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ποιέω

See also: ποιϝέω

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

ποιϝέω ‎(poiwéō) Doric

Verb

ποιέω • ‎(poiéō)

I make
- 361 BCE, Demosthenes, Against Midias 16
- 300 BCE – 200 BCE, Herodas, Collected Works 4.22
- 460 BCE – 420 BCE, Herodotus, Histories 2.135
- 460 BCE – 420 BCE, Herodotus, Histories 5.62
- 460 BCE – 420 BCE, Herodotus, Histories 7.65
- 750 BCE – 650 BCE, Hesiod, Works and Days 503
- 800 BCE – 600 BCE, Homer, Iliad 1.608
- 800 BCE – 600 BCE, Homer, Iliad 5.735
- 800 BCE – 600 BCE, Homer, Iliad 7.435
- 800 BCE – 600 BCE, Homer, Iliad 12.168
- 800 BCE – 600 BCE, Homer, Iliad 18.482
- 800 BCE – 600 BCE, Homer, Odyssey 4.796
- 800 BCE – 600 BCE, Homer, Odyssey 5.251
- 100 CE – 200 CE, Longus, Collected Works 1.4
- 428 BCE – 347 BCE, Plato, Epistles 361.a
- 46 CE – 120 CE, Plutarch, Themistocles 5
- 371 BCE – 287 BCE, Theophrastus, Enquiry into Plants 3.1.5
- 460 BCE – 395 BCE, Thucydides, 4 31
- 430 BCE – 354 BCE, Xenophon, Anabasis 4.5.14
- 430 BCE – 354 BCE, Xenophon, Cyropaedia 7.5.22
1. I create
  - 440 BCE – 390 BCE, Andocides, Against Alcibiades 22
  - 440 BCE – 390 BCE, Andocides, On the Mysteries 124
  - 384 BCE – 322 BCE, Demosthenes, Against Eubulides 43
  - 384 BCE – 322 BCE, Demosthenes, First Philippic 11
  - 750 BCE – 650 BCE, Hesiod, Theogony 161
  - 750 BCE – 650 BCE, Hesiod, Works and Days 110
  - 385 BCE – 380 BCE, Plato, Symposium 203.b
  - 360 BCE, Plato, Timaeus 76.c
  - 46 CE – 120 CE, Plutarch, 2 312.a
  - 430 BCE – 354 BCE, Xenophon, Cyropaedia 5.3.19
2. I produce
  - 175 CE – 235 CE, Claudius Aelianus, Various History 1.15
  - 421 BCE, Aristophanes, Peace 1322
  - 422 BCE, Aristophanes, The Wasps 261
  - 384 BCE – 322 BCE, Aristotle, History of Animals 522.b.32
  - 384 BCE – 322 BCE, Demosthenes, Against Phaenippus 20
  - 70 CE – 110 CE, The Gospel of Matthew 3.10
  - 204 CE – 270 CE, Plotinus, Collected Works 2.3.1
  - 64 BCE – 24 CE, Strabo, Geography 9.1.23
  - 371 BCE – 287 BCE, Theophrastus, On the Causes of Plants 1.19.3
  1. (mathematics)
    - Archim., Con.Sph. 12
    - Archim., Sph.Cyl. 1.16
    - Archim., Sph.Cyl. 2.6
    - 350 BCE – 250 BCE, Euclid, Elements 7.19
  2. I postulate, imply
    - 204 CE – 270 CE, Plotinus, Collected Works 3.9.3
  3. I solve
    - Archim., Sph.Cyl. 1.2
    - 262 BCE – 190 BCE, Apollonius of Perga, Conics 2.49
3. (post-Homeric) I compose, write poetry
  - 411 BCE, Aristophanes, Thesmophoriazusae 153
  - 460 BCE – 420 BCE, Herodotus, Histories 1.23
  - 460 BCE – 420 BCE, Herodotus, Histories 2.53
  - 460 BCE – 420 BCE, Herodotus, Histories 3.38
  - 460 BCE – 420 BCE, Herodotus, Histories 4.14
  - 436 BCE – 338 BCE, Isocrates, Helen 64
  - 400 BCE – 387 BCE, Plato, Ion 534.b
  - 428 BCE – 347 BCE, Plato, Phaedo 60.d
  - 428 BCE – 347 BCE, Plato, Phaedrus 243.b
  - 380 BCE, Plato, The Republic 383.a
  - 385 BCE – 380 BCE, Plato, Symposium 223.d
  1. I write of (an event) in poetry
    - 384 BCE – 322 BCE, Aristotle, Poetics 1453.b.29
    - 396 BCE – 323 BCE, Lycurgus of Athens, Collected Works 100
    - 380 BCE, Plato, Gorgias 525.d
    - 400 BCE – 387 BCE, Plato, Hippias Minor 369.c
    - 428 BCE – 347 BCE, Plato, Phaedo 61.b
    - 380 BCE, Plato, The Republic 379.a
    - 385 BCE – 380 BCE, Plato, Symposium 174.b
    - 46 CE – 120 CE, Plutarch, Moralia 2.105.b
  2. I invent
    - 384 BCE – 322 BCE, Aristotle, Rhetoric 1404.b.29
