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.
- "ὑπέμνησασ ἀλλὰ δὴ πότερον ὡσ πεπεισμένων ὑμῶν καὶ τιθέντων ἐκλείπειν τὴν σελήνην ὑπὸ τοῦ σκιάσματοσ ἁλισκομένην ἤδη τρέπωμαι πρὸσ τὸν λόγον, ἢ βούλεσθε μελέτην ποιήσωμαι καὶ ἀπόδειξιν ὑμῖν τῶν ἐπιχειρημάτων ἕκαστον ἀπαριθμήσασ" ; (Plutarch, De faciae quae in orbe lunae apparet, section 20 2:1)
- ἀλλὰ προαιροῦμαι τῆσ εὐγενείασ καὶ τῶν παρὰ τοῖσ προγόνοισ μεγίστων μνησθεὶσ ὡσ τάχιστα συνάψαι τὸν λόγον πρὸσ τὰ τοῖσδε πεπραγμένα, ἵνα, ὥσπερ τὰσ φύσεισ ἦσαν συγγενεῖσ, οὕτω τοὺσ ἐπαίνουσ ἐπ’ αὐτῶν κοινοὺσ ποιήσωμαι, ὑπολαμβάνων ταῦτ’ ἂν εἶναι κεχαρισμένα κἀκείνοισ καὶ μάλιστ’ ἀμφοτέροισ, εἰ τῆσ ἀλλήλων ἀρετῆσ μὴ μόνον τῇ φύσει μετάσχοιεν, ἀλλὰ καὶ τοῖσ ἐπαίνοισ. (Demosthenes, Speeches 51-61, 16:3)
- πλοῦν ἐπὶ τὴν τῆσ αἰτίασ ζήτησιν ᾗ πεπραγμάτευμαι βούλει σοι, ἔφη, ἐπίδειξιν ποιήσωμαι, ὦ Κέβησ; (Plato, Euthyphro, Apology, Crito, Phaedo, 697:1)
- ἐπαινῶ τε γὰρ αὐτοὺσ οὐδὲν δαπανῶν, ὧν τε διδόασιν ἀεὶ αὖ παρέχομαι, εὐφημῶ τε ὅσα ἂν δύνωμαι καὶ ἐφ’ οἷσ ἂν αὐτοὺσ μάρτυρασ ποιήσωμαι ἑκὼν οὐδὲν ψεύδομαι. (Xenophon, Works on Socrates, , chapter 4 50:5)
- ἱστορίασ παραλαβεῖν, ὅτι τὸν Περσικὸν πόλεμον ‐ ἵν’ ἐπὶ τούτου ποιήσωμαι τὸν λόγον ‐ ἐνίκησαν Ἀθηναῖοί τε καὶ Λακεδαιμόνιοι δυσὶ ναυμαχίαισ καὶ πεζομαχίᾳ μιᾷ καταγωνισάμενοι τὸν βάρβαρον τριακοσίασ ἄγοντα μυριάδασ αὐτοὶ σὺν τοῖσ συμμάχοισ οὐ πλείουσ ὄντεσ ἕνδεκα μυριάδων, ἀλλὰ καὶ τοὺσ τόπουσ, ἐν οἷσ αἱ πράξεισ ἐγένοντο, βούλονται παρὰ τῆσ ἱστορίασ μαθεῖν, καὶ τὰσ αἰτίασ ἀκοῦσαι, δι’ ἃσ τὰ θαυμαστὰ καὶ παράδοξα ἔργα ἐπετέλεσαν, καὶ τίνεσ ἦσαν οἱ τῶν στρατοπέδων ἡγεμόνεσ τῶν τε βαρβαρικῶν καὶ τῶν Ἑλληνικῶν ἱστορῆσαι, καὶ μηδενὸσ ὡσ εἰπεῖν ἀνήκοοι γενέσθαι τῶν συντελεσθέντων περὶ τοὺσ ἀγῶνασ. (Dionysius of Halicarnassus, Antiquitates Romanae, Books X-XX, book 11, chapter 1 3:1)
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)
