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.
- "οἱ τύραννοι καὶ οἱ βασιλεῖσ τῶν ἀγαθῶν ὄντεσ κύριοι καὶ πάντων εἰληφότεσ πεῖραν τὴν ἡδονὴν προκρίνουσιν, μεγαλοψυχοτέρασ ποιούσησ τῆσ ἡδονῆσ τὰσ τῶν ἀνθρώπων φύσεισ, ἅπαντεσ γοῦν οἱ τὴν ἡδονὴν τιμῶντεσ καὶ τρυφᾶν προῃρημένοι μεγαλόψυχοι καὶ μεγαλοπρεπεῖσ εἰσιν, ὡσ Πέρσαι καὶ Μῆδοι. (Athenaeus, The Deipnosophists, Book 12, book 12, chapter 52)
- ταῦτα πάντα ποιούσησ τῆσ ἀκολάστου τρυφῆσ. (Athenaeus, The Deipnosophists, Book 12, book 12, chapter 77 5:1)
- τὸν ἕτερον τοῦ προάγοντοσ ἀεὶ τῷ χρόνῳ βραχύτερον ποιούσησ εἰκὸσ γὰρ ἐν ἐλάττονι χρόνῳ τὸ δαπανώμενον ἔλαττον εἶναι. (Plutarch, De defectu oraculorum, section 2 6:1)
- πάντα ποιούσησ ἕνεκα τσῦ τυχεῖν, οὗ τυχεῖν οὐ σεμνὸν οὐδὲ μακάριόν ἐστι. (Plutarch, De communibus notitiis adversus Stoicos, section 26 17:1)
- ἐπεὶ δ’ οὐ μόνον ἡ φρόνησισ ποιεῖ τὴν εὐπραγίαν καὶ ἀρετή, ἀλλὰ φαμὲν καὶ τοὺσ εὐτυχεῖσ εὖ πράττειν ὡσ καὶ τῆσ εὐτυχίασ εὖ ποιούσησ εὐπραγίαν καὶ τὰ αὐτὰ τῆσ ἐπιστήμησ, σκεπτέον ἆρ’ ἐστι φύσει ὃ μὲν εὐτυχὴσ ὃ δ’ ἀτυχήσ, ἢ οὔ, καὶ πῶσ ἔχει περὶ τούτων. (Aristotle, Eudemian Ethics, Book 8 15:1)
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)