    - 384 BCE – 322 BCE, Aristotle, Poetics 1457.b.2
    - 460 BCE – 420 BCE, Herodotus, Histories 3.115
    - 399 BCE, Plato, Euthyphro 3.b
4. I cause
  - 800 BCE – 600 BCE, Homer, Iliad 12.432
  - 800 BCE – 600 BCE, Homer, Odyssey 1.250
  - 800 BCE – 600 BCE, Homer, Odyssey 5.452
  - 436 BCE – 338 BCE, Isocrates, Areopagiticus 54
  - 460 BCE – 395 BCE, Thucydides, History of the Peloponnesian War 2.89
  - 460 BCE – 395 BCE, Thucydides, History of the Peloponnesian War 7.6
  - 430 BCE – 354 BCE, Xenophon, Hellenica 6.3.10
  - 430 BCE – 354 BCE, Xenophon, Memorabilia 3.10.8
  - 430 BCE – 354 BCE, Xenophon, Memorabilia 4.3.14
  1. I cause (accusative) to (infinitive)
    - 414 BCE, Aristophanes, The Birds 59
    - 424 BCE, Aristophanes, The Knights 351
    - 424 BCE, Aristophanes, The Knights 912
    - 388 BCE, Aristophanes, Plutus 459
    - 388 BCE, Aristophanes, Plutus 746
    - 460 BCE – 420 BCE, Herodotus, Histories 1.209
    - 460 BCE – 420 BCE, Herodotus, Histories 5.109
    - 800 BCE – 600 BCE, Homer, Odyssey 23.258
    - 409 BCE, Sophocles, Philoctetes 926
    - 430 BCE – 354 BCE, Xenophon, Cyropaedia 3.2.29
    - 430 BCE – 354 BCE, Xenophon, Cyropaedia 4.5.48
    - 430 BCE – 354 BCE, Xenophon, Cyropaedia 6.1.23
    - 430 BCE – 354 BCE, Xenophon, Cyropaedia 6.3.18
  2. I procure
    - 341 BCE, Demosthenes, Fourth Philippic 76
    - 800 BCE – 600 BCE, Homer, Odyssey 2.126
    - 4th century BC, Isaeus, Hagnias 1
    - 460 BCE – 395 BCE, Thucydides, History of the Peloponnesian War 1.25
    - 460 BCE – 395 BCE, Thucydides, History of the Peloponnesian War 6.60
    - 460 BCE – 395 BCE, Thucydides, History of the Peloponnesian War 8.76
    - 430 BCE – 354 BCE, Xenophon, Oeconomicus 6.11
  3. I celebrate, observe
    - 446 BCE – 386 BCE, Aristophanes, The Acharnians 169
    - 424 BCE, Aristophanes, The Knights 746
    - 460 BCE – 420 BCE, Herodotus, Histories 2.49
    - 460 BCE – 420 BCE, Herodotus, Histories 6.57
    - 460 BCE – 420 BCE, Herodotus, Histories 9.19
    - 800 BCE – 600 BCE, Homer, Iliad 8.2
    - 386 BCE – 367 BCE, Plato, Menexenus 234.b
    - 380 BCE, Plato, The Republic 328.a
    - 300 BCE – 200 BCE, Septuagint, Exodus 31.16
    - 460 BCE – 395 BCE, Thucydides, History of the Peloponnesian War 2.15
    - 460 BCE – 395 BCE, Thucydides, History of the Peloponnesian War 4.91
    - 460 BCE – 395 BCE, Thucydides, History of the Peloponnesian War 6.28
    - 430 BCE – 354 BCE, Xenophon, Hellenica 4.5.1
  4. Used in the middle with a noun periphrastically for the verb derived from said noun.
    - 480 BCE – 411 BCE, Antiphon of Rhamnus, Against the Stepmother for Poisoning 4
    - 480 BCE – 411 BCE, Antiphon of Rhamnus, On the Murder of Herodes 21
    - 460 BCE – 420 BCE, Herodotus, Histories 2.29
    - 460 BCE – 420 BCE, Herodotus, Histories 6.95
    - 460 BCE – 420 BCE, Herodotus, Histories 7.42
    - 800 BCE – 600 BCE, Homer, Odyssey 21.71
    - 445 BCE – 380 BCE, Lysias, Defence against a Charge of subverting the Democracy 2
    - 380 BCE, Plato, The Republic 527.a
    - 497 BCE – 405 BCE, Sophocles, Electra 302
    - 460 BCE – 395 BCE, Thucydides, History of the Peloponnesian War 1.128
    - 460 BCE – 395 BCE, Thucydides, History of the Peloponnesian War 2.89
5. (with predicate adjective) I make, cause to be
  - 384 BCE – 322 BCE, Demosthenes, Against Spudias 3
  - 460 BCE – 420 BCE, Herodotus, Histories 6.57
  - 460 BCE – 420 BCE, Herodotus, Histories 7.156
  - 750 BCE – 650 BCE, Hesiod, Fr. 76.5
