ποιέω
See also: ποιϝέω
Ancient Greek
Alternative forms
Etymology
Ancient Greek ποιϝέω (poiwéō) probably reflects an earlier form. Possibly derived from a noun *ποιϝός (*poiwós). Also perhaps from Proto-Indo-European *kʷey- (“pile, stow, to gather”). Possible cognates include Sanskrit चिनोति (cinoti) and Old Church Slavonic чинити (činiti).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /poi̯.é.ɔː/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /pyˈe.o/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /pyˈe.o/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /pyˈe.o/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /piˈe.o/
Verb
ποιέω • (poiéō)
- I make
- I create
- I produce
- (mathematics)
- I postulate, imply
- I solve
- (post-Homeric) I compose, write poetry
- I cause
- (with predicate adjective) I make, cause to be
- I put
- (mathematics) I multiply
- (middle voice) I consider, deem
- I assume
- I take time, spend time
- New Testament, Acts of the Apostles 20:3
- (later Greek) I sacrifice
- I prepare
- I play (sense 3)
- I do
- I do (accusative) to (accusative)
- (with adverb) I act
- (pro-verb) Refers back to a previous verb: I do
- I act
- (medicine)
- (in Thucydides)
- (Koine) I do customarily, I practise
- New Testament, Revelation 22:15
- (middle voice) I pretend
Inflection
Present: ποιέω, ποιέομαι (Uncontracted)
number | singular | dual | plural | ||||||||||
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first | second | third | second | third | first | second | third | ||||||
active | indicative | ἐποίεον | ἐποίεες | ἐποίεε(ν) | ἐποιέετον | ἐποιεέτην | ἐποιέομεν | ἐποιέετε | ἐποίεον | ||||
middle/ passive |
indicative | ἐποιεόμην | ἐποιέου | ἐποιέετο | ἐποιέεσθον | ἐποιεέσθην | ἐποιεόμεθᾰ | ἐποιέεσθε | ἐποιέοντο | ||||
Notes: | This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For conjugation in dialects other than Attic, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal conjugation.
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number | singular | dual | plural | ||||||||||
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first | second | third | second | third | first | second | third | ||||||
active | indicative | ἐποίουν | ἐποίεις | ἐποίει | ἐποιεῖτον | ἐποιείτην | ἐποιοῦμεν | ἐποιεῖτε | ἐποίουν | ||||
middle/ passive |
indicative | ἐποιούμην | ἐποιοῦ | ἐποιεῖτο | ἐποιεῖσθον | ἐποιείσθην | ἐποιούμεθᾰ | ἐποιεῖσθε | ἐποιοῦντο | ||||
Notes: | This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For conjugation in dialects other than Attic, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal conjugation.
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number | singular | dual | plural | ||||||||||
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first | second | third | second | third | first | second | third | ||||||
active | indicative | ἐποίεον | ἐποίεες | ἐποίεε(ν) | ἐποιέετον | ἐποιεέτην | ἐποιέομεν | ἐποιέετε | ἐποίεον | ||||
middle/ passive |
indicative | ἐποιεόμην | ἐποιέου | ἐποιέετο | ἐποιέεσθον | ἐποιεέσθην | ἐποιεόμεθᾰ | ἐποιέεσθε | ἐποιέοντο | ||||
Notes: | Dialects other than Attic are not well attested. Some forms are based on conjecture. Use with caution. For more details, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal conjugation.
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number | singular | dual | plural | ||||||||||
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first | second | third | second | third | first | second | third | ||||||
active | indicative | ἐποίευν | ἐποίεις | ἐποίει | ἐποιεῖτον | ἐποιείτην | ἐποιεῦμεν | ἐποιεῖτε | ἐποίευν | ||||
middle/ passive |
indicative | ἐποιεύμην | ἐποιεῦ | ἐποιεῖτο | ἐποιεῖσθον | ἐποιείσθην | ἐποιεύμεθᾰ | ἐποιεῖσθε | ἐποιεῦντο | ||||
Notes: | Dialects other than Attic are not well attested. Some forms are based on conjecture. Use with caution. For more details, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal conjugation.
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number | singular | dual | plural | ||||||||||
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first | second | third | second | third | first | second | third | ||||||
active | indicative | ποίεον | ποίεες | ποίεε(ν) | ποιέετον | ποιεέτην | ποιέομεν | ποιέετε | ποίεον | ||||
middle/ passive |
indicative | ποιεόμην | ποιέου | ποιέετο | ποιέεσθον | ποιεέσθην | ποιεόμε(σ)θᾰ | ποιέεσθε | ποιέοντο | ||||
Notes: | Dialects other than Attic are not well attested. Some forms are based on conjecture. Use with caution. For more details, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal conjugation.
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number | singular | dual | plural | ||||||||||
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first | second | third | second | third | first | second | third | ||||||
active | indicative | ποίευν | ποίεις | ποίει | ποιεῖτον | ποιείτην | ποιεῦμεν | ποιεῖτε | ποίευν | ||||
middle/ passive |
indicative | ποιεύμην | ποιεῖο/ποιέο | ποιεῖτο | ποιεῖσθον | ποιείσθην | ποιεύμε(σ)θᾰ | ποιεῖσθε | ποιεῦντο | ||||
Notes: | Dialects other than Attic are not well attested. Some forms are based on conjecture. Use with caution. For more details, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal conjugation.
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number | singular | dual | plural | ||||||||||
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first | second | third | second | third | first | second | third | ||||||
active | indicative | ποιέεσκον | ποιέεσκες | ποιέεσκε(ν) | ποιεέσκετον | ποιεεσκέτην | ποιεέσκομεν | ποιεέσκετε | ποιέεσκον | ||||
middle/ passive |
indicative | ποιεεσκόμην | ποιεέσκου | ποιεέσκετο | ποιεέσκεσθον | ποιεεσκέσθην | ποιεεσκόμεθᾰ | ποιεέσκεσθε | ποιεέσκοντο | ||||
Notes: | Dialects other than Attic are not well attested. Some forms are based on conjecture. Use with caution. For more details, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal conjugation.
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Derived terms
Category Ancient Greek compound terms with ποιέω not found
Category Ancient Greek compound terms with ποιός not found
Descendants
- Greek: ποιώ (poió)
References
- “ποιέω”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “ποιέω”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
- “ποιέω”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
- ποιέω in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- Bauer, Walter et al. (2001) A Greek–English Lexicon of the New Testament and Other Early Christian Literature, Third edition, Chicago: University of Chicago Press
- ποιέω in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
- G4160 in Strong, James (1979) Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible
- ποιέω in Trapp, Erich, et al. (1994–2007) Lexikon zur byzantinischen Gräzität besonders des 9.-12. Jahrhunderts [the Lexicon of Byzantine Hellenism, Particularly the 9th–12th Centuries], Verlag der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften