Ancient Greek-English Dictionary Language

ποιητέος

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: ποιητέος ποιητέᾱ ποιητέον

Structure: ποιητε (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Etym.: from poi/hsis

Sense

  1. to be made or done, what must be done

Examples

  • μάλιστα δ’ ^ ἔκ τε Ὁμήρου τοῦ ποιητέω καὶ τῶν Ἡσιόδου ἐπέων μάθοι ἄν τισ τὰ πάλαι τοῖσ ἀστρολογέουσιν ὁμοφωνέοντα. (Lucian, De astrologia, (no name) 22:1)
  • τοῦτο μὲν γὰρ ὁ Ἠριδανὸσ αὐτὸ κατηγορέει τὸ οὔνομα ὡσ ἔστι Ἑλληνικὸν καὶ οὐ βάρβαρον, ὑπὸ ποιητέω δὲ τινὸσ ποιηθέν· (Herodotus, The Histories, book 3, chapter 115 3:1)

Synonyms

  1. to be made or done

Related

Source: Henry George Liddell. Robert Scott. "A Greek-English Lexicon". revised and augmented throughout by. Sir Henry Stuart Jones.

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