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. ποιήσωμεν ἄνθρωπον κατ̓ εἰκόνα ἡμετέραν καὶ καθ̓ ὁμοίωσιν, καὶ ἀρχέτωσαν τῶν ἰχθύων τῆσ θαλάσσησ καὶ τῶν πετεινῶν τοῦ οὐρανοῦ καὶ τῶν κτηνῶν καὶ πάσησ τῆσ γῆσ καὶ πάντων τῶν ἑρπετῶν τῶν ἑρπόντων ἐπὶ γῆσ γῆσ. (Septuagint, Liber Genesis 1:26)
- Καὶ εἶπε Κύριοσ ὁ Θεόσ. οὐ καλὸν εἶναι τὸν ἄνθρωπον μόνον. ποιήσωμεν αὐτῷ βοηθὸν κατ̓ αὐτόν. (Septuagint, Liber Genesis 2:18)
- ποίησον οὖν σεαυτῷ κιβωτὸν ἐκ ξύλων τετραγώνων. νοσσιὰσ ποιήσεισ τὴν κιβωτὸν καὶ ἀσφαλτώσεισ αὐτὴν ἔσωθεν καὶ ἔξωθεν τῇ ἀσφάλτῳ. (Septuagint, Liber Genesis 6:14)
- καὶ εἶπαν. δεῦτε οἰκοδομήσωμεν ἑαυτοῖσ πόλιν καὶ πύργον, οὗ ἔσται ἡ κεφαλὴ ἕωσ τοῦ οὐρανοῦ, καὶ ποιήσωμεν ἑαυτοῖσ ὄνομα πρὸ τοῦ διασπαρῆναι ἡμᾶσ ἐπὶ προσώπου πάσησ τῆσ γῆσ. (Septuagint, Liber Genesis 11:4)
- καὶ ποιήσω σε εἰσ ἔθνοσ μέγα καὶ εὐλογήσω σε καὶ μεγαλυνῶ τὸ ὄνομά σου, καὶ ἔσῃ εὐλογημένοσ. (Septuagint, Liber Genesis 12:2)
- καὶ αὐτὸν ποιεῖ τὸν παράσιτον λέγοντα τοιάδε πρὸσ τὸν πυνθανόμενον συνδειπνέων τῷ λῶντι, καλέσαι δεῖ μόνον, καὶ τῷ γα μὴ λεῶντι, κοὐδὲν δεῖ καλεῖν τηνεὶ δὲ χαρίησ τ’ εἰμὶ καὶ ποιέω πολὺν γέλωτα καὶ τὸν ἱστιῶντ’ ἐπαινέω. (Athenaeus, The Deipnosophists, Book 6, book 6, chapter 28 1:2)
- "ὦ παῖ, οὔτε δειλίην οὔτε ἄλλο οὐδὲν ἄχαρι παριδών, τοι ποιέω ταῦτα, ἀλλά μοι ὄψισ ὀνείρου ἐν τῷ ὕπνῳ ἐπιστᾶσα ἔφη σε ὀλιγοχρόνιον ἔσεσθαι· (Herodotus, The Histories, book 1, chapter 38 2:2)
- ποιέω δὴ ὧδε· (Herodotus, The Histories, book 1, chapter 117 5:1)
- καὶ δή σφεασ ποιέω ἴσουσ ἐκείνοισι εἶναι καὶ οὔτε πλεῦνασ οὔτε ἐλάσσονασ οὐδέν· (Herodotus, The Histories, book 7, chapter 186 3:1)
- ἐξαείρασ γάρ με ὑψοῦ καὶ τὴν πάτρην καὶ τὸ ἔργον, ἐσ τὸ μηδὲν κατέβαλεσ παραινέων νεκρῷ λυμαίνεσθαι, καὶ ἢν ταῦτα ποιέω, φὰσ ἄμεινόν με ἀκούσεσθαι· (Herodotus, The Histories, book 9, chapter 79 2:3)
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)
