅσα ἐὰν ποιῇ, Κύριοσ εὐοδοῖ ἐν ταῖσ χερσὶν αὐτοῦ. (Septuagint, Liber Genesis 39:3)
- καὶ ἀκουσθήτω ὁ νόμοσ ὁ ὑπὸ τοῦ βασιλέωσ, ὃν ἐὰν ποιῇ ἐν τῇ βασιλείᾳ αὐτοῦ, καὶ οὕτω πᾶσαι αἱ γυναῖκεσ περιθήσουσι τιμὴν τοῖσ ἀνδράσιν ἑαυτῶν, ἀπὸ πτωχοῦ ἕωσ πλουσίου. (Septuagint, Liber Esther 1:36)
- καὶ ἔσται ὡσ τὸ ξύλον τὸ πεφυτευμένον παρὰ τὰσ διεξόδουσ τῶν ὑδάτων, ὃ τὸν καρπὸν αὐτοῦ δώσει ἐν καιρῷ αὐτοῦ, καὶ τὸ φύλλον αὐτοῦ οὐκ ἀποῤῥυήσεται. καὶ πάντα, ὅσα ἂν ποιῇ, κατευοδωθήσεται. (Septuagint, Liber Psalmorum 1:3)
- κἂν εὖ ποιῇ, ἐν λήθῃ ποιεῖ, καὶ ἐπ̓ ἐσχάτων ἐκφαίνει τὴν κακίαν αὐτοῦ. (Septuagint, Liber Sirach 14:7)
- πραύνεται γὰρ ὁ τῶν ἠδικημένων θυμόσ, ἐπειδὰν ὁ τὴν αἰτίαν ἔχων μὴ φιλονικῇ, κριτὴν δὲ ποιῇ τῆσ εἰσ αὑτὸν φιλανθρωπίασ τὸν ἀδικούμενον. (Demades, On the Twelve Years, 30:1)
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)
