ποιητής

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

• ποητής (poētḗs) — Delphic

Etymology

From ποιέω (poiéō, to make) +‎ -της (-tēs, “-er”, masculine agentive suffix).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /poi̯.ɛː.tɛ̌ːs/ → /py.iˈtis/ → /pi.iˈtis/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /poi̯.ɛː.tɛ̌ːs/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /py.e̝ˈte̝s/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /py.iˈtis/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /py.iˈtis/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /pi.iˈtis/

Noun

ποιητής • (poiētḗs) m (genitive ποιητοῦ); first declension (Attic, Ionic, Koine)

1. A maker, inventor, lawgiver
2. The composer of a poem, author, poet
3. The composer of music
4. The author of a speech

Inflection

First declension of ὁ ποιητής; τοῦ ποιητοῦ (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ὁ ποιητής ho poiētḗs	τὼ ποιητᾱ́ tṑ poiētā́	οἱ ποιηταί hoi poiētaí
Genitive	τοῦ ποιητοῦ toû poiētoû	τοῖν ποιηταῖν toîn poiētaîn	τῶν ποιητῶν tôn poiētôn
Dative	τῷ ποιητῇ tôi poiētêi	τοῖν ποιηταῖν toîn poiētaîn	τοῖς ποιηταῖς toîs poiētaîs
Accusative	τὸν ποιητήν tòn poiētḗn	τὼ ποιητᾱ́ tṑ poiētā́	τοὺς ποιητᾱ́ς toùs poiētā́s
Vocative	ποιητᾰ́ poiētá	ποιητᾱ́ poiētā́	ποιηταί poiētaí
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

First declension of ὁ ποιητής; τοῦ ποιητέω (Ionic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ὁ ποιητής ho poiētḗs	τὼ ποιητᾱ́ tṑ poiētā́	οἱ ποιηταί hoi poiētaí
Genitive	τοῦ ποιητέω / ποιητῶ toû poiētéō / poiētô	τοῖν ποιηταῖν toîn poiētaîn	τῶν ποιητέων / ποιητῶν tôn poiētéōn / poiētôn
Dative	τῷ ποιητῇ tôi poiētêi	τοῖν ποιηταῖν toîn poiētaîn	τοῖσῐ / τοῖσῐν ποιητῇσῐ / ποιητῇσῐν toîsi(n) poiētêisi(n)
Accusative	τὸν ποιητήν tòn poiētḗn	τὼ ποιητᾱ́ tṑ poiētā́	τοὺς ποιητᾱ́ς toùs poiētā́s
Vocative	ποιητᾰ́ poiētá	ποιητᾱ́ poiētā́	ποιηταί poiētaí
Notes:	Dialects other than Attic are not well attested. Some forms may be based on conjecture. Use with caution.

Descendants

• Greek: ποιητής m (poiitís)
• Hebrew: פִּיּוּט m (piyút)

• Latin: poēta m
• Russian: поэ́т m (poét)

References

• “ποιητής”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “ποιητής”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• ποιητής 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
• G4163 in Strong, James (1979) Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible
• Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎^[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
  • author idem, page 53.
  • bard idem, page 62.
  • composer idem, page 153.
  • creator idem, page 183.
  • dramatist idem, page 250.
  • maker idem, page 509.
  • minstrel idem, page 531.
  • poet idem, page 623.

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Greek

Etymology

Learndly, from Ancient Greek ποιητής (poiētḗs, “maker”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pi.iˈtis/
• Hyphenation: ποι‧η‧τής

Noun

ποιητής • (poiitís) m (plural ποιητές, feminine ποιήτρια)

1. poet
2. (in ecclesiastic texts as in the Credo of the Nicene Creed) maker: see the ancient ποιητής (poiētḗs)

   Πιστεύω εἰς ἕνα Θεόν, Πατέρα, Παντοκράτορα, ποιητὴν οὐρανοῦ καὶ γῆς

   Pisteúō eis héna Theón, Patéra, Pantokrátora, poiētḕn ouranoû kaì gês

   I believe in one God, the Father Almighty, the maker^{(accusative singular)} of heaven and earth

Declension

Declension of ποιητής

	singular	plural
nominative	ποιητής •	ποιητές •
genitive	ποιητή •	ποιητών •
accusative	ποιητή •	ποιητές •
vocative	ποιητή •	ποιητές •

Related terms

• see: ποίηση f (poíisi, “poetry”)

See also

• καταραμένος (kataraménos, “accursed”) for the term καταραμένοι ποιητές (poiités) (poètes maudits (accursed poets)