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.
- ὥστε καὶ σέ, ὦ Ἀνάχαρσι, Ἀρεοπαγίτην ἐν τῷ παρόντι ποιοῦμαι ἔγωγε, καὶ κατὰ τὸν τῆσ βουλῆσ μου νόμον ἄκουε, καὶ σιωπᾶν κέλευε, ἢν αἴσθῃ καταρρητορευόμενοσ· (Lucian, Anacharsis, (no name) 19:5)
- ὃ ἐγὼ περὶ πλείστου ποιοῦμαι· (Dionysius of Halicarnassus, De Isocrate, chapter 19 1:2)
- σὲ δέ, ὦ Ἥφαιστε, δικαστὴν ποιοῦμαι ἔγωγε. (Lucian, Prometheus, (no name) 5:2)
- καίτοι οὐχ οὕτωσ ἐγώ εἰμι ἀθλία οὐδ’ οὕτω περὶ πολλοῦ ποιοῦμαι χρήματα ὥστ’ ἐπιορκήσασα κατὰ τῶν παίδων τῶν ἐμαυτῆσ τὸν βίον καταναλίσκειν, ἀδίκωσ δὲ ἀφελέσθαι τὴν τοῦ πατρὸσ οὐσίαν. (Dionysius of Halicarnassus, chapter 25 6:1)
- "πῶσ μὲν ἐφίλησά σε, ὦ Δροσί, τοὺσ θεοὺσ ποιοῦμαι μάρτυρασ. (Lucian, Dialogi meretricii, 3:3)
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)
