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 ἂν οὖν ποιοῖμεν; (Aristophanes, Birds, Prologue 5:9)
- "γελοῖα τοίνυν καὶ ἡμεῖσ ἂν ποιοῖμεν εἰ πάλαι ἀναμιχθέντεσ καὶ ὡσ οἱο͂́ν τε ἦν εἰσ ἕνα συνελθόντεσ ἔτι μέγα νομίζοιμεν εἶναι εἰ τό μέροσ ἡμῶν ἔπραξέ τι χρηστὸν ὑπὲρ ὅλου τοῦ σώματοσ· (Lucian, Toxaris vel amicitia, (no name) 52:4)
- φέρε, εἰ δὲ κριτὴσ καλοῖτο Μαντίθεοσ Μαντίου Θορίκιοσ, τί ἂν ποιοῖμεν; (Demosthenes, Speeches 31-40, 13:1)
- τί δὲ τούτοισ ἢ ἐμοὶ ἐπιστέλλεισ ἢ περὶ τῶν παίδων ἢ περὶ ἄλλου του, ὅτι ἄν σοι ποιοῦντεσ ἡμεῖσ ἐν χάριτι μάλιστα ποιοῖμεν; (Plato, Euthyphro, Apology, Crito, Phaedo, 922:2)
- σὺ τοίνυν ἡμῖν ἐξηγοῦ ποίων λόγων ἁπτόμενοι μάλιστ’ ἂν ταῦτα ποιοῖμεν. (Xenophon, Works on Socrates, , chapter 3 3:6)
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)