  - 750 BCE – 650 BCE, Hesiod, Works and Days 707
  - 750 BCE – 650 BCE, Hesiod, Theogony 818
  - 800 BCE – 600 BCE, Homer, Iliad 3.409
  - 800 BCE – 600 BCE, Homer, Iliad 12.30
  - 800 BCE – 600 BCE, Homer, Iliad 15.363
  - 800 BCE – 600 BCE, Homer, Odyssey 1.387
  - 800 BCE – 600 BCE, Homer, Odyssey 13.42
  - 800 BCE – 600 BCE, Homer, Odyssey 23.12
  - 436 BCE – 338 BCE, Isocrates, Panegyricus 39
  - New Testament, The Gospel of Mark 3.14
  - 428 BCE – 347 BCE, Plato, Laws 923.c
  - 380 BCE, Plato, The Republic 411.b
  - 300 BCE – 200 BCE, 1 Samuel 12.6
  - 442 BCE, Sophocles, Antigone 547
  - 460 BCE – 395 BCE, Thucydides, History of the Peloponnesian War 2.29
  - 430 BCE – 354 BCE, Xenophon, Cyropaedia 1.5.2
6. I put
  - 384 BCE – 322 BCE, Demosthenes, Against Theocrines 61
  - 330 BCE, Demosthenes, On the Crown 136
  - 460 BCE – 420 BCE, Herodotus, Histories 1.27
  - 460 BCE – 420 BCE, Herodotus, Histories 1.201
  - 460 BCE – 420 BCE, Herodotus, Histories 5.33
  - 800 BCE – 600 BCE, Homer, Iliad 13.55
  - 800 BCE – 600 BCE, Homer, Odyssey 14.274
  - 436 BCE – 338 BCE, Isocrates, Nicocles or the Cyprians 37
  - 460 BCE – 395 BCE, Thucydides, History of the Peloponnesian War 1.109
  - 460 BCE – 395 BCE, Thucydides, History of the Peloponnesian War 3.3
  - 460 BCE – 395 BCE, Thucydides, History of the Peloponnesian War 8.53
  - 430 BCE – 354 BCE, Xenophon, Agesilaus 1.22
  - 430 BCE – 354 BCE, Xenophon, Anabasis 3.4.21
  - 430 BCE – 354 BCE, Xenophon, Anabasis 5.2.11
  - 430 BCE – 354 BCE, Xenophon, Cyropaedia 4.1.3
  1. (mathematics) I multiply
    - 10 CE – 70 CE, Hero, Metrica 1.8
    - 10 CE – 70 CE, Hero, Metrica 2.14
7. (middle voice) I consider, deem
  - 349 BCE, Demosthenes, First Olynthiac 16
  - 460 BCE – 420 BCE, Herodotus, Histories 1.83
  - 460 BCE – 420 BCE, Herodotus, Histories 6.61
  - 460 BCE – 420 BCE, Herodotus, Histories 8.3
  - 436 BCE – 338 BCE, Isocrates, Against Callimachus 63
  - 436 BCE – 338 BCE, Isocrates, To Nicocles 15
  - 436 BCE – 338 BCE, Isocrates, To Philip 138
  - 436 BCE – 338 BCE, Isocrates, Trapeziticus 58
  - 445 BCE – 380 BCE, Lysias, Against Alcibiades 1 40
  - 445 BCE – 380 BCE, Lysias, On the Murder of Eratosthenes 1
  - 400 BCE – 387 BCE, Plato, Apology 21.e
  - 380 BCE, Plato, Gorgias 489.c
  - 406 BCE, Sophocles, Oedipus at Colonus 584
  - 409 BCE, Sophocles, Philoctetes 498
  - 460 BCE – 395 BCE, Thucydides, History of the Peloponnesian War 1.118
  - 460 BCE – 395 BCE, Thucydides, History of the Peloponnesian War 4.5
  - 430 BCE – 354 BCE, Xenophon, Anabasis 6.6.11
8. I assume
  - 460 BCE – 420 BCE, Herodotus, Histories 7.184
  - 380 BCE, Plato, The Republic 498.a
  - 366 BCE – 348 BCE, Plato, Theaetetus 197.d
  - 430 BCE – 354 BCE, Xenophon, Anabasis 5.7.9
9. I take time, spend time
  - 384 BCE – 322 BCE, Demosthenes, Against Conon 26
  - 343 BCE, Demosthenes, On the False Embassy 163
  - 100 BCE – 1 BCE, Diodorus Siculus, Library 1.35
  - New Testament, Acts of the Apostles 20.3
  - 428 BCE – 347 BCE, Plato, Philebus 50.d
  - 300 BCE – 200 BCE, Septuagint, Tobit 10.7
  - 300 BCE – 200 BCE, Septuagint, Proverbs 13.23
  - 460 BCE – 395 BCE, Thucydides, History of the Peloponnesian War 7.28
10. (later Greek) I sacrifice
  - 300 BCE – 200 BCE, Septuagint, Exodus 29.36
  - 300 BCE – 200 BCE, Septuagint, Job 42.8
  - 300 BCE – 200 BCE, Septuagint, 1 Kings 11.33
11. I prepare
  - 300 BCE – 200 BCE, Septuagint, Genesis 18.7
