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ποιέω,
Doric dialect ποιϝέω [[ “IG” 4.800 (from Troezen)] Refs], etc.: Epic dialect imperfect ποίεον [[ 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 20.147 ] Refs 8th c.BC+]; contraction ποίει [[ 18.482 ] Refs]; Ionic dialect ποιέεσκον [[ 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.36, 4.78: ] Refs 5th c.BC+]future ποιήσω: aorist ἐποίησα, Epic dialect ποίησα [[ 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 18.490: ] Refs 8th c.BC+]perfect πεποίηκα:—middle, Ionic dialect imperfect ποιεέσκετο [[ 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 7.119 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]: future ποιήσομαι [[ 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 9.397: in _passive_ sense, 5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “περὶ εὐσχημοσύνης” 11, 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Metaphysica” 1021a23: ] Refs 8th c.BC+]aorist ἐποιησάμην, Epic dialect ποι- [[ 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 5.251, +others: ] Refs 8th c.BC+]perfect πεποίημαι in middle sense, [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Andocides Orator 4.22, Decrees cited in 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 18.29:] Refs 5th c.BC+] —passive, future ποιηθήσομαι (μετα-) [[ 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 23.62 ] Refs 4th c.BC+], see above; πεποιήσομαι [[ 5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “γυναικεῖα” 1.11, 37 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]: aorist ἐποιήθην [[ 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 2.159, etc. (used as _middle_ only in _compound_ προσ-)] Refs 5th c.BC+]: perfect πεποίημαι [[ 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 6.56, etc.] Refs 8th c.BC+]:—Attic dialect ποῶ [[(“Etymologicum Magnum” 679.24)] Refs], etc., is guaranteed by metre in Trag. and Comedy texts, as ποῶ [[ 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Tyrannus” 918, ποεῖν [prev. author] “Tr.” 385, ποεῖς 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Acharnenses” 410, etc.] Refs 5th c.BC+], and found in codex Laur. of [[ 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus, codex Rav. of 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus, also “IG” 12.39.6] Refs 5th c.BC+] (ποήσω), 82.9 (ποεῖ), 154.7 (ἐποησάτην), etc.; but ποι- is always written before -οι, -ου, -ω in Inscrr.: πο- also in Aeolic dialect πόημι πόης πόει [[ “PBouriant” 8.71, 75, 7th-6th c.BC: Sappho Lyrica “Papyrus fragments” in E. Diehl, 1.9, +others, and 4th c.AD(?): Arcadius Grammaticus ποέντω, ={ποιούντων}, “IG” 5(2).6.9 (Tegea, 4th c.BC)] Refs 7th c.BC+]; compare ποιητής. Used in two general senses, make and do.
Close Browse lexicon entries __A make, produce, first of something material, as manufactures, works of art, etc. (opposed to πράττειν, [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Charmides” 163b), in 8th c.BC: Homerus Epicus frequently of building, π. δῶμα, τύμβον, 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 1.608, 7.435; εἴδωλον 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 4.796 ] Refs 8th c.BC+]; π. πύλας ἐν [πύργοις] [[ 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 7.339 ] Refs 8th c.BC+]; of smith's work, π. σάκος[[ [prev. work] 222; ἐν [σάκεϊ] ποίει δαίδαλα πολλά 18.482, compare 490, 573: frequently in Inscrr. on works of art, Πολυμήδης ἐποίϝη] Refs]h' (= ἐποίησε) Ἀργεῖος [[ “SIG” 5 (6th c.BC,compare “Class.Phil.” 20.139); Θεόπροπος ἐποίει Αἰγινάτας “SIG” 18 (6th-5th c.BC), etc.; ἐποίησε Τερψικλῆς [prev. work]3b(Milet., 6th c.BC), etc.] Refs 6th c.BC+]; τίς.. τὴν λίθον ταύτην τέκτων ἐποίε; [[ 3rd c.BC: Herodas Mimographus 4.22 ] Refs 3rd c.BC+]; εἵματα ἀπὸ ξύλων πεποιημένα made from trees, i.e. of cotton, [[ 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 7.65; ναὸν ἀπὸ τοῦ ἱεροῦ ἀργυρίου 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Anabasis” 5.3.9; πλοῖα ἐκ τῆς ἀκάνθης ποιεύμενα 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 2.96; καρβάτιναι πεποιημέναι ἐκ βοῶν 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Anabasis” 4.5.14: with _genitive_ materiae, πωρίνου λίθου π. τὸν νηόν 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 5.62; ἔρυμα λίθων λογάδην πεποιημένον 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 4.31; φοίνικος αἱ θύραι πεποιημέναι 