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.
- τοῦ ποιουμένησ τῆσ πόλεωσ εἰρήνην Φιλοκράτει συνειπεῖν, ἀλλὰ μὴ τοῖσ τὰ βέλτιστα γράφουσι, καὶ τοῦ δῶρ’ εἰληφέναι, τοῦ μετὰ ταῦτ’ ἐπὶ τῆσ ὑστέρασ πρεσβείασ τοὺσ χρόνουσ κατατρῖψαι καὶ μηδὲν ὧν προσετάξαθ’ ὑμεῖσ ποιῆσαι, τοῦ φενακίσαι τὴν πόλιν καὶ παραστήσαντ’ ἐλπίδασ, ὡσ ὅσα βουλόμεθ’ ἡμεῖσ Φίλιπποσ πράξει, πάντ’ ἀπολωλεκέναι, τοῦ μετὰ ταῦθ’, ἑτέρων προλεγόντων φυλάττεσθαι τὸν τοσαῦτ’ ἠδικηκότα, τοῦτον ἐκείνῳ συνηγορεῖν. (Demosthenes, Speeches 11-20, 424:3)
- τῆσ γὰρ βουλῆσ τῆσ ἐν Ἀρείῳ πάγῳ πρόσοδον ποιουμένησ πρὸσ τὸν δῆμον κατὰ τὸ ψήφισμα, ὃ οὗτοσ εἰρήκει περὶ τῶν οἰκήσεων τῶν ἐν τῇ Πυκνί, ἦν μὲν ὁ τὸν λόγον λέγων ἐκ τῶν Ἀρεοπαγιτῶν Αὐτόλυκοσ, καλῶσ νὴ τὸν Δία καὶ τὸν Ἀπόλλω καὶ σεμνῶσ καὶ ἀξίωσ ἐκείνου τοῦ συνεδρίου βεβιωκώσ· (Aeschines, Speeches, , section 81 1:1)
- "τὰ γὰρ παντάπασιν ἔκφυλα καὶ τεράστια τῶν ζῴων γενέσθαι λέγουσιν ἐν τῇ γιγαντομαχίᾳ, τῆσ σελήνησ ἐκτρεπομένησ καὶ τὰσ ἀνατολὰσ οὐχ ὅθεν εἰώθε ποιουμένησ· (Plutarch, Quaestiones Convivales, book 8, 6:13)
- θεατροειδοῦσ δ’ οὔσησ τῆσ Ῥόδου καὶ τὰσ ἐγκλίσεισ τῶν ὑδάτων κατὰ τὸ πλεῖστον εἰσ ἕνα τόπον ποιουμένησ εὐθὺσ τὰ ταπεινὰ τῆσ πόλεωσ ἐπληροῦτο, τῶν μὲν ὀχετῶν διὰ τὸ δοκεῖν παρεληλυθέναι τὸν χειμῶνα κατημελημένων, τῶν δ’ ἐν τοῖσ τείχεσιν ὀβελίσκων συμφραχθέντων. (Diodorus Siculus, Bibliotheca Historica, Books XVIII-XX, book 19, chapter 45 3:1)
- Ἡρώδησ δὲ διὰ τὴν ἐπιχείρησιν, ἣν ἐποιήσατο τῷ τάφῳ, χεῖρον ἐδόκει πράττειν ἐν τοῖσ κατὰ τὴν οἰκίαν, εἴτε δὴ τοῦ μηνίματοσ ἐπιδόντοσ εἰσ ἃ μάλιστα καὶ πρότερον ἐνόσει πλείω γενέσθαι πρὸσ ἀνηκέστουσ ἐξελθεῖν συμφοράσ, εἴτε καὶ τῆσ τύχησ ἐν ἐκείνῳ τὴν ἐπίθεσιν ποιουμένησ ἐν οἷσ τὸ κατὰ τὴν αἰτίαν εὔκαιρον οὐ μικρὰν πίστιν παρεῖχεν τοῦ διὰ τὴν ἀσέβειαν αὐτῷ τὰσ συμφορὰσ ἀπηντηκέναι. (Flavius Josephus, Antiquitates Judaicae, Book 16 225:1)
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)