  - 300 BCE – 200 BCE, 2 Samuel 19.24
12. I play (sense 3)
  - 300 BCE – 200 BCE, Septuagint, 1 Kings 20.7
I do
- 470 BCE, Aeschylus, The Suppliants 911
- 424 BCE, Aristophanes, The Knights 811
- 384 BCE – 322 BCE, Demosthenes, Against Leptines 12
- 384 BCE – 322 BCE, Demosthenes, First Philippic 5
- 341 BCE, Demosthenes, On the Chersonese 2
- 330 BCE, Demosthenes, On the Crown 62
- 350 BCE – 250 BCE, Euclid, Elements 1.1
- 460 BCE – 420 BCE, Herodotus, Histories 3.134
- 460 BCE – 420 BCE, Herodotus, Histories 5.40
- 800 BCE – 600 BCE, Homer, Iliad 6.56
- 428 BCE – 347 BCE, Plato, Phaedo 60.e
- 409 BCE, Sophocles, Philoctetes 1010
1. I do (accusative) to (accusative)
  - 423 BCE, Aristophanes, The Clouds 259
  - 423 BCE, Aristophanes, The Clouds 388
  - 422 BCE, Aristophanes, The Wasps 697
  - 384 BCE – 322 BCE, Demosthenes, Against Aphobus 3 37
  - 349 BCE, Demosthenes, First Olynthiac 18
  - 361 BCE – 291 BCE, Dinarchus, Collected Works 1.17
  - 460 BCE – 420 BCE, Herodotus, Histories 1.115
  - 460 BCE – 420 BCE, Herodotus, Histories 2.152
  - 460 BCE – 420 BCE, Herodotus, Histories 4.166
  - 460 BCE – 420 BCE, Herodotus, Histories 5.37
  - 4th century BC, Isaeus, Nicostratus 19
  - 436 BCE – 338 BCE, Isocrates, On the Team of Horses 50
  - 300 BCE – 200 BCE, Septuagint, Genesis 26.29
  - 300 BCE – 200 BCE, 1 Samuel 5.8
  - 430 BCE – 354 BCE, Xenophon, Memorabilia 2.3.8
  - 430 BCE – 354 BCE, Xenophon, On Horsemanship 9.12
2. (with adverb) I act
  - 384 BCE – 322 BCE, Demosthenes, Against Aristocrates 143
  - 349 BCE, Demosthenes, First Olynthiac 28
  - 384 BCE – 322 BCE, Demosthenes, Against Leptines 110
  - 460 BCE – 420 BCE, Herodotus, Histories 1.112
  - 460 BCE – 420 BCE, Herodotus, Histories 5.24
  - 428 BCE – 347 BCE, Plato, Charmides 166.c
  - 428 BCE – 347 BCE, Plato, Phaedo 60.c
  - 380 BCE, Plato, The Republic 328.d
  - 380 BCE, Plato, The Republic 469.b
  - 385 BCE – 380 BCE, Plato, Symposium 174.e
  - 406 BCE, Sophocles, Oedipus at Colonus 652
  - 430 BCE – 354 BCE, Xenophon, Cyropaedia 1.4.9
  - 430 BCE – 354 BCE, Xenophon, Cyropaedia 7.4.13
  - 430 BCE – 354 BCE, Xenophon, Memorabilia 1.3.1
3. (pro-verb) Refers back to a previous verb: I do
  - 330 BCE, Demosthenes, On the Crown 52
  - 460 BCE – 420 BCE, Herodotus, Histories 5.97
  - 4th century BC, Isaeus, Apollodorus 35
4. I act
  - 384 BCE – 322 BCE, Aristotle, Categories 2.a.3
  - 384 BCE – 322 BCE, Aristotle, On Generation and Corruption 322.b.11
  - 384 BCE – 322 BCE, Aristotle, Physics 225.b.13
  - 460 BCE – 420 BCE, Herodotus, Histories 7.11
  1. (medicine)
    - 129 CE – 216 CE, Galen, Collected Works 13.183
    - 428 BCE – 347 BCE, Plato, Phaedo 117.b
    - 200 CE – 400 CE, Pseudo-Plutarch, On Rivers 1.6
    - 200 CE – 400 CE, Pseudo-Plutarch, On Rivers 16.2
    - 64 BCE – 24 CE, Strabo, Geography 5.3.6
    - 371 BCE – 287 BCE, Theophrastus, Enquiry into Plants 7.14.1
  2. (in Thucydides)
    - 460 BCE – 395 BCE, Thucydides, History of the Peloponnesian War 2.8
    - 460 BCE – 395 BCE, Thucydides, History of the Peloponnesian War 4.12
5. (Koine) I do customarily, I practise
  - 300 BCE – 200 BCE, Septuagint, Proverbs 1.7
  - 300 BCE – 200 BCE, Septuagint, Ezekiel 8.9,17
  - 70 CE – 110 CE, The Gospel of Matthew 5.19
  - 70 CE – 110 CE, The Gospel of Matthew 23.3
  - 50 CE – 100 CE, The Gospel of Luke 6.27
  - New Testament, Revelation 22.15
(middle voice) I pretend
- 500 CE – 565 CE, Procopius, Secret History 10