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Institutio Cyri (Cyropaedia)” 7.5.22: rarely ποιεῖσθαί τινι ] Refs 5th c.BC+]to be made with.., [[ 3rd c.AD(?): Longus Scriptor Eroticus 1.4 ] Refs 3rd c.AD+]; also τῶν τὰ κέρεα.. οἱ πήχεες ποιεῦνται the horns of which are made into the sides of the lyre, [[ 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 4.192 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; also δέρμα εἰς περικεφαλαίας πεποίηται [[ Scholia Patm.D.in “BCH” 1.144] Refs]:—middle, make for oneself, as of bees, οἰκία ποιήσωνται build them houses, [[ 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 12.168, compare 5.735, 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 5.251, 259, 8th-7th c.BC: Hesiodus Epicus “Opera et Dies” 503 ] Refs 8th c.BC+]; [ῥεῖθρον] π., of a river, [[ 4th-3rd c.BC: Theophrastus Philosophus “Historia Plantarum” 3.1.5 ] Refs 4th c.BC+]; also, have a thing made, get it made, ὀβελούς [[ 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 2.135; στεφάνους οὓς ἐποιησάμην τῷ χορῷ 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 21.16, compare 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Anabasis” 5.3.5 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; τὸν Ἀπόλλω, i.e. a statue of [[ 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus, 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Epistulae” 361a; αὑτοῦ εἰκόνας 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus “Themistocles” 5, compare “Inscription Prien.” 25.9 (3rd c.BC?). ] Refs 5th c.BC+]
__A.2 create, bring into existence, γένος ἀνθρώπων χρύσεον [[ 8th-7th c.BC: Hesiodus Epicus “Opera et Dies” 110, compare “Th.” 161, 579, etc.; ὁ ποιῶν ] Refs 8th c.BC+]the creator, [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Timaeus” 76c; ἕτερον Φίλιππον ποιήσετε 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 4.11 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]:—middle, beget, υἱόν [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Andocides Orator 1.124; ἔκ τινος [prev. author] 4.22 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; παῖδας ποιεῖσθαι, ={παιδοποιεῖσθαι}, [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Institutio Cyri (Cyropaedia)” 5.3.19, 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 57.43 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; conceive, παιδίον π. ἔκ τινος [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Symposium” 203b ] Refs 5th c.BC+]:—active in this sense only in later Gr., [[ 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus 2.312a ] Refs 1st c.AD+]; of the woman, παιδίον ποιῆσαι [[[prev. work]145d. ] Refs]
__A.3 generally, produce, ὕδωρ π., of Zeus, [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Vespae” 261: _impersonal_, ἐὰν πλείω ποιῇ ὕδατα, ={ἐὰν ὕη}, 4th-3rd c.BC: Theophrastus Philosophus “de Causis Plantarum” 1.19.3 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; π. γάλα, of certain kinds of food, [[ 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Historia Animalium” 522b32 ] Refs 4th c.BC+]; ἄρρεν π., of an egg, [[ 2nd-3rd c.AD: Aelianus “Varia Historia” 1.15 ] Refs 2nd c.AD+]; μέλι ἄριστον π., of Hymettus, [[ 1st c.BC-1st c.AD: Strabo Geographus 9.1.23 ] Refs 1st c.BC+]; π. καρπόν, of trees, [[ NT.Matt.3.10 ] NT] (metaphorically in religious sense,[[[prev. work] 8) ] Refs]; of men, κριθὰς π. grow barley, [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Pax” 1322; π. σίτου μεδίμνους 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 42.20 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; π. πενίαν, πλοῦτον, of the stars, [[ 3rd c.AD: Plotinus Philosophus 2.3.1. ] Refs 3rd c.AD+]
__A.3.b in Mathematics texts, make, produce, τομήν, σχῆμα, ὀρθὰς γωνίας, [[ 3rd c.BC: Archimedes Geometra “περὶ σφαίρας καὶ κυλίνδρου” 1.16, 38, “Con.Sph.” 12; ὁ Α τὸν Γ πολλαπλασιάσας τὸν Η πεποίηκεν 3rd c.BC: Euclides Geometra 7.19:] Refs 3rd c.BC+] —passive, πεποιήσθω ὡς.. let it be contrived that.., [[ 3rd c.BC: Archimedes Geometra “περὶ σφαίρας καὶ κυλίνδρου” 2.6. ] Refs 3rd c.BC+]
__A.3.c postulate, imply, ἡ προσθήκη ἀφαίρεσιν καὶ ἔλλειψιν ποιεῖ [[ 3rd c.AD: Plotinus Philosophus 3.9.3. ] Refs 3rd c.AD+]
__A.3.d π. τὸ πρόβλημα effect a solution of the problem, [[ 3rd-2nd c.BC: Apollonius Pergaeus Geometra “Conica” 2.49, 51 ] Refs 3rd c.BC+]; π. τὸ ἐπίταγμα fulfil, satisfy the required condition, [[ 3rd c.BC: Archimedes