maker,
ποι-ητής,οῦ,ὁ,
A. maker,
μηχανημάτων
Id. Cyr. 1.6.38
; κλίνης
Pl. R. 597d
; τὸν π. καὶ πατέρα τοῦδε τοῦ παντός
Id. Ti. 28c
;ζῴων,of the painter, Id. Sph. 234a ;inventor,
θεῶν
Id. Euthphr. 3b
; νόμων lawgiver,
Id. Def. 415b
.
2. workman, PSI 4.388.8 , al. (iii B.C., pl.).
II. composer of a poem, author,
π. κωμῳδίας
Pl. Lg. 935e
; π. καινῶν δραμάτων, τραγῳδιῶν κτλ.
SIG 1079.2
, al. ( Magn. Mae.,ii/i B.C.): abs.,poet,
Hdt. 2.53 , Ar. Ra. 96 , 1030 , Pl. Ion 534b , etc.; Homer was calledὁ π.,
Pl. Grg. 485d , Arist. Rh. 1365a11 , 1380b28 , Teles p.34 H., Plb. 12.21.3 , Str. 1.1.10 , A.D. Synt. 26.19 , etc.; so also Hesiod, Pl. Lg. 901a ; and others, Id. Thg. 125e , D.Chr. 78.44 .
b. composerof music, Pl. Lg. 812d .
2. authorof a speech, opp. deliverer of it, π. λόγων
Id. Euthd. 305b
, cf. Phdr. 234e , 278e , Alcid. Soph. 34 , Isoc. 15.192 . (Written ποητής
IG 22.2319.65
, SIG 711
L 35 (Delph.,ii B.C.), etc.)