Inflection

Present: ποιέω, ποιέομαι (Uncontracted)

number		singular			dual		plural
		first	second	third	second	third	first	second	third
active	indicative	ποιέω	ποιέεις	ποιέει	ποιέετον	ποιέετον	ποιέομεν	ποιέετε	ποιέουσῐ(ν)
	subjunctive	ποιέω	ποιέῃς	ποιέῃ	ποιέητον	ποιέητον	ποιέωμεν	ποιέητε	ποιέωσῐ(ν)
	optative	ποιέοιμῐ	ποιέοις	ποιέοι	ποιέοιτον	ποιεοίτην	ποιέοιμεν	ποιέοιτε	ποιέοιεν
	imperative		ποίεε	ποιεέτω	ποιέετον	ποιεέτων		ποιέετε	ποιεόντων
middle/ passive	indicative	ποιέομαι	ποιέῃ, ποιέει	ποιέεται	ποιέεσθον	ποιέεσθον	ποιεόμεθᾰ	ποιέεσθε	ποιέονται
	subjunctive	ποιέωμαι	ποιέῃ	ποιέηται	ποιέησθον	ποιέησθον	ποιεώμεθᾰ	ποιέησθε	ποιέωνται
	optative	ποιεοίμην	ποιέοιο	ποιέοιτο	ποιέοισθον	ποιεοίσθην	ποιεοίμεθᾰ	ποιέοισθε	ποιέοιντο
	imperative		ποιέου	ποιεέσθω	ποιέεσθον	ποιεέσθων		ποιέεσθε	ποιεέσθων
		active				middle/passive
infinitive		ποιέειν				ποιέεσθαι
participle	m	ποιέων				ποιεόμενος
	f	ποιέουσᾰ				ποιεομένη
	n	ποιέον				ποιεόμενον
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For conjugation in dialects other than Attic, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal conjugation.