Geometra “περὶ σφαίρας καὶ κυλίνδρου” 1.2, 3. ] Refs 3rd c.BC+]
__A.4 after [[ 8th c.BC: Homerus Epicus ] Refs 8th c.BC+], of Poets, compose, write, π. διθύραμβον, ἔπεα, [[ 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.23, 4.14; π. θεογονίην Ἕλλησι [prev. author] 2.53 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; π. Φαίδραν, Σατύρους, [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Thesmophoriazusae” 153, 157 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; π. κωμῳδίαν, τραγῳδίαν, etc., [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Symposium” 223d; παλινῳδίαν 5th-6th c.BC: Isocrates Orator 10.64, 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Phaedrus” 243b, etc.; ποιήματα [prev. author] “Phd.” 60d ] Refs 5th c.BC+]: absolutely, write poetry, write as a poet, ὀρθῶς π. [[ 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 3.38; ἐν τοῖσι ἔπεσι π. [prev. author] 4.16, compare 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Ion” 534b ] Refs 5th c.BC+]: followed by a quotation, ἐπόησάς ποτε.. [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Thesmophoriazusae” 193; εἴς τινα 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Phaedo” 61b; περὶ θεῶν [prev. author] “R.” 383a, etc. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]
__A.4.b represent in poetry, Ὅμηρον Ἀχιλλέα πεποιηκέναι ἀμείνω Ὀδυσσέως [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Hp.Mi.” 369c, compare 364c, “Smp.” 174b ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; ποιήσας τὸν Ἀχιλλέα λέγοντα having represented Achilles saying, [[ 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus 2.105b, compare 25d, 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Gorgias” 525d, 525e, 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Poetica” 1453b29. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]
__A.4.c describe in verse, θεὸν ἐν ἔπεσιν [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 379a ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἐποίησα μύθους τοὺς Αἰσώπου put them into verse, [[ [prev. author] “Phd.” 61b; μῦθον 4th c.BC: Lycurgus Orator 100. ] Refs 4th c.BC+]
__A.4.d invent, καινοὺς θεούς [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Euthyphro” 3b ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; ὑπὸ ποιητέω τινὸς ποιηθὲν [τοὔνομα] [[ 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 3.115; πεποιημένα ὀνόματα 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Rhetorica” 1404b29, compare “Po.” 1457b2 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; opposed to αὐτοφυῆ, κύρια, [[ 1st c.BC: Dionysius Halicarnassensis “de Isaeo” 7, “Pomp.” 2. ] Refs 1st c.BC+]
__A.II bring about, cause, τελευτήν [[ 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 1.250; γαλήνην 5.452; φόβον 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 12.432; σιωπὴν παρὰ πάντων 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Historia Graeca (Hellenica)” 6.3.10; τέρψιν τοῖς θεωμένοις [prev. author] “Mem.” 3.10.8; αἰσχύνην τῇ πόλει 5th-6th c.BC: Isocrates Orator 7.54, etc.] Refs 8th c.BC+]; also of things, ἄνεμοι αὐτοὶ μὲν οὐχ ὁρῶνται· ἃ δὲ ποιοῦσι φανερά [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Memorabilia” 4.3.14; ταὐτὸν ἐποίει αὐτοῖς νικᾶν τε μαχομένοις καὶ μηδὲ μάχεσθαι 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 7.6, compare 2.89. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]
__A.II.b with accusative et infinitive, cause or bring about that.., σε θεοὶ ποίησαν ἱκέσθαι [ἐς] οἶκον [[ 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 23.258; π. τινὰ κλύειν 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Philoctetes” 926; π. τινὰ βλέψαι 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Plutus” 459, compare 746; π. τινὰ τριηραρχεῖν [prev. author] “Eq.” 912, compare “Av.” 59 ] Refs 8th c.BC+]; π. τινὰ αἰσχύνεσθαι, κλάειν, ἀπορεῖν, etc., [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Institutio Cyri (Cyropaedia)” 4.5.48, 2.2.13, 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Theaetetus” 149a, etc.: with ὥστε inserted, 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Institutio Cyri (Cyropaedia)” 3.2.29, 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Equites” 351, etc.] Refs 5th c.BC+]: followed by a relative clause, π. ὅκως ἔσται ἡ Κύπρος ἐλευθέρη [[ 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 5.109, compare 1.209; ὡς