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.
- οὐδὲ γὰρ ὑφ’ ἡλίῳ ἔτι ποιησόμεθα τὴν συνουσίαν, ὡσ ἄχθεσθαι εἰ ἀποτείνοιτο ἡ ῥῆσισ, ἀλλὰ ἥ τε σκιὰ πυκνὴ καὶ ἡμεῖσ σχολὴν ἄγομεν. (Lucian, Anacharsis, (no name) 19:7)
- ἡμεῖσ δὲ πολὺ ὠμοτέρου λῃστοῦ μνήμην ποιησόμεθα, ὅσῳ μὴ ἐν ὕλαισ καὶ ἐν ὄρεσιν, ἀλλ’ ἐν πόλεσιν οὗτοσ ἐλῄστευεν, οὐ Μυσίαν μόνην οὐδὲ τὴν Ἴδην κατατρέχων οὐδὲ ὀλίγα τῆσ Ἀσίασ μέρη τὰ ἐρημότερα λεηλατῶν, ἀλλὰ πᾶσαν ὡσ εἰπεῖν τὴν Ῥωμαίων ἀρχὴν ἐμπλήσασ τῆσ λῃστείασ τῆσ αὑτοῦ. (Lucian, Alexander, (no name) 2:4)
- ἡμεῖσ δὲ ἐπειδὴ τὰ κατὰ τὴν σκηνὴν διεληλύθαμεν, ποιησόμεθα καὶ τὴν τῆσ πομπῆσ ἐξήγησιν. (Athenaeus, The Deipnosophists, Book 5, book 5, chapter 19 3:92)
- ἢν οὖν ἐθέλητε, κοινωνήσατέ μοι τοῦ στόλου, γῦπασ δὲ ὑμῖν ἐγὼ παρέξω τῶν βασιλικῶν ἕνα ἑκάστῳ καὶ τὴν ἄλλην ὅπλισιν αὔριον δὲ ποιησόμεθα τὴν ἔξοδον. (Lucian, Verae Historiae, book 1 12:7)
- ἡμεῖσ δ’ ἐνταῦθα καταπαύσαντεσ τὸν λόγον ἀρχὴν ποιησόμεθα τῶν ἑξῆσ ἀπὸ τῆσ τοῦ Ἡρακλέουσ ἀδηφαγίασ. (Athenaeus, The Deipnosophists, Book 9, book 9, chapter 80 1:3)
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)