Present: ποιῶ, ποιοῦμαι (Contracted)

number		singular			dual		plural
		first	second	third	second	third	first	second	third
active	indicative	ποιῶ	ποιεῖς	ποιεῖ	ποιεῖτον	ποιεῖτον	ποιοῦμεν	ποιεῖτε	ποιοῦσῐ(ν)
	subjunctive	ποιῶ	ποιῇς	ποιῇ	ποιῆτον	ποιῆτον	ποιῶμεν	ποιῆτε	ποιῶσῐ(ν)
	optative	ποιοίην, ποιοῖμῐ	ποιοίης, ποιοῖς	ποιοίη, ποιοῖ	ποιοῖτον, ποιοίητον	ποιοίτην, ποιοιήτην	ποιοῖμεν, ποιοίημεν	ποιοῖτε, ποιοίητε	ποιοῖεν, ποιοίησᾰν
	imperative		ποίει	ποιείτω	ποιεῖτον	ποιείτων		ποιεῖτε	ποιούντων
middle/ passive	indicative	ποιοῦμαι	ποιεῖ, ποιῇ	ποιεῖται	ποιεῖσθον	ποιεῖσθον	ποιούμεθᾰ	ποιεῖσθε	ποιοῦνται
	subjunctive	ποιῶμαι	ποιῇ	ποιῆται	ποιῆσθον	ποιῆσθον	ποιώμεθᾰ	ποιῆσθε	ποιῶνται
	optative	ποιοίμην	ποιοῖο	ποιοῖτο	ποιοῖσθον	ποιοίσθην	ποιοίμεθᾰ	ποιοῖσθε	ποιοῖντο
	imperative		ποιοῦ	ποιείσθω	ποιεῖσθον	ποιείσθων		ποιεῖσθε	ποιείσθων
		active				middle/passive
infinitive		ποιεῖν				ποιεῖσθαι
participle	m	ποιῶν				ποιούμενος
	f	ποιοῦσᾰ				ποιουμένη
	n	ποιοῦν				ποιούμενον
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For conjugation in dialects other than Attic, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal conjugation.

Present: ποιϝέω, ποιϝέομαι (Uncontracted)

number		singular			dual		plural
		first	second	third	second	third	first	second	third
active	indicative	ποιϝέω	ποιϝέεις	ποιϝέει	ποιϝέετον	ποιϝέετον	ποιϝέομεν	ποιϝέετε	ποιϝέουσῐ(ν)
	subjunctive	ποιϝέω	ποιϝέῃς	ποιϝέῃ	ποιϝέητον	ποιϝέητον	ποιϝέωμεν	ποιϝέητε	ποιϝέωσῐ(ν)
	optative	ποιϝέοιμῐ	ποιϝέοις	ποιϝέοι	ποιϝέοιτον	ποιϝεοίτην	ποιϝέοιμεν	ποιϝέοιτε	ποιϝέοιεν
	imperative		ποίϝεε	ποιϝεέτω	ποιϝέετον	ποιϝεέτων		ποιϝέετε	ποιϝεόντων
middle/ passive	indicative	ποιϝέομαι	ποιϝέῃ, ποιϝέει	ποιϝέεται	ποιϝέεσθον	ποιϝέεσθον	ποιϝεόμεθᾰ	ποιϝέεσθε	ποιϝέονται
	subjunctive	ποιϝέωμαι	ποιϝέῃ	ποιϝέηται	ποιϝέησθον	ποιϝέησθον	ποιϝεώμεθᾰ	ποιϝέησθε	ποιϝέωνται
	optative	ποιϝεοίμην	ποιϝέοιο	ποιϝέοιτο	ποιϝέοισθον	ποιϝεοίσθην	ποιϝεοίμεθᾰ	ποιϝέοισθε	ποιϝέοιντο
	imperative		ποιϝέου	ποιϝεέσθω	ποιϝέεσθον	ποιϝεέσθων		ποιϝέεσθε	ποιϝεέσθων
		active				middle/passive
infinitive		ποιϝέειν				ποιϝέεσθαι
participle	m	ποιϝέων				ποιϝεόμενος
	f	ποιϝέουσᾰ				ποιϝεομένη
	n	ποιϝέον				ποιϝεόμενον
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For conjugation in dialects other than Attic, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal conjugation.

Present: ποιϝῶ, ποιϝοῦμαι (Contracted)

number		singular			dual		plural
		first	second	third	second	third	first	second	third
active	indicative	ποιϝῶ	ποιϝεῖς	ποιϝεῖ	ποιϝεῖτον	ποιϝεῖτον	ποιϝοῦμεν	ποιϝεῖτε	ποιϝοῦσῐ(ν)
	subjunctive	ποιϝῶ	ποιϝῇς	ποιϝῇ	ποιϝῆτον	ποιϝῆτον	ποιϝῶμεν	ποιϝῆτε	ποιϝῶσῐ(ν)
	optative	ποιϝοίην, ποιϝοῖμῐ	ποιϝοίης, ποιϝοῖς	ποιϝοίη, ποιϝοῖ	ποιϝοῖτον, ποιϝοίητον	ποιϝοίτην, ποιϝοιήτην	ποιϝοῖμεν, ποιϝοίημεν	ποιϝοῖτε, ποιϝοίητε	ποιϝοῖεν, ποιϝοίησᾰν
	imperative		ποίϝει	ποιϝείτω	ποιϝεῖτον	ποιϝείτων		ποιϝεῖτε	ποιϝούντων
middle/ passive	indicative	ποιϝοῦμαι	ποιϝεῖ, ποιϝῇ	ποιϝεῖται	ποιϝεῖσθον	ποιϝεῖσθον	ποιϝούμεθᾰ	ποιϝεῖσθε	ποιϝοῦνται
	subjunctive	ποιϝῶμαι	ποιϝῇ	ποιϝῆται	ποιϝῆσθον	ποιϝῆσθον	ποιϝώμεθᾰ	ποιϝῆσθε	ποιϝῶνται
	optative	ποιϝοίμην	ποιϝοῖο	ποιϝοῖτο	ποιϝοῖσθον	ποιϝοίσθην	ποιϝοίμεθᾰ	ποιϝοῖσθε	ποιϝοῖντο
	imperative		ποιϝοῦ	ποιϝείσθω	ποιϝεῖσθον	ποιϝείσθων		ποιϝεῖσθε	ποιϝείσθων
		active				middle/passive
infinitive		ποιϝεῖν				ποιϝεῖσθαι
participle	m	ποιϝῶν				ποιϝούμενος
	f	ποιϝοῦσᾰ				ποιϝουμένη
	n	ποιϝοῦν				ποιϝούμενον
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For conjugation in dialects other than Attic, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal conjugation.

Imperfect: ἐποίεον, ἐποιεόμην (Uncontracted)

number		singular			dual		plural
		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.

Imperfect: ἐποίουν, ἐποιούμην (Contracted)

number		singular			dual		plural
		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.

Imperfect: ποίεον, ποιεόμην (Uncontracted)

number		singular			dual		plural
		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	ποιεόμεθᾰ	ποιέεσθε	ποιέοντο
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For conjugation in dialects other than Attic, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal conjugation.

Imperfect: ποίουν, ποιούμην (Contracted)

number		singular			dual		plural
		first	second	third	second	third	first	second	third
active	indicative	ποίουν	ποίεις	ποίει	ποιεῖτον	ποιείτην	ποιοῦμεν	ποιεῖτε	ποίουν
middle/ passive	indicative	ποιούμην	ποιοῦ	ποιεῖτο	ποιεῖσθον	ποιείσθην	ποιούμεθᾰ	ποιεῖσθε	ποιοῦντο
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For conjugation in dialects other than Attic, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal conjugation.

Imperfect: ποιέεσκον, ποιεεσκόμην (Ionic)

number		singular			dual		plural
		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:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For conjugation in dialects other than Attic, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal conjugation.