ἂν.. εἰδείην ἐποίουν 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Institutio Cyri (Cyropaedia)” 6.3.18:] Refs 5th c.BC+] —also middle, ἐποιήσατο ὡς ἐν ἀσφαλεῖ εἶεν[[ [prev. work] 6.1.23. ] Refs]
__A.II.2 procure, π. ἄδειάν τε καὶ κάθοδόν τινι [[ 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 8.76; ὁ νόμος π. τὴν κληρονομίαν τισί 4th c.BC: Isaeus Orator 11.1 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; λόγος ἀργύριον τῷ λέγοντι π. gets him money, [[ 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 10.76 ] Refs 4th c.BC+]:—middle, procure for oneself, gain, κλέος αὐτῇ ποιεῖτ᾽ [[ 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 2.126; ἄδειαν 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 6.60; τιμωρίαν ἀπό τινων [prev. author] 1.25; τὸν βίον ἀπὸ γεωργίας 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Oeconomicus” 6.11, compare 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 1.5. ] Refs 8th c.BC+]
__A.II.3 of sacrifices, festivals, etc., celebrate, π. ἱρά [[ 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 9.19, compare 2.49 (_active_ and _passive_)] Refs 5th c.BC+]; π. τὴν θυσίαν τῷ Ποσειδῶνι [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Historia Graeca (Hellenica)” 4.5.1 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; π. Ἴσθμια[[ [prev. work] 4.5.2; τῇ θεῷ ἑορτὴν δημοτελῆ π. 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 2.15; παννυχίδα π. 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 328a ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; π. σάββατα observe the Sabbath, [[ LXX.Exo.31.16 ] LXX]; π. ταφάς, of a public funeral, [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Menexenus” 234b; π. ἐπαρήν “SIG” 38.30 (Teos, 5th c.BC)] Refs 5th c.BC+]; also of political assemblies, π. ἐκκλησίαν [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Equites” 746, 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 1.139; π. μυστήρια [prev. author] 6.28 (_passive_)] Refs 5th c.BC+]; ξύλλογον σφῶν αὐτῶν [[ [prev. author] 1.67 ] Refs]:—middle, ἀγορὴν ποιήσατο [[ 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 8.2; ἢν θυσίην τις ποιῆται 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 6.57 (variant); δημοσίᾳ ταφὰς ἐποιήσαντο 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 2.34; π. ἀγῶνα [prev. author] 4.91; π. ἐκκλησίαν τοῖς Γρᾳξὶ περὶ μισθοῦ 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Acharnenses” 169. ] Refs 8th c.BC+]
__A.II.4 of war and peace, πόλεμον π. cause or give rise to a war, πόλεμον ἡμῖν ἀντ᾽ εἰρήνης πρὸς Αακεδαιμονίους π. [[ 4th c.BC: Isaeus Orator 11.48 ] Refs 4th c.BC+]; but π. ποιησόμενοι about to make war (on one's own part), [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Anabasis” 5.5.24 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; εἰρήνην π. bring about a peace (for others), [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Pax” 1199; σπονδὰς π. 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Anabasis” 4.3.14; ξυμμαχίαν ποιῆσαι 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 2.29 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; but εἰρήνην ποιεῖσθαι make peace (for oneself), [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Andocides Orator 3.11; σπονδὰς ποιήσασθαι 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 1.28, etc.] Refs 5th c.BC+]:—passive, ἐπεποίητο συμμαχίη [[ 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.77, etc. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]
__A.II.5 frequently in middle with Nouns periphrastic for the Verb derived from the Noun, μύθου ποιήσασθαι ἐπισχεσίην submit a plea, [[ 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 21.71 ] Refs 8th c.BC+]; ποιέεσθαι ὁδοιπορίην, for ὁδοιπορέειν, [[ 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 2.29; π. ὁδόν [prev. author] 7.42, 110, 112, etc.] Refs 5th c.BC+]; π. πλόον, for πλέειν, [[ [prev. author] 6.95, compare 5th c.BC: Antipho Orator 5.21 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; π. κομιδήν, for κομίζεσθαι, [[ 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 6.95 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; θῶμα π. τὴν ἐργασίην, for θωμάζειν, [[ [prev. author] 1.68 ] Refs]; ὀργὴν π., for ὀργίζεσθαι, [[ [prev. author] 3.25 ] Refs]; λήθην π. τι, for λανθάνεσθαί τινος, [[ [prev. author] 1.127 ] Refs]; βουλὴν π., for βουλεύεσθαι, [[ [prev. author] 