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.
- τί γὰρ ποιήσω, ἐὰν ἔτασίν μου ποιῆται ὁ Κύριοσ̣ ἐὰν δὲ καὶ ἐπισκοπήν, τίνα ἀπόκρισιν ποιήσομαι̣ (Septuagint, Liber Iob 31:14)
- ἢ γὰρ οὐ ταῦτα σεμνολογοῦσιν οἱ ποιηταὶ περὶ τῶν θεῶν καὶ πολὺ τούτων ἱερώτερα περί τε Ἡφαίστου καὶ Προμηθέωσ καὶ Κρόνου καὶ Ῥέασ καὶ σχεδὸν ὅλησ τῆσ τοῦ Διὸσ οἰκίασ; (Lucian, De sacrificiis, (no name) 5:1)
- ὅταν δὲ πρὸσ τὸ σημαῖνον ἀπὸ τοῦ σημαινομένου πράγματοσ τὴν ἀποστροφὴν ποιῆται ἢ πρὸσ τὸ σημαινόμενον ἀπὸ τοῦ σημαίνοντοσ, οὕτωσ σχηματίζει τὸν νόμενον ἀπὸ τοῦ σημαίνοντοσ, οὕτωσ σχηματίζει τὸν λόγον· (Dionysius of Halicarnassus, De Thucydidis idiomatibus (epistula ad Ammaeum), chapter 131)
- μάλιστα δὲ τοῦτο πάσχουσιν, ἐπειδὰν πάλαι φίλοσ ὁ ἐνδιαβάλλων δοκῶν εἶναι τῷ ἐνδιαβαλλομένῳ ποιῆται ὅμωσ· (Lucian, Calumniae non temere credundum, (no name) 24:4)
- μόνοσ γὰρ ὁ λόγοσ ἐν γήρᾳ, φιλεῖ ἐντελῆ ἐπιδείκνυσθαι τὴν ἀκμήν, εἲ γε ἀληθῆ ὑμῶν οἱ ποιηταὶ λέγουσιν, ὅτι αἱ μὲν τῶν ὁπλοτέρων φρένεσ ἠερέθονται, τὸ δὲ γῆρασ ἔχει; (Lucian, Hercules, 4:5)
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)
