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.
- καὶ διὰ ταῦτα ὁ Ἑρμῆσ ὃν ὁρᾶτε πάντεσ, ὁ παρὰ τὴν πατρῴαν οἰκίαν τὴν ἡμετέραν, ὃν ἡ Αἰγῂσ ἀνέθηκεν, οὐ περιεκόπη μόνοσ τῶν Ἑρμῶν τῶν Ἀθήνησιν, ὡσ ἐμοῦ τοῦτο ποιήσοντοσ, ὡσ ἔφη πρὸσ αὐτοὺσ Εὐφίλητοσ. (Andocides, Speeches, 105:3)
- τοιούτων δ’ ὄντων τοῦ τε αἰσθητοῦ καὶ τοῦ αἰσθανομένου, ἀεὶ ἔσται ἡδονὴ ὑπάρχοντόσ γε τοῦ τε ποιήσοντοσ καὶ τοῦ πεισομένου. (Aristotle, Nicomachean Ethics, Book 10 46:3)
- Ἀλλὰ δὴ Σωκράτησ Ἀρχελάου μεταπεμπομένου αὐτὸν ὡσ ποιήσοντοσ πλούσιον ἐκέλευσεν ἀπαγγεῖλαι αὐτῷ διότι "Ἀθήνησι τέσσαρέσ εἰσι χοίνικεσ τῶν ἀλφίτων ὀβολοῦ ὤνιοι καὶ κρῆναι ὕδατοσ ῥέουσιν". (Epictetus, Works, book 0 10:2)
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)