6.101 ] Refs]; συμβολὴν π., for συμβάλλεσθαι, [[ [prev. author] 9.45 ] Refs]; τὰς μάχας π., for μάχεσθαι, [[ 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Electra” 302, etc.] Refs 5th c.BC+]; καταφυγὴν π., for καταφεύγειν, [[ 5th c.BC: Antipho Orator 1.4 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἀγῶνα π., for ἀγωνίζεσθαι, [[ 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 2.89 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; π. λόγον [τινός] make account of.., [[ 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 7.156 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; but τοὺς λόγους π. hold a conference, [[ 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 1.128 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; also simply for λέγειν, [[ 5th c.BC: Lysias Orator 25.2, compare 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 527a, etc.] Refs 5th c.BC+]; also π. δι᾽ ἀγγέλου, π. διὰ χρηστηρίων, communicate by a messenger, an oracle, [[ 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 6.4, 8.134. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]
__A.III with adjective as predicate, make, render so and so, ποιῆσαί τινα ἄφρονα make one senseless, [[ 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 23.12 ] Refs 8th c.BC+]; [δῶρα] ὄλβια ποιεῖν make them blest, i.e. prosper them,[[ 13.42, compare 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 12.30; τοὺς Μήδους ἀσθενεῖς π. 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Institutio Cyri (Cyropaedia)” 1.5.2, etc.; χρήσιμον ἐξ ἀχρήστου π. 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 411b: with a ] Refs 8th c.BC+] substantive, ποιῆσαι ἀθύρματα make into playthings, [[ 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 15.363; ποιεῖν τινα βασιλῆα 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 1.387; ταμίην ἀνέμων 10.21; γέροντα 16.456; ἄκοιτίν τινι 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 24.537; γαμβρὸν ἑόν 8th-7th c.BC: Hesiodus Epicus “Theogonia” 818; [μύρμηκας] ἄνδρας π. [καὶ] γυναῖκας [prev. author] “fragment” 76.5; πολιήτας π. τινάς 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 7.156; Ἀθηναῖον π. τινά 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 2.29, etc.; π. τινὰ παράδειγμα 5th-6th c.BC: Isocrates Orator 4.39 ] Refs 8th c.BC+]: hence, appoint, instal, τὸν Μωϋσῆν καὶ τὸν Ἀαρών [[ LXX.1Ki.12.6; δώδεκα NT.Mark.3.14:—] LXX+NT]middle, ποιεῖσθαί τινα ἑταῖρον make him one's friend, [[ 8th-7th c.BC: Hesiodus Epicus “Opera et Dies” 707, compare 714 ] Refs 8th c.BC+]; π. τινὰ ἄλοχον or ἄκοιτιν take her to oneself as wife, [[ 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 3.409, 9.397, compare 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 5.120, etc.] Refs 8th c.BC+]; π. τινὰ παῖδα make him one's son, i.e. adopt him as son, [[ 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 9.495, etc.] Refs 8th c.BC+]; θετὸν παῖδα π. adopt a son, [[ 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 6.57: without υἱόν,] Refs 5th c.BC+] adopt, ἐπειδὴ οὐκ ἦσαν αὐτῷ παῖδες ἄρρενες, π. Λεωκράτη [[ 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 41.3, compare 39.6,33, 44.25, 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Leges” 923c, etc.; π. τινὰ θυγατέρα 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 4.180: generally, ἅπαντας ἢ σῦς ἠὲ λύκους π. 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 10.433; π. τινὰ πολίτην 5th-6th c.BC: Isocrates Orator 9.54; μαθητήν 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Cratylus” 428b; τὰ κρέα π. εὔτυκα 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.119 ] Refs 8th c.BC+]; τὰ ἔπεα ἀπόρρητα π. making them a secret, [[ [prev. author] 9.45, etc.] Refs]; also ἑωυτοῦ ποιέεται τὸ.. ἔργον makes it his own, [[ [prev. author] 1.129; μηδ᾽ ἃ μὴ 'θιγες ποιοῦ σεαυτῆς 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Antigone” 547. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]
__A.IV put in a certain place or condition, etc., ἐμοὶ Ζεὺς.. ἐνὶ φρεσὶν ὧδε νόημα ποίησ᾽ [[ 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 14.274; σφῶϊν ὧδε θεῶν τις ἐνὶ φρεσὶ ποιήσειεν 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 13.55; αἲ γὰρ τοῦτο θεοὶ ποιήσειαν ἐπὶ νόον νησιώτῃσι 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.27, compare 71; ἐν αἰσχύνῃ π. τὴν πόλιν 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 18.136; τὰς ναῦς ἐπὶ τοῦ ξηροῦ π. 