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.
- τί γὰρ ποιήσω, ἐὰν ἔτασίν μου ποιῆται ὁ Κύριοσ̣ ἐὰν δὲ καὶ ἐπισκοπήν, τίνα ἀπόκρισιν ποιήσομαι̣ (Septuagint, Liber Iob 31:14)
- ποιήσομαι δὲ ἀπὸ Δημοσθένουσ τὴν ἀρχήν. (Dionysius of Halicarnassus, Ad Ammaeum, chapter 3 1:2)
- ἑτέραν δὲ ἀρχὴν ποιήσομαι τοῦ λόγου περί τε Δημοσθένουσ καὶ Ὑπερείδου καὶ τρίτου λέγων Αἰσχίνου. (Dionysius of Halicarnassus, chapter 20 2:1)
- ὅμωσ δὲ ὡσ νόμοσ ἐν τοῖσ δικαστηρίοισ, οὕτω ποιήσομαι τὴν κατηγορίαν ἰδιώτησ παντάπασιν καὶ ἄτεχνοσ τῶν τοιούτων ὤν· (Lucian, Bis accusatus sive tribunalia, (no name) 33:5)
- διαίρεσιν δὲ τοῦ λόγου ποιήσομαι τὴν πρώτην κατὰ τἀπιτηδεύματα τῶν ἀνδρῶν, καὶ πρώτουσ γέ σοι τοὺσ βασιλικοὺσ καὶ τοὺσ στρατηγικοὺσ ἄνδρασ ἱστορήσω, ὧν ἕνα ἡ εὐσεβεστάτη μεγάλου θειοτάτου αὐτοκράτοροσ τύχη εἰσ τὴν τελεωτάτην ἀγαγοῦσα τάξιν εὐεργέτηκε τὰ μέγιστα τὴν οἰκουμένην τὴν ἑαυτοῦ· (Lucian, Macrobii, (no name) 7:1)
- τοῦ γέλωτοσ δὲ αὐτίκα κοινωνὸν ποιήσομαί σε, ἢν ἀκούσῃσ οἱᾴ δίκῃ δικαζομένῃ παρεγενόμην, φιλοσόφων πρὸσ ἀλλήλουσ ἐριζόντων. (Lucian, Eunuchus, (no name) 1:4)
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)
