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 εἶπον πρὸσ αὐτόν. ἀπάγγειλον ἡμῖν τίνοσ ἕνεκεν ἡ κακία αὕτη ἐστὶν ἐν ἡμῖν̣ τίσ σου ἡ ἐργασία ἐστί̣ καὶ πόθεν ἔρχῃ, καὶ τοῦ πορεύῃ, καὶ ἐκ ποίασ χώρασ καὶ ἐκ ποίου λαοῦ εἶ σύ̣ (Septuagint, Prophetia Ionae 1:8)
- εἰπέ μοι, ὦ ἀλεκτρυών, σὺ δὲ ὁπότε βασιλεὺσ ἦσθα ‐ φὴσ γὰρ καὶ βασιλεῦσαί ποτε ‐ ποίου τινὸσ ἐπειράθησ ἐκείνου τοῦ βίου; (Lucian, Gallus, (no name) 24:1)
- ποίου βασιλέωσ; (Aristophanes, Acharnians, Prologue 2:22)
- ποίου Πρωτέωσ; (Aristophanes, Thesmophoriazusae, Episode29)
- ποίου χρόνου ταλάνταθ’, ὃσ παρ’ ἐμοὶ χθὲσ ἦν; (Aristophanes, Plutus, Episode 1:39)
- Ἑκάβη, διδάσκου, μηδὲ τῷ θυμουμένῳ τὸν εὖ λέγοντα δυσμενῆ ποιοῦ φρενόσ. (Euripides, Hecuba, episode 2:1)
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)