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 1.109; ἔξω κεφαλὴν π. 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 5.33; ἔξω βελῶν τὴν τάξιν π. 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Institutio Cyri (Cyropaedia)” 4.1.3; ἐμαυτὸν ὡς πορρωτάτω π. τῶν ὑποψιῶν 5th-6th c.BC: Isocrates Orator 3.37 ] Refs 8th c.BC+]; of troops, form them, ὡς ἂν κράτιστα.. [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Anabasis” 5.2.11, compare 3.4.21 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; in politics, ἐς ὀλίγους τὰς ἀρχὰς π. [[ 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 8.53 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; and in war, π. Γετταλίαν ὑπὸ Φιλίππῳ bring it under his power, [[ 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 18.48; μήτε τοὺς νόμους μήθ᾽ ὑμᾶς αὐτοὺς ἐπὶ τοῖς λέγουσι π. [prev. author] 58.61 ] Refs 4th c.BC+]:—middle, ποιέεσθαι ὑπ᾽ ἑωυτῷ [[ 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.201, compare 5.103, etc.; ὑπὸ χεῖρα 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Agesilaus” 1.22 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; π. τινὰς ἐς φυλακήν, τὰ τῶν ξυμμάχων ἐς ἀσφάλειαν, [[ 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 3.3, 8.1; τινὰς ἐς τὸ συμμαχικόν 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 9.106 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; τὰ λεπτὰ πλοῖα ἐντὸς π. put the small vessels in the middle, [[ 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 2.83, compare 6.67 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; π. τινὰ ἐκποδών (see. ἐκποδών); ὄπισθεν π. τὸν ποταμόν [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Anabasis” 1.10.9. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]
__A.IV.2 in Mathematics texts, multiply, π. τὰ ιβ ἐπὶ τὰ έ, τὰ ζ ἐφ᾽ ἑαυτὰ π., [[ 2nd-1st c.BC(?): Hero Mechanicus “Metrica” 1.8, 2.14. ] Refs 2nd c.BC+]
__A.V middle, deem, consider, reckon a thing as.., συμφορὴν ποιέεσθαί τι take it for a misfortune, [[ 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.83, 6.61 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; δεινὸν π. τι esteem it a grievous thing, take it ill, [[ [prev. author] 1.127, etc.] Refs] (rarely in active, δεινὰ π. [[ 2.121.έ, 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 5.42)] Refs 5th c.BC+]; μέγα π. with infinitive, deem it a great matter that.., [[ 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 8.3, compare 3.42, etc.; μεγάλα π. ὅτι.. [prev. author] 1.119 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἑρμαῖον π. τι count it clear gain, [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Gorgias” 489c; οὐκέτι ἀνασχετὸν π. τι 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 1.118: frequently with Preps., δι᾽ οὐδενὸς π.] Refs 5th c.BC+] deem of no account, [[ 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Coloneus” 584 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἐν ἐλαφρῷ, ἐν ὁμοίῳ π., [[ 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.118, 7.138; ἐν σμικρῷ μέρει 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Philoctetes” 498; ἐν ὀλιγωρίᾳ 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 4.5; ἐν ὀργῇ 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 1.16 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἐν νόμῳ π. consider as lawful, [[ 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.131 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἐν ἀδείῃ π. consider as safe, [[ [prev. author] 9.42; παρ᾽ ὀλίγον π. τι 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Anabasis” 6.6.11 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; περὶ πολλοῦ π., Latin magni facere, [[ 5th c.BC: Lysias Orator 1.1, etc.] Refs 5th c.BC+]; περὶ πλείονος, περὶ πλείστου π., [[ [prev. author] 14.40, 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Apologia” 21e, etc.] Refs 5th c.BC+]; περὶ ὀλίγου, περὶ ἐλάττονος, [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Isocrates Orator 17.58, 18.63; περὶ παντός [prev. author] 2.15 (rarely πολλοῦ π. τι 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Protagoras” 328d)] Refs 5th c.BC+]; πρὸ πολλοῦ π. with infinitive, [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Isocrates Orator 5.138. