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.
- ἐπεὰν δὲ ἐντελέα πάντα ποιήσωνται, περιενείκαντεσ τὰ ἱρὰ περὶ τὰ δένδρεα πυρὴν ἐνιᾶσιν, τὰ δὲ αὐτίκα πάντα καίονται. (Lucian, De Syria dea, (no name) 49:5)
- ἢ ὁπόταν ὁ μὲν οὐραγὸσ μεταβάλληται, ὁ δὲ ὀπίσω αὐτοῦ τεταγμένοσ ἐκ δόρατοσ τοῦ οὐραγοῦ παραπορευόμενοσ ἔμπροσθεν αὐτοῦ τάσσηται, καὶ οἱ λοιποὶ ὡσαύτωσ ἄλλοσ πρὸσ ἄλλου ταχθεὶσ τὸν λοχαγὸν αὖ πρωτοστάτην ποιήσωνται. (Arrian, chapter 24 4:2)
- ἐπεὶ δὲ μετὰ τὴν ἐν Σικελίᾳ γενομένην συμφορὰν ἰσχυρότερα τὰ τῶν Λακεδαιμονίων ἐγένετο διὰ τὴν πρὸσ βασιλέα συμμαχίαν, ἠναγκάσθησαν κινήσαντεσ τὴν δημοκρατίαν καταστῆσαι τὴν ἐπὶ τῶν τετρακοσίων πολιτείαν, εἰπόντοσ τὸν μὲν πρὸ τοῦ ψηφίσματοσ λόγον Μηλοβίου, τὴν δὲ γνώμην γράψαντοσ Πυθοδώρου τοῦ Ἀναφλυστίου, μάλιστα δὲ συμπεισθέντων τῶν πολλῶν διὰ τὸ νομίζειν βασιλέα μᾶλλον ἑαυτοῖσ συμπολεμήσειν, ἐὰν δι’ ὀλίγων ποιήσωνται τὴν πολιτείαν. (Aristotle, Athenian Constitution, work Ath. Pol., chapter 29 1:2)
- ἀλλ’ ἀνθ’ ἑνὸσ δύο νόμουσ ἥκει πρὸσ ὑμᾶσ παραβεβηκώσ, ἕνα μὲν τὸν κελεύοντα τριῶν ἡμερῶν ἀφ’ ἧσ ἂν ὀμόσῃ τὴν οὐσίαν ἀποφαίνειν, ἕτερον δὲ τὸν κελεύοντα κυρίασ εἶναι τὰσ πρὸσ ἀλλήλουσ ὁμολογίασ, ἃσ ἂν ἐναντίον ποιήσωνται μαρτύρων. (Demosthenes, Speeches 41-50, 15:4)
- ὅταν δὲ ἡμᾶσ ἐκποδὼν ποιήσωνται, τότ’ ἤδη κατὰ πολλὴν ἀσφάλειαν ἡγοῦνται διαπράξασθαι παρ’ ὑμῶν τὰ λοιπὰ ἀναιρεθῆναι διὰ κοινοῦ ψηφίσματοσ τὰσ γενομένασ ὑμῖν πρὸσ τὸν δῆμον ὁμολογίασ. (Dionysius of Halicarnassus, Antiquitates Romanae, Books X-XX, book 10, chapter 10 6:3)
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)
