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.
- ὧν ἡμεῖσ οὐδεμίαν ποιούμεθα μνείαν, ἀλλ’ ἑτοίμωσ ἔχομεν μηδὲν εἰσ τὸ πρόσθεν ἡμῖν αὐτοῖσ πράττοντεσ τριήρεισ πληροῦν καὶ χρημάτων εἰσφορὰσ ποιεῖσθαι καὶ βοηθεῖν καὶ πολεμεῖν, ὥσπερ ἂν τύχωμεν ἐν ἀλλοτρίᾳ πόλει κινδυνεύοντεσ. (Dionysius of Halicarnassus, De Isocrate, chapter 16 4:5)
- ὄρνιθα μὲν τόνδ’ αἴσιον ποιούμεθα, τὸ σόν τε χρηστὸν καὶ λόγων εὐφημίαν· (Euripides, Iphigenia in Aulis, episode, anapests 1:1)
- ἄκουε δή, ὦ θαυμάσιε, καὶ σκόπει καθ’ ὅσον ἡμεῖσ οἱ βάρβαροι εὐγνωμονέστερον ὑμῶν περὶ τῶν ἀγαθῶν ἀνδρῶν κρίνομεν, εἴ γε ἐν Ἄργει μὲν καὶ Μυκήναισ οὐδὲ τάφον ἔνδοξον ἔστιν ἰδεῖν Ὀρέστου ἢ Πυλάδου, παρ’ ἡμῖν δὲ καὶ νεὼσ ἀποδέδεικται αὐτοῖσ ἅμα ἀμφοτέροισ, ὥσπερ εἰκὸσ ἦν, ἑταίροισ γε οὖσι, καὶ θυσίαι προσάγονται καὶ ἡ ἄλλη τιμὴ ἅπασα, κωλύει τε οὐδὲν ὅτι ξένοι ἦσαν ἀλλὰ μὴ Σκύθαι ἀγαθοὺσ κεκρίσθαι καὶ ὑπὸ Σκυθῶν τῶν ἀρίστων θεραπεύεσθαι οὐ γὰρ ἐξετάζομεν ὅθεν οἱ καλοὶ καὶ ἀγαθοὶ εἰσιν, οὐδὲ φθονοῦμεν εἰ μὴ φίλοι ὄντεσ ἀγαθὰ εἰργάσαντο, ἐπαινοῦντεσ δὲ ἃ ἔπραξαν, οἰκείουσ αὐτοὺσ ἀπὸ τῶν ἔργων ποιούμεθα. (Lucian, Toxaris vel amicitia, (no name) 5:1)
- πρότερον δέ σοι εἰπεῖν βούλομαι ὃν τρόπον ποιούμεθα τοὺσ φίλουσ, οὐκ ἐκ τῶν πότων, ὥσπερ ὑμεῖσ, οὐδὲ εἰ συνέφηβόσ τισ ἢ γείτων ἦν, ἀλλ’ ἐπειδάν τινα ἴδωμεν ἀγαθὸν ἄνδρα καὶ μεγάλα ἐργάσασθαι δυνάμενον, ἐπὶ τοῦτον ἅπαντεσ σπεύδομεν, καὶ ὅπερ ὑμεῖσ ἐν τοῖσ γάμοισ, τοῦτο ἡμεῖσ ἐπὶ τῶν φίλων ποιεῖν ἀξιοῦμεν, ἐπὶ πολὺ μνηστευόμενοι καὶ πάντα ὁμοῦ πράττοντεσ ὡσ μὴ διαμαρτάνοιμεν τῆσ φιλίασ μηδὲ ἀπόβλητοι δόξωμεν εἶναι. (Lucian, Toxaris vel amicitia, (no name) 36:1)
- τοῦτο δ’ ἔστιν ὅταν κατεργασάμενοι τὸν ἐρώμενον ἀπαλλαγῶσιν τῆσ ἐπιθυμίασ, τὴν ἀφαίρεσιν οὖν τοῦ στεφάνου σημεῖον τοῦ ἔτι ἐν τῷ διαγωνίζεσθαι εἶναι ποιούμεθα. (Athenaeus, The Deipnosophists, Book 15, book 15, chapter 9 3:5)
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)
