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 εἶπεν ὁ Θεόσ. βλαστησάτω ἡ γῆ βοτάνην χόρτου σπεῖρον σπέρμα κατὰ γένοσ καὶ καθ̓ ὁμοιότητα, καὶ ξύλον κάρπιμον ποιοῦν καρπόν, οὗ τὸ σπέρμα αὐτοῦ ἐν αὐτῷ κατὰ γένοσ ἐπὶ τῆσ γῆσ. καὶ ἐγένετο οὕτωσ. (Septuagint, Liber Genesis 1:11)
- καὶ ἐξήνεγκεν ἡ γῆ βοτάνην χόρτου σπεῖρον σπέρμα κατὰ γένοσ καὶ καθ̓ ὁμοιότητα, καὶ ξύλον κάρπιμον ποιοῦν καρπόν, οὗ τὸ σπέρμα αὐτοῦ ἐν αὐτῷ κατὰ γένοσ ἐπὶ τῆσ γῆσ. (Septuagint, Liber Genesis 1:12)
- ἡ δὲ χελιδών ἡ τῷ πουλύπῳ ἐοικυῖα ἔχει τὸ ἀφ’ αὑτῆσ ὑγρὸν εὔχροιαν ποιοῦν καὶ κινοῦν αἷμα. (Athenaeus, The Deipnosophists, Book 8, book 8, chapter 53 4:4)
- κοσμεῖ δὲ τὸ κοσμιωτέραν τὴν γυναῖκα ποιοῦν. (Plutarch, Conjugalia Praecepta, chapter, section 26 3:1)
- ἐπεὶ τοίνυν οὐκ ἔστιν αὐτὸν αὑτῷ διὰ χρόνου προσελθεῖν χωρὶσ γενόμενον καὶ διαστήσαντα τῆσ συνεχείασ τὴν αἴσθησιν , ἀλλὰ τοῦτ’ ἐστὶ τὸ μάλιστα ποιοῦν ἕκαστον αὑτοῦ φαυλότερον κριτὴν ἢ ἑτέρων· (Plutarch, De cohibenda ira, section 1 3:1)
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)
