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.
- πορευθεὶσ δὲ ὡσ λέγομεν, καὶ ἑαυτὸν ἔμφρονά τε καὶ σώφρονα ἀπεργασάμενοσ, εἰ τὰσ ἐξηρημωμένασ Σικελίασ πόλεισ κατοικίσειεν νόμοισ τε συνδήσειεν καὶ πολιτείαισ, ὥστε αὑτῷ τε οἰκείασ καὶ ἀλλήλαισ εἶναι πρὸσ τὰσ τῶν βαρβάρων βοηθείασ, οὐ διπλασίαν τὴν πατρῴαν ἀρχὴν μόνον ποιήσοι, πολλαπλασίαν δὲ ὄντωσ· (Plato, Epistles, Letter 7 62:1)
- καὶ γὰρ νυκτὶ μὲν ὅσαπερ ἡμέρᾳ ἐχρῆτο, ἡμέρᾳ δὲ ὅσαπερ νυκτί, πολλάκισ ἄδηλοσ γιγνόμενοσ ὅπου τε εἰή καὶ ὅποι ἰοί καὶ ὅ τι ποιήσοι. (Xenophon, Minor Works, , chapter 6 8:1)
- λέγοντοσ οὖν ἐμοῦ ταῦτα καὶ τοιαῦτα ἄλλα οὐδὲν ἀπεσάφει ὁ Πρωταγόρασ ὁπότερα ποιήσοι. (Plato, Euthydemus, Protagoras, Gorgias, Meno, 320:1)
- ὅ τι δὲ ποιήσοι οὐ διεσήμηνε. (Xenophon, Anabasis, , chapter 1 25:5)
- ὅ τι δὲ ποιήσοι οὐδὲ τούτοισ εἶπε. (Xenophon, Anabasis, , chapter 2 3:5)
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)
