ποιέω

See also: ποιϝέω

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Proto-Hellenic *kʷoiwéyō, as shown by Doric/Aeolic ποιϝέω (poiwéō), perhaps derived from a noun *ποιϝός (*poiwós) (seen in many compounds, -ποιός), from Proto-Indo-European *kʷoywós, from *kʷey- (pile, stow, to gather). Cognate might be Sanskrit चिनोति (cinoti) and Proto-Slavic *činiti.

Pronunciation

 

Verb

ποιέω (poiéō)

  1. To make
    1. To create
    2. To produce
      1. (mathematics) To make, to produce
        • Archim., Con.Sph. 12
        • Archim., Sph.Cyl. 1.16
        • Archim., Sph.Cyl. 2.6
        • 350 BCE – 250 BCE, Euclid, Elements 7.19
      2. To postulate, imply
        • 204 CE – 270 CE, Plotinus, Collected Works 3.9.3
      3. To solve
    3. (post-Homeric) To compose, write poetry
      1. To write of (an event) in poetry
      2. To invent
    4. To cause
      1. To cause (accusative) to (infinitive)
      2. To procure
      3. To celebrate, observe
      4. Used in the middle with a noun periphrastically for the verb derived from said noun.
    5. (with predicate adjective) To make, cause to be
    6. To put
      1. (mathematics) To multiply
        • 10 CE – 70 CE, Hero, Metrica 1.8
        • 10 CE – 70 CE, Hero, Metrica 2.14
    7. (middle) To consider, deem
    8. To assume
    9. To take time, spend time
    10. (later Greek) To sacrifice
    11. To prepare
    12. To play (sense 3)
  2. To do
    1. To do (accusative) to (accusative)
    2. (with adverb) To act
    3. (pro-verb) Refers back to a previous verb: To do
    4. To act
      1. (medicine) To operate, to be efficacious
      2. (in Thucydides)
    5. (Koine) To do customarily, To practise
  3. (middle) To pretend
    • 500 CE – 565 CE, Procopius, Secret History 10

Inflection

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Greek: ποιώ (poió)

References

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