ποί-ησις, εως, ἡ,
fabrication, creation, production, opposed to πρᾶξις (action, see [[ 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Ethica Nicomachea” 1140a2, “Pol.” 1254a5), [μύρου] 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 3.22; νεῶν 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 3.2, etc.; ἡ τῶν ζῴων π. 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Symposium” 197a; ἡ τῶν μελῶν π. [prev. author] “Grg.” 449d; μίμησις π. τίς ἐστιν, εἰδώλων μέντοι [prev. author] “Sph.” 265b, etc.; αἱ ὑπὸ πάσαις ταῖς τέχναις ἐργασίαι ποιήσεις εἰσί [prev. author] “Smp.” 205b. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]
__2 of Poetry, ἡ τῶν διθυράμβων π., τῆς τραγῳδίας, τῶν ἐπῶν, [[ 5th c.BC: Pherecrates Comicus 145.10, 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Gorgias” 502a, 502b, “R.” 394c ] Refs 5th c.BC+]: absolutely, art of poetry, οἱ ἐν π. γενόμενοι [[ 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 2.82, compare 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Ranae” 868, etc.; οὕτως.. ἀταλαιπώρως ἡ π. διέκειτο [prev. author] “fragment” 254 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; οἱ ἄκροι τῆς π. ἑκατέρας, i.e. tragedy and comedy, [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Theaetetus” 152e; ᾠδαὶ καὶ ἡ ἄλλη π. [prev. author] “Phdr.” 245a; π. ψιλὴ ἢ ἐν ᾠδῇ [prev. work] 278c. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]
__2.b poetic composition, poem, ἐς ποίησιν ἐσενείκασθαι [[ 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 2.23, compare 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 1.10, etc.; περὶ ὧν Ὅμηρος τὴν π. πεποίηκεν 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Ion” 531d: _plural_, [prev. author] “Lg.” 829e. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]
__II ={εἰσποίησις}, adoption, in plural, [[ 4th c.BC: Isaeus Orator 7.1, 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 44.7, +others] Refs 4th c.BC+]; κατὰ ποίησιν [[[prev. passage], “Michel” 836.5 (Didyma, 2nd c.BC)] Refs 2nd c.BC+]; ποιήσει υἱοί [[ 1st c.BC: Dionysius Halicarnassensis 4.7; τῇ παρ᾽ ὑμῶν π. πολίτης 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 20.30. ] Refs 4th c.BC+]