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.
- Ἀντίοχοσ δὲ ὁ βασιλεὺσ παρενέβαλεν ἐπὶ Δωρᾶ ἐν τῇ δευτέρᾳ, προσάγων διὰ παντὸσ αὐτῇ τὰσ χεῖρασ καὶ μηχανὰσ ποιούμενοσ καὶ συνέκλεισε τὸν Τρύφωνα τοῦ μὴ εἰσπορεύεσθαι καὶ ἐκπορεύεσθαι. (Septuagint, Liber Maccabees I 15:25)
- καὶ μόλισ διεγείρασ ὑπέδειξε τὸν τῆσ συμποσίασ καιρὸν ἤδη παρατρέχοντα, τὸν περὶ τούτων λόγον ποιούμενοσ. (Septuagint, Liber Maccabees III 5:15)
- ἦ λόγον σου ποιούμενοσ ἐλέγξει σε, καὶ συνεισελεύσεταί σοι εἰσ κρίσιν̣ (Septuagint, Liber Iob 22:4)
- ἔστι δὲ μεγαλόψυχοσ οὔθ’ ὁ τὸ ζῆν περὶ πολλοῦ ποιούμενοσ οὔθ’ ὁ φιλόζωοσ. (Aristotle, Virtues and Vices 26:1)
- καὶ τὸ πρᾶγμα ὑπερήδιστον, οἶμαι, οἴκων ὁ κάλλιστοσ ἐσ ὑποδοχὴν λόγων ἀναπεπταμένοσ καὶ ἐπαίνου καὶ εὐφημίασ μεστὸσ ὤν, ἠρέμα καὶ αὐτὸσ ὥσπερ τὰ ἄντρα συνεπηχῶν καὶ τοῖσ λεγομένοισ παρακολουθῶν καὶ παρατείνων τὰ τελευταῖα τῆσ φωνῆσ καὶ τοῖσ ὑστάτοισ τῶν λόγων ἐμβραδύνων, μᾶλλον δὲ ὡσ ἄν τισ εὐμαθὴσ ἀκροατὴσ διαμνημονεύων τὰ εἰρημένα καὶ τὸν λέγοντα ἐπαινῶν καὶ ἀντίδοσιν οὐκ ἄμουσον ποιούμενοσ πρὸσ αὐτά· (Lucian, De Domo, (no name) 3:2)
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)
