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.
- περιχυθεὶσ λόγων μὲν ἐκείνων ἢ ἀκροάσεωσ ἄλλησ ^ οὐδὲ τὴν ἀρχὴν ἀϊόντι ἐοίκεν, ὅλοσ δὲ πρὸσ τοῖσ ὁρωμένοισ ἐστίν, εἰ μὴ τύχοι τισ παντελῶσ τυφλὸσ ὢν ἢ ἐν νυκτὶ ὥσπερ ἡ ἐξ Ἀρείου πάγου βουλὴ ποιοῖτο τὴν ἀκρόασιν. (Lucian, De Domo, (no name) 18:3)
- ἐπεὶ γὰρ ὁ Φαβωρῖνοσ ἀκούσασ τινὸσ ὡσ ἐν γέλωτι ποιοῖτο τὰσ ὁμιλίασ αὐτοῦ καὶ μάλιστα τῶν ἐν αὐταῖσ μελῶν τὸ ἐπικεκλασμένον σφόδρα ὡσ ἀγεννὲσ καὶ γυναικεῖον καὶ φιλοσοφίᾳ ἥκιστα πρέπον, προσελθὼν ἠρώτα τὸν Δημώνακτα, τίσ ὢν χλευάζοι τὰ αὐτοῦ· (Lucian, (no name) 12:2)
- φέρε γάρ, εἴ τισ ᾠδαῖσ ἢ κρούμασιν ὀργάνων τὸ κάλλιστον ἐντείνασ μέλοσ ῥυθμοῦ μηδένα ποιοῖτο λόγον, ἔσθ’ ὅπωσ ἄν τισ ἀνάσχοιτο τῆσ τοιαύτησ μουσικῆσ; (Dionysius of Halicarnassus, De Demosthene, chapter 48 1:4)
- "τὸ κέρδοσ μὴ ποιοῖτο. (Plutarch, Apophthegmata Laconica, , section 11)
- "τὸ κέρδοσ μὴ ποιοῖτο. (Plutarch, Apophthegmata Laconica, , section 1 1:1)
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)
