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.
- πλεῖστον δ’ εἶναι τοῦτο τὸ ὄργανον ἐν Μιτυλήνῃ, ὡσ καὶ μίαν τῶν Μουσῶν ἔχουσαν αὐτὸ ὑπὸ Λεσβοθέμιδοσ ποιηθῆναι ἀρχαίου ἀγαλματοποιοῦ. (Athenaeus, The Deipnosophists, Book 14, book 14, chapter 36 2:5)
- ἐὰν δ’ οὐ φάσκῃ, ἔρεσθε αὐτὸν δι’ ὅ τι φησὶν Ἀθηναῖοσ ποιηθῆναι. (Lysias, Speeches, 101:2)
- Φιλίππῳ μὲν δὴ τῆσ σατραπείασ ὁρ́ουσ ἔταξε τὰσ συμβολὰσ τοῦ τε Ἀκεσίνου καὶ Ἰνδοῦ καὶ ἀπολείπει ξὺν αὐτῷ τούσ τε Θρᾷκασ πάντασ καὶ ἐκ τῶν τάξεων ὅσοι ἐσ φυλακὴν τῆσ χώρασ ἱκανοὶ ἐφαίνοντο, πόλιν τε ἐνταῦθα κτίσαι ἐκέλευσεν ἐπ̓ αὐτῇ τῇ ξυμβολῇ τοῖν ποταμοῖν, ἐλπίσασ μεγάλην τε ἔσεσθαι καὶ ἐπιφανῆ ἐσ ἀνθρώπουσ, καὶ νεωσοίκουσ ποιηθῆναι. (Arrian, Anabasis, book 6, chapter 15 2:1)
- ἔστι δὲ πλησίον τοῦ τε ἱεροῦ τοῦ Διονύσου καὶ τοῦ θεάτρου κατασκεύασμα, ποιηθῆναι δὲ τῆσ σκηνῆσ αὐτὸ ἐσ μίμησιν τῆσ Ξέρξου λέγεται· (Pausanias, Description of Greece, , chapter 20 9:1)
- τὴν δὲ εἰκόνα τὴν Αἰσχύλου πολλῷ τε ὕστερον τῆσ τελευτῆσ δοκῶ ποιηθῆναι <καὶ> τῆσ γραφῆσ ἣ τὸ ἔργον ἔχει τὸ Μαραθῶνι. (Pausanias, Description of Greece, , chapter 21 3:1)
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)