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]
__A.VI put the case, assume that.., ποιήσας ἀν᾽ ὀγδώκοντα ἄνδρας ἐνεῖναι [[ 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 7.184, compare 186, 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Anabasis” 5.7.9 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]: without infinitive, ἐν ἑκάστῃ ψυχῇ ποιήσωμεν περιστερεῶνά τινα (i.e. εἶναι) [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Theaetetus” 197d ] Refs 5th c.BC+]:—passive, πεποιήσθω δή be it assumed then, [[[prev. work]e] Refs]; οἱ φιλοσοφώτατοι ποιούμενοι those who are reputed.., [[ [prev. author] “R.” 498a, compare 538c, 573b:—but for τὸν φιλόσοφον ποιώμεθα νομίζειν [prev. work] 581d ] Refs] read τί οἰώμεθα..;
__A.VII of Time, οὐ π. χρόνον make no long time, i. e. not to delay, [[ 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 19.163 codices ] Refs 4th c.BC+]; μακρότερον ποιεῖς you are taking too long, [[ “PCair.Zen.” 48.4 (3rd c.BC)] Refs 3rd c.BC+]; μέσας π. νύκτας let midnight come, [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Philebus” 50d, compare “Anthologia Graeca” 11.85 (1st c.AD: Lucillius Epigrammaticus)] Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἔξω μέσων νυκτῶν π. τὴν ὥραν put off the time of business to past midnight, [[ 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 54.26 ] Refs 4th c.BC+]; τὴν νύκτα ἐφ᾽ ὅπλοις ποιεῖσθαι spend it under arms, [[ 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 7.28 (assuming variant); ποιήσουσιν ἐν πλούτῳ ἔτη πολλά LXX.Pro.13.23, cf. LXX.Tob.10.7; δύο ἡμέρας ποιεῖ ἐν τῷ Ἀνουβιείῳ “UPZ” 70.21 (2nd c.BC),compare “PSI” 4.362.15 (3rd c.BC)] LXX+5th c.BC+]; τὰς ἡμέρας ἐν τοῖς ὕδασι π. [[ 1st c.BC: Diodorus Siculus Historicus 1.35 ] Refs 1st c.BC+]; tarry, stay, μῆνας τρεῖς [[ NT.Act.20.3, compare “Anthologia Graeca” 11.330 (1st c.AD: Nicarchus Epigrammaticus). ] NT+1st c.AD+]
__A.VIII in later Greek, sacrifice, μοσχάριον [[ LXX.Exo.29.36 ] LXX]; καρπώσεις ὑπέρ τινος[[LXX.Job.42.8: without _accusative_, π. Ἀστάρτῃ] LXX] sacrifice to Ashtoreth,[[LXX.1Ki.11.33. ] LXX]
__A.IX make ready, prepare, as food, μοσχάριον[[LXX.Gen.18.7f ] LXX]; π. τὸν μύστακα trim it,[[LXX.2Ki.19.24(25). ] LXX]
__A.X ποιεῖν βασιλέα play the king,[[LXX.3Ki.20 (21). 7. ] LXX]
__B do, much like{πράσσω, οὐδὲν ἂν ὧν νυνὶ πεποίηκεν ἔπραξεν} [[ 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 4.5; περὶ ὧν πράττει καὶ μέλλει ποιεῖν [prev. author] 8.2, compare 18.62; ἄριστα πεποίηται 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 6.56; πλείονα χρηστὰ περὶ τὴν πόλιν 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Equites” 811; τὰ δίκαια τοῖς εὐεργέταις 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 20.12; ἅμα ἔπος τε καὶ ἔργον ἐποίεε 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 3.134 near the end ] Refs 8th c.BC+]; ποιέειν Σπαρτιητικά act like a Spartan, [[ [prev. author] 5.40; οὗτος τί ποιεῖ; 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Supplices” 911, etc.; τὸ προσταχθὲν π. 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Philoctetes” 1010 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; π. τὴν μουσικήν practise it, [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Phaedo” 60e, etc.] Refs 5th c.BC+]; πᾶν or πάντα π., see at {πᾶς} [[ 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 111.2, etc.: in Mathematics texts, ὅπερ ἔδει ποιῆσαι, = “Q.E.F.”, 3rd c.BC: Euclides Geometra 1.1, etc. ] Refs 4th c.BC+]
__B.2 with double accusative, do something to another, κακά or ἀγαθὰ ποιεῖν τινα, first in [[ 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 3.75, +others] Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἀγαθόν, κακὸν π. τινά, [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Isocrates Orator 16.50, etc.; μεγάλα τὴν πόλιν ἀγαθά 4th-3rd c.BC: Dinarchus Orator 1.17; also εὖ ποιεῖν τὸν εὖ ποιοῦντα 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Memorabilia” 2.3.8 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; τὴν ἐκείνου (i.e. χώραν) κακῶς π. [[ 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 1.18; in LXX with _preposition_, π. κακὸν μετά τινων LXX.Gen.26.29; ταῦτα τοῦτον ἐποίησα 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.115; κοὐκ οἶδ᾽ ὅ τι χρῆμά με ποιεῖς 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Vespae” 697, compare “Nu.” 259 ] LXX+5th c.BC+]; also of things, ἀργύριον τωὐτὸ τοῦτο ἐποίεε he did this same thing with silver, [[ 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 4.166: less frequently with _dative_ _person_, τῷ τεθνεῶτι μηδὲν τῶν νομιζομένων π. 4th c.BC: Isaeus Orator 4.19; ἵππῳ τἀναντία 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “de Equitandi ratione” 9.12 codices, compare 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Nubes” 388, 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 29.37: with _dative_ _of things_, τί ποιήσωμεν κιβωτ; LXX.1Ki.5.8 ] LXX+5th c.BC+]:—in middle, φίλα ποιέεσθαί τισι [[ 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 2.152, 5.37. