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.
- πάντων δὲ τὸ αὐτὸ ποιησάντων ὁμοῦ καὶ καταξιωσάντων τὸν ἐλεήμονα Κύριον μετὰ κλαυθμοῦ καὶ νηστειῶν καὶ προπτώσεωσ ἐφ̓ ἡμέρασ τρεῖσ ἀδιαλείπτωσ, παρακαλέσασ αὐτοὺσ ὁ Ἰούδασ ἐκέλευσε παραγίνεσθαι. (Septuagint, Liber Maccabees II 13:12)
- ἐμέμνηντο δ’ οἱ πολλοὶ καὶ τῶν Ἀττικῶν ἐκείνων σκολίων ἅπερ καὶ αὐτὰ ἄξιὸν ἐστί σοι ἀπομνημονεῦσαι διά τε τὴν ἀρχαιότητα καὶ ἀφέλειαν τῶν ποιησάντων, καὶ τῶν· (Athenaeus, The Deipnosophists, Book 15, book 15, chapter 491)
- "ἔχει γὰρ τὸ ἰὴ παιὰν ἐπίφθεγμα, ὥσ φησιν Γόργων ἐν τῷ Περὶ τῶν ἐν Ῥόδῳ θυσιῶν, ἐπ’ Ἀντιγόνῳ δὲ καὶ Δημητρίῳ φησὶν Φιλόχοροσ Ἀθηναίουσ ᾄδειν παιᾶνασ τοὺσ πεποιημένουσ ὑπὸ Ἑρμοκλέουσ τοῦ Κυζικηνοῦ, ἐφαμίλλων γενομένων τῶν παιᾶνασ ποιησάντων πάντων καὶ τοῦ Ἑρμοκλέουσ προκριθέντοσ, ἀλλὰ μὴν καὶ αὐτὸσ Ἀριστοτέλησ ἐν τῇ Ἀπολογίᾳ τῆσ ἀσεβείασ, εἰ μὴ κατέψευσται ὁ λόγοσ, φησίν οὐ γὰρ ἄν ποτε Ἑρμείᾳ θύειν ὡσ ἀθανάτῳ προαιρούμενοσ ὡσ θνητῷ μνῆμα κατεσκεύαζον καὶ ἀθανατίζειν τὴν φύσιν βουλόμενοσ ἐπιταφίοισ ἂν τιμαῖσ ἐκόσμησα τὸ σῶμα. (Athenaeus, The Deipnosophists, Book 15, book 15, chapter 5113)
- "τὸ δὲ πτοηθὲν διασεισάμενόν τε τὴν τοῖσ ὄμμασιν ἐπικειμένην χαίτην παραχρῆμα ἐποίησε τοὺσ ὁρμήσαντασ ἐπ’ αὐτὸ νεκρούσ, πάλιν δὲ καὶ πάλιν τὸ αὐτὸ ποιησάντων ἑτέρων νεκρῶν τε γενηθέντων,ἀεὶ τῶν προσφερομένων ἀπολλυμένων, ἱστορήσαντέσ τινεσ παρὰ τῶν ἐπιχωρίων τὴν τοῦ ζῴου φύσιν, μακρόθεν ἐνεδρεύσαντεσ αὐτὸ ἱππῆσ τινεσ Νομάδεσ Μαρίου κελεύσαντοσ κατηκόντισαν ἧκόν τε φέροντεσ πρὸσ τὸν στρατηγὸν τὸ θηρίον. (Athenaeus, The Deipnosophists, Book 5, book 5, chapter 649)
- τῶν δὲ τὸ προσταχθὲν ποιησάντων εἰσῆλθεν ὁ Ιἠσοῦσ μετ’ ὀλίγων. (Flavius Josephus, 131:1)
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)
