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.
- ἐπράττετο γὰρ οὐ πρὸσ τοὺσ ἄλλουσ πρέσβεισ, τοὺσ πολλὰ συκοφαντηθέντασ ὕστερον ἐκ μεταβολῆσ ὑπὸ Δημοσθένουσ, ἀλλὰ πρὸσ Φιλοκράτην καὶ Δημοσθένην, εἰκότωσ, τοὺσ ἅμα μὲν πρεσβεύοντασ, ἅμα δὲ τὰ ψηφίσματα γράφοντασ, πρῶτον μὲν ὅπωσ μὴ περιμενεῖτε τοὺσ πρέσβεισ οὓσ ἦτε ἐκπεπομφότεσ παρακαλοῦντασ ἐπὶ Φίλιππον, ἵνα μὴ μετὰ τῶν Ἑλλήνων, ἀλλ’ ἰδίᾳ ποιήσαισθε τὴν εἰρήνην· (Aeschines, Speeches, , section 64 1:2)
- τίνασ δὲ ἂν παραστάτασ ἥδιον τούτων ποιήσαισθε, ὧν γε καὶ οἱ ταχθέντεσ ἐν Θερμοπύλαισ ἅπαντεσ εἵλοντο μαχόμενοι ἀποθανεῖν μᾶλλον ἢ ζῶντεσ ἐπεισφρέσθαι τὸν βάρβαρον τῇ Ἑλλάδι; (Xenophon, Hellenica, , chapter 5 53:3)
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)
