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.
- καὶ ὁπόσοι λίποιεν τὴν τάξιν, ἢ ἀστρατείασ ἢ δειλίασ ἢ ἀναυμαχίου ὄφλοιεν, ἢ τὴν ἀσπίδα ἀποβάλοιεν, ἢ τρὶσ ψευδομαρτυρίων ἢ τρὶσ ψευδοκλητείασ ὄφλοιεν, ἢ τοὺσ γονέασ κακῶσ ποιοῖεν, οὗτοι πάντεσ ἄτιμοι ἦσαν τὰ σώματα, τὰ δὲ χρήματα εἶχον. (Andocides, Speeches, 125:4)
- ἔγνων οὖν αὖ καὶ περὶ τῶν ποιητῶν ἐν ὀλίγῳ τοῦτο, ὅτι οὐ σοφίᾳ ποιοῖεν ἃ ποιοῖεν, ἀλλὰ φύσει τινὶ καὶ ἐνθουσιάζοντεσ ὥσπερ οἱ θεομάντεισ καὶ οἱ χρησμῳδοί· (Plato, Euthyphro, Apology, Crito, Phaedo, 41:5)
- εἰ δὲ ἄνθρωποι σκάπτοντεσ τὴν νεὸν ποιοῖεν, ἔφη, οὐκ εὔδηλον ὅτι καὶ τούτουσ δίχα δεῖ ποιεῖν τὴν γῆν καὶ τὴν ὕλην; (Xenophon, Works on Socrates, , chapter 16 16:1)
- ὅσα μὲν οὖν ἐμψυχότατα τῶν ὀστῶν ἦν, ὀλιγίσταισ συνέφραττε σαρξίν, ἃ δ’ ἀψυχότατα ἐντόσ, πλείσταισ καὶ πυκνοτάταισ, καὶ δὴ κατὰ τὰσ συμβολὰσ τῶν ὀστῶν, ὅπῃ μήτινα ἀνάγκην ὁ λόγοσ ἀπέφαινεν δεῖν αὐτὰσ εἶναι, βραχεῖαν σάρκα ἔφυσεν, ἵνα μήτε ἐμποδὼν ταῖσ καμπαῖσιν οὖσαι δύσφορα τὰ σώματα ἀπεργάζοιντο, ἅτε δυσκίνητα γιγνόμενα, μήτ’ αὖ πολλαὶ καὶ πυκναὶ σφόδρα τε ἐν ἀλλήλαισ ἐμπεπιλημέναι, διὰ στερεότητα ἀναισθησίαν ἐμποιοῦσαι, δυσμνημονευτότερα καὶ κωφότερα τὰ περὶ τὴν διάνοιαν ποιοῖεν. (Plato, Hippias Major, Hippias Minor, Ion, Menexenus, Cleitophon, Timaeus, Critias, Minos, Epinomis, 374:1)
Synonyms
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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)
