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.
- ταύτησ τ’ ἀδελφὴ τηθὶσ τοῦ ῥήτοροσ Ἀνακὼ καὶ ὁ ποιητὸσ υἱὸσ Ἀφαρεὺσ καὶ ὁ ἀνεψιὸσ αὐτοῦ Σωκράτησ, μητρὸσ Ἰσοκράτουσ ἀδελφῆσ Ἀνακοῦσ υἱὸσ ὤν, ὃ τ’ ἀδελφὸσ αὐτοῦ ὁμώνυμοσ τοῦ πατρὸσ Θεόδωροσ καὶ οἱ υἱωνοὶ αὐτοῦ, τοῦ ποιηθέντοσ αὐτῷ παιδὸσ Ἀφαρεὺσ. (Plutarch, Vitae decem oratorum, , section 1 29:1)
- ποιηθέντοσ οὖν αὐτῷ μεγάλου κατὰ μέσην τὴν πρότερον παρεμβολὴν βήματοσ, καταστὰσ ἐπὶ τοῦτο μετὰ τῶν ἡγεμόνων εἰσ ἐπήκοον ἁπάσῃ τῇ στρατιᾷ ἔλεγε χάριν μὲν πολλὴν ἔχειν αὐτοῖσ τῆσ πρὸσ αὐτὸν εὐνοίασ, ᾗ χρώμενοι διατελοῦσιν· (Flavius Josephus, De bello Judaico libri vii, 9:1)
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)
