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.
- ἐπεὶ τοίνυν ὁ πολὺσ χρόνοσ πιστεύεται πάντων εἶναι δοκιμαστὴσ ἀληθέστατοσ, τοῦτον ἂν ποιησαίμην ἐγὼ μάρτυρα τῆσ ἀρετῆσ ἡμῶν τοῦ νομοθέτου καὶ τῆσ ὑπ’ ἐκείνου φήμησ περὶ τοῦ θεοῦ παραδοθείσησ· (Flavius Josephus, Contra Apionem, 252:1)
- καὶ ἔγωγ’ ἄν, εἰ σὺ εἰήν καί με διαφεύγοι ὁ λόγοσ, ἔνορκον ἂν ποιησαίμην ὥσπερ Ἀργεῖοι, μὴ πρότερον κομήσειν, πρὶν ἂν νικήσω ἀναμαχόμενοσ τὸν Σιμμίου τε καὶ κέβητοσ λόγον. (Plato, Euthyphro, Apology, Crito, Phaedo, 544:1)
- περὶ πολλοῦ ἂν ποιησαίμην, ὦ ἄνδρεσ, τὸ τοιούτουσ ὑμᾶσ ἐμοὶ δικαστὰσ περὶ τούτου τοῦ πράγματοσ γενέσθαι, οἱοῖ́περ ἂν ὑμῖν αὐτοῖσ εἰήτε τοιαῦτα πεπονθότεσ· (Lysias, Speeches, 3:1)
- ἀλλ’ ἔγωγε εὔνοιάν τε πρὸσ ἅπαν τὸ Ἑλληνικὸν γένοσ ἔχω καὶ συμφοραῖσ ἀνθρώπων ἀναγκαίαισ πάνυ ἄχθομαι, σώζεσθαί τε ὑμᾶσ περὶ πολλοῦ ἂν ποιησαίμην, εἴ μοι δῆλοι γένοισθε οἰκήσεωσ δεόμενοι ἥκειν ἐν ἀποχρώσῃ τε γῆσ μοίρᾳ καὶ πρὸσ φιλίαν τῶν δοθησομένων μεθέξοντεσ, ἀλλ’ οὐ τὴν ἐμὴν δυναστείαν ἀφαιρησόμενοι πρὸσ βίαν. (Dionysius of Halicarnassus, Antiquitates Romanae, book 1, chapter 58 7:2)
- ἀλλὰ μὲν δή, ὦ Σώκρατεσ, ὥσπερ σὺ λέγεισ, μεμέληκέν τέ μοι περὶ αὐτῶν καὶ ἴσωσ ἄν σε ποιησαίμην μαθητήν. (Plato, Cratylus, Theaetetus, Sophist, Statesman, 271:4)
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)