Future: ποιήσω, ποιήσομαι, ποιηθήσομαι

number		singular			dual		plural
		first	second	third	second	third	first	second	third
active	indicative	ποιήσω	ποιήσεις	ποιήσει	ποιήσετον	ποιήσετον	ποιήσομεν	ποιήσετε	ποιήσουσῐ(ν)
active	optative	ποιήσοιμῐ	ποιήσοις	ποιήσοι	ποιήσοιτον	ποιησοίτην	ποιήσοιμεν	ποιήσοιτε	ποιήσοιεν
middle	indicative	ποιήσομαι	ποιήσῃ, ποιήσει	ποιήσεται	ποιήσεσθον	ποιήσεσθον	ποιησόμεθᾰ	ποιήσεσθε	ποιήσονται
middle	optative	ποιησοίμην	ποιήσοιο	ποιήσοιτο	ποιήσοισθον	ποιησοίσθην	ποιησοίμεθᾰ	ποιήσοισθε	ποιήσοιντο
passive	indicative	ποιηθήσομαι	ποιηθήσῃ	ποιηθήσεται	ποιηθήσεσθον	ποιηθήσεσθον	ποιηθησόμεθᾰ	ποιηθήσεσθε	ποιηθήσονται
passive	optative	ποιηθησοίμην	ποιηθήσοιο	ποιηθήσοιτο	ποιηθήσοισθον	ποιηθησοίσθην	ποιηθησοίμεθᾰ	ποιηθήσοισθε	ποιηθήσοιντο
		active			middle		passive
infinitive		ποιήσειν			ποιήσεσθαι		ποιηθήσεσθαι
participle	m	ποιήσων			ποιησόμενος		ποιηθησόμενος
	f	ποιήσουσᾰ			ποιησομένη		ποιηθησομένη
	n	ποιῆσον			ποιησόμενον		ποιηθησόμενον
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For conjugation in dialects other than Attic, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal conjugation.

Aorist: ἐποίησᾰ, ἐποιησᾰ́μην, ἐποιήθην

number		singular			dual		plural
		first	second	third	second	third	first	second	third
active	indicative	ἐποίησᾰ	ἐποίησᾰς	ἐποίησε(ν)	ἐποιήσᾰτον	ἐποιησᾰ́την	ἐποιήσᾰμεν	ἐποιήσᾰτε	ἐποίησᾰν
	subjunctive	ποιήσω	ποιήσῃς	ποιήσῃ	ποιήσητον	ποιήσητον	ποιήσωμεν	ποιήσητε	ποιήσωσῐ(ν)
	optative	ποιήσαιμῐ	ποιήσειᾰς, ποιήσαις	ποιήσειε(ν), ποιήσαι	ποιήσαιτον	ποιησαίτην	ποιήσαιμεν	ποιήσαιτε	ποιήσειᾰν, ποιήσαιεν
	imperative		ποίησον	ποιησᾰ́τω	ποιήσᾰτον	ποιησᾰ́των		ποιήσᾰτε	ποιησᾰ́ντων
middle	indicative	ἐποιησᾰ́μην	ἐποιήσω	ἐποιήσᾰτο	ἐποιήσᾰσθον	ἐποιησᾰ́σθην	ἐποιησᾰ́μεθᾰ	ἐποιήσᾰσθε	ἐποιήσᾰντο
	subjunctive	ποιήσωμαι	ποιήσῃ	ποιήσηται	ποιήσησθον	ποιήσησθον	ποιησώμεθᾰ	ποιήσησθε	ποιήσωνται
	optative	ποιησαίμην	ποιήσαιο	ποιήσαιτο	ποιήσαισθον	ποιησαίσθην	ποιησαίμεθᾰ	ποιήσαισθε	ποιήσαιντο
	imperative		ποίησαι	ποιησᾰ́σθω	ποιήσᾰσθον	ποιησᾰ́σθων		ποιήσᾰσθε	ποιησᾰ́σθων
passive	indicative	ἐποιήθην	ἐποιήθης	ἐποιήθη	ἐποιήθητον	ἐποιηθήτην	ἐποιήθημεν	ἐποιήθητε	ἐποιήθησᾰν
	subjunctive	ποιηθῶ	ποιηθῇς	ποιηθῇ	ποιηθῆτον	ποιηθῆτον	ποιηθῶμεν	ποιηθῆτε	ποιηθῶσῐ(ν)
	optative	ποιηθείην	ποιηθείης	ποιηθείη	ποιηθεῖτον, ποιηθείητον	ποιηθείτην, ποιηθειήτην	ποιηθεῖμεν, ποιηθείημεν	ποιηθεῖτε, ποιηθείητε	ποιηθεῖεν, ποιηθείησᾰν
	imperative		ποιήθητῐ	ποιηθήτω	ποιήθητον	ποιηθήτων		ποιήθητε	ποιηθέντων
		active			middle		passive
infinitive		ποιῆσαι			ποιήσᾰσθαι		ποιηθῆναι
participle	m	ποιήσᾱς			ποιησᾰ́μενος		ποιηθείς
	f	ποιήσᾱσᾰ			ποιησᾰμένη		ποιηθεῖσᾰ
	n	ποιῆσᾰν			ποιησᾰ́μενον		ποιηθέν
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For conjugation in dialects other than Attic, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal conjugation.

Aorist: ποίησᾰ