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.
- ἄπειμι δ̓ οὖν ὕδωρ αὐτῷ πρὸσ τὸ τραῦμα οἴσων καὶ τὰ ἄλλα ποιήσων ἃ νομίζεται ὥσπερ λεχοῖ. (Lucian, Dialogi deorum, 5:3)
- καὶ ὁ μὲν ὧν ἄρχων ἐξῆλθεν, ὑπὸ τούτων ἀπολειφθεὶσ ἐπανῆλθεν, ὁ δὲ μεθ’ ὧν ἑτέροισ ποιήσων τὸ προσταττόμενον ἐξεπέμφθη, τούτοισ αὐτὸσ διδοὺσ τὸ παράγγελμα κατέπλευσε, τρία τὰ πάντων δυσκολώτατα διαπεπραγμένοσ ὁμοῦ τῇ πόλει, πρὸσ μὲν τοὺσ πολεμίουσ εἰρήνην, παρὰ δὲ τῶν συμμάχων ἡγεμονίαν, πρὸσ δὲ Λακεδαιμονίουσ ὁμόνοιαν. (Plutarch, Comparison of Lucullus and Cimon, chapter 2 3:3)
- παρὰ πολὺ γὰρ ταῦτ̓ ἀμείνω καὶ ἐλπίδοσ οὐ μικρᾶσ ἐχόμενα λέγεισ, καὶ ζητητέοσ, ὡσ ἐοίκεν, ἡμῖν ἀνήρ τισ τοιοῦτοσ, διαγνωστικούσ τε καὶ διακριτικοὺσ ποιήσων ἡμᾶσ καὶ τὸ μέγιστον, ἀποδεικτικούσ· (Lucian, 142:4)
- ὅσα δ’ ἐβουλήθητε μέν, μετὰ ταῦτα δὲ ἀπεβλέψατε εἰσ ἀλλήλουσ, ὡσ αὐτὸσ μὲν οὐ ποιήσων, τὸν δὲ πλησίον τὰ δέοντα πράξοντα, οὐδὲν πώποτε ὑμῖν ἐγένετο. (Dionysius of Halicarnassus, , chapter 54 2:3)
- Φίλιπποσ μὲν οὖν ταῦτα τοῦ βασιλέωσ ἐπιστείλαντοσ ἔσπευδε ποιήσων ἃ προσέταξεν. (Flavius Josephus, 220:2)
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)
