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.
- κἂν μὲν ἐκ τῶν εὐωνύμων ποιήσηται, εὐώνυμοσ παραγωγὴ καλεῖται, ἂν δὲ ἐκ τῶν δεξιῶν, δεξιά. (Arrian, chapter 28 5:2)
- ὅταν οὖν τισ ἀγώνισμα ποιήσηται διὰ πάντων τῶν καλῶν τούτων διεξελθεῖν καὶ πάσασ μίξεισ μῖξαι περὶ τοὺσ λόγουσ, πρῶτον μὲν χρὴ τὰ ἤθη πρέποντα τοῖσ καιροῖσ ἀποδοῦναι, ἔπειτα τὰσ συζυγίασ, οὗ μὲν ἀκρίβεια, ἐνταῦθα ὡρ́αν προσθείσ, οὗ δὲ βραχύτησ, ἐνταῦθα τάχοσ, τῷ δὲ περιττῷ σαφήνειαν, χάριν δὲ οὗ σεμνότησ, οὗ δὲ εὑρ́εσισ, ἐνταῦθα διαχείρισιν. (Aristides, Aelius, Ars Rhetorica, , 6:2)
- ἐκ γὰρ τῶν ἐναργέωσ ἐπιτελεομένων ἢν τὴν ἀρχὴν ποιήσηται ὁ λογισμόσ, ἐν διανοίησ δυνάμει ὑπάρχων εὑρίσκεται, παραδεχομένησ αὐτῆσ ἕκαστα παρ’ ἄλλων. (Hippocrates, Hippocrates Collected Works I, PARAGGELIAI, i.6)
- Εὐριπίδησ δέ φησιν Ἀλκμαίωνα κατὰ τὸν τῆσ μανίασ χρόνον ἐκ Μαντοῦσ Τειρεσίου παῖδασ δύο γεννῆσαι, Ἀμφίλοχον καὶ θυγατέρα Τισιφόνην, κομίσαντα δὲ εἰσ Κόρινθον τὰ βρέφη δοῦναι τρέφειν Κορινθίων βασιλεῖ Κρέοντι, καὶ τὴν μὲν Τισιφόνην διενεγκοῦσαν εὐμορφίᾳ ὑπὸ τῆσ Κρέοντοσ γυναικὸσ ἀπεμποληθῆναι, δεδοικυίασ μὴ Κρέων αὐτὴν γαμετὴν ποιήσηται. (Apollodorus, Library and Epitome, book 3, chapter 7 7:3)
- διὸ καὶ τὴν Ἑλλάδα κατεχούσησ ἀφορίασ διὰ Πέλοπα, ὅτι Στυμφάλῳ τῷ βασιλεῖ τῶν Ἀρκάδων πολεμῶν καὶ τὴν Ἀρκαδίαν ἑλεῖν μὴ δυνάμενοσ, προσποιησάμενοσ φιλίαν ἔκτεινεν αὐτὸν καὶ διέσπειρε μελίσασ, χρησμοὶ θεῶν ἔλεγον ἀπαλλαγήσεσθαι τῶν ἐνεστώτων κακῶν τὴν Ἑλλάδα, ἐὰν Αἰακὸσ ὑπὲρ αὐτῆσ εὐχὰσ ποιήσηται ποιησαμένου δὲ εὐχὰσ Αἰακοῦ τῆσ ἀκαρπίασ ἡ Ἑλλὰσ ἀπαλλάττεται. (Apollodorus, Library and Epitome, book 3, chapter 12 6:17)
- "καὶ ἄτιμον εἶναι Ἀρχεπτόλεμον καὶ Ἀντιφῶντα καὶ γένοσ τὸ ἐκ τούτοιν, καὶ νόθουσ καὶ γνησίουσ καὶ ἐάν τισ ποιήσηταί τινα τῶν ἐξ Ἀρχεπτολέμου καὶ Ἀντιφῶντοσ, ἄτιμοσ ἔστω ὁ ποιησάμενοσ. (Plutarch, Vitae decem oratorum, , section 1 26:5)
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)
