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.
- ἐπ’ αὐτῷ, εἰ δοκεῖ, Παρρησιάδῃ ποιησώμεθα τὸ τοιοῦτον, ἐπεὶ χρηστὸσ ὦπται καὶ εὔνουσ ἡμῖν καὶ σέ, ὦ Φιλοσοφία, μάλιστα θαυμάζων, παραλαβόντα μεθ’ ἑαυτοῦ τὸν Ἔλεγχον ἅπασι τοῖσ φάσκουσι φιλοσοφεῖν ἐντυγχάνειν. (Lucian, Piscator, (no name) 46:1)
- μῶν εἰσ τὴν Ἀκαδημίαν ἢ εἰσ τὴν Στοὰν ἢ ^ ἀπὸ τοῦ Λυκείου ποιησώμεθα τὴν ἀρχήν; (Lucian, Piscator, (no name) 52:9)
- πρὸσ ταῦτα ὁ Οὐλπιανόσ πωσ ἡδέωσ γελάσασ ἀλλὰ μὴ βάυζε, εἶπεν, ὦ ἑταῖρε, μηδὲ ἀγριαίνου τὴν κυνικὴν προβαλλόμενοσ λύσσαν τῶν ὑπὸ κύνα οὐσῶν ἡμερῶν, δέον αἰκάλλειν μᾶλλον καὶ προσσαίνειν τοῖσ συνδείπνοισ, μὴ καί τινα Κυνοφόντιν ἑορτὴν ποιησώμεθα ἀντὶ τῆσ παρ’ Ἀργείοισ ἐπιτελουμένησ, χορτασθῆναι εἴρηται, ὦ δαιμόνιε ἀνδρῶν, παρὰ μὲν Κρατίνῳ ἐν Ὀδυσσεῦσιν οὕτωσ ι ἧσθε πανημέριοι χορταζόμενοι γάλα λευκόν. (Athenaeus, The Deipnosophists, Book 3, book 3, chapter 561)
- ἢ ταυτὶ μὲν εἰσ τὴν τῶν ἑώλων καὶ ψυχρῶν ἀγορὰν βούλει παρῶμεν, ἐν δὲ τοῖσ ὡσ ἔνι μάλιστα πραγματικοῖσ καὶ μετὰ σπουδῆσ λεγομένοισ ποιησώμεθα τοῦ λόγου τὸν ἐξετασμόν; (Plutarch, De communibus notitiis adversus Stoicos, section 3 4:3)
- καὶ ἡμεῖσ οὖν ἐάσαντεσ χαίρειν εἴ τίσ τι ἐρεῖ, κοινῇ ἡμῶν αὐτῶν καὶ τῶν μειρακίων ἐπιμέλειαν ποιησώμεθα. (Plato, Alcibiades 1, Alcibiades 2, Hipparchus, Lovers, Theages, Charmides, Laches, Lysis, 138:1)
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)