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]
__B.3 with an adverb, ὧδε ποίησον do thus, [[ [prev. author] 1.112 ] Refs]; πῶς ποιήσει; how will you act? [[ 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Coloneus” 652; πῶς δεῖ ποιεῖν περὶ θυσίας 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Memorabilia” 1.3.1; ποίει ὅπως βούλει [prev. author] “Cyr.” 1.4.9; μὴ ἄλλως π. 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 328d; πρὸς τοὺς πολεμίους πῶς ποιήσουσι; [prev. work] 469b; ὀρθῶς π. [prev. work] 403e; εὖ, κακῶς π. τινά, see above 2 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]: frequently with participle, εὖ ἐποίησας ἀπικόμενος [[ 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 5.24, compare 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Phaedo” 60c; καλῶς ποιεῖς προνοῶν 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Institutio Cyri (Cyropaedia)” 7.4.13; οἷον ποιεῖς ἡγούμενος 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Charmides” 166c ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; καλῶς ποιῶν almost Adverbial, καλῶς γ᾽, ἔφη, ποιῶν σύ [[ [prev. author] “Smp.” 174e; καλῶς ποιοῦντες.. πράττετε 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 20.110, compare 1.28; εὖ ποιοῦν ] Refs 4th c.BC+]fortunately, [[ [prev. author] 23.143. ] Refs]
__B.4 in Prose (rarely in Poetry, [[ 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Prometheus Vinctus” 935), used in the second clause, to avoid repeating the Verb of the first, ἐρώτησον αὐτούς· μᾶλλον δ᾽ ἐγὼ τοῦθ᾽ ὑπὲρ σοῦ ποιήσω] Refs 4th c.BC+] I will do this for you, [[ 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 18.52, compare 292, 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 5.97, 4th c.BC: Isaeus Orator 7.35. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]
__B.II absolutely, to be doing, act, ποιέειν ἢ παθεῖν πρόκειται ἀγών [[ 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 7.11 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; ποιεῖν, as a category, opposed to πάσχειν, [[ 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Categoriae” 2a3, compare “GC” 322b11, “Ph.” 225b13. ] Refs 4th c.BC+]
__B.II.b of medicine, operate, be efficacious, [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Phaedo” 117b; λουτρὰ κάλλιστα ποιοῦντα πρὸς νόσους 1st c.BC-1st c.AD: Strabo Geographus 5.3.6 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; πρὸς στραγγουρίαν, πρὸς τοὺς δαιμονιζομένους, [[ 4th-3rd c.BC: Theophrastus Philosophus “Historia Plantarum” 7.14.1, Pseudo-Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus “Fluv.” 16.2: frequently in 1st c.AD: Dioscorides (Dioscurides) Medicus, πρὸς ἐπιλημπτικούς 1.6, +others; εἰς τὰ αὐτά 2.133: with _dative_, στομαχικοῖς 2nd c.AD: Galenus Medicus 13.183: _absolutely_, ἄκρως π. [prev. work]265] Refs 4th c.BC+]; also of charms, [[ “PMag.Osl.” 1.361. ] Refs]
__B.II.2 [[ 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus has a peculiar usage, ἡ εὔνοια παρὰ πολὺ ἐποίει μᾶλλον ἐς τοὺς Λακεδαιμονίους] Refs 5th c.BC+] good-will made greatly for, on the side of, the L., [[ 2.8: _impersonal_, ἐπὶ πολὺ ἐποίει τῆς δόξης τοῖς μὲν ἠπειρώταις εἶναι, τοῖς δέ.. it was the general character of the one to be landsmen, of the others.., 4.12 ] Refs]: the former passage is imitated by [[ 2nd c.AD: Arrianus Historicus “Anabasis” 2.2.3, 2nd c.AD: Appianus Historicus “Bella Civilia” 1.82, 2nd-3rd c.AD: Dio Cassius Historicus 57.6. ] Refs 2nd c.AD+]
__C middle, ={προσποιέομαι}, pretend, with infinitive, [[ 1st c.BC: Zosimus Epigrammaticus 2.14.1, 6th c.AD: Procopius Caesariensis Historicus “Historia Arcana” 10. (ποιϝέω perhaps from *ποι-ϝό-ς (in κλινοποιός, νεωποιός, τραπεζοποιός, etc.)] Refs 1st c.BC+] 'builder', 'maker', cf. Sanskrit cinóti, cáyati 'arrange in order', 'build'.)
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