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.
- βούλομαι δ’ εἰπεῖν πρὸσ ὑμᾶσ ἐξ ὧν ὑπὲρ τῶν πραγμάτων οὕτω φοβοῦμαι, ἵν’, εἰ μὲν ὀρθῶσ λογίζομαι, μετάσχητε τῶν λογισμῶν καὶ πρόνοιάν τιν’ ὑμῶν γ’ αὐτῶν, εἰ μὴ καὶ τῶν ἄλλων ἄρα βούλεσθε, ποιήσησθε, ἂν δὲ ληρεῖν καὶ τετυφῶσθαι δοκῶ, μήτε νῦν μήτ’ αὖθισ ὡσ ὑγιαίνοντί μοι προσέχητε. (Demosthenes, Speeches, 24:1)
- βούλομαι δ’ ὑμῖν ἀκριβέστερον περὶ αὐτῶν ἄνωθεν διηγήσασθαι καθ’ ἕκαστον, ἵνα μᾶλλον ἐπιμέλειαν ποιήσησθε τῆσ τιμωρίασ, καὶ εἰδῆτε ὅτι οὐ μόνον ὑπὲρ ὑμῶν αὐτῶν καὶ τῶν νόμων τὴν ψῆφον οἴσετε, ἀλλὰ καὶ τῆσ πρὸσ τοὺσ θεοὺσ εὐλαβείασ, τιμωρίαν ὑπὲρ τῶν ἠσεβημένων ποιούμενοι καὶ κολάζοντεσ τοὺσ ἠδικηκότασ. (Demosthenes, Speeches 51-61, 113:1)
- τοῖσ οὔπω παροῦσι πρέσβεσι προκαταλαμβάνων τὴν ἐκκλησίαν, καὶ τοὺσ χρόνουσ ὑμῶν ὑποτεμνόμενοσ καὶ τὸ πρᾶγμα κατασπεύδων, ἵνα μὴ μετὰ τῶν ἄλλων Ἑλλήνων, ἐπανελθόντων τῶν ὑμετέρων πρέσβεων, ἀλλὰ μόνοι ποιήσησθε τὴν εἰρήνην. (Aeschines, Speeches, , section 672)
- ἀλλ’ ἃ δὴ συμβήσεται ὑμῖν, ἐὰν τοῦτον τὸν τρόπον τὴν ἀκρόασιν ποιήσησθε, ταῦθ’ ὑμῖν ἤδη δίκαιόσ εἰμι προειπεῖν. (Aeschines, Speeches, , section 207 1:1)
- μηδὲ λη[μμάτων] αἰσχρῶν ἕν[εκα τὸν] πόλεμον, ἀλ[λὰ πρα]γμάτων ἀξιω[τέρων καὶ] μεταλ[λ]α[γῆσ ἀμείνονοσ] ποιή[σησθε] εσαλε[ὑ]πὲρ αὐτῶν εοισ τὴν εἰρή[νην ἐπ]οιησάμεθαβουλευωων χρηεν χε αὐτῷ παρ’ ἑκάστου ἡμῶν γίγνεσθαι, καὶ τὸ μὲν κατηγορεῖν ἐν τῷ δικαστηρίῳ καὶ ἐξελέγχειν τοὺσ εἰληφότασ τὰ χρήματα καὶ δεδωροδοκηκότασ κατὰ τῆσ πατρίδοσ ἡ[μῖν] προσ[έτ]αξεν [τοῖσ ᾑρημένοισ] κατη[γόροισ]· (Hyperides, Speeches, 8:6)
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)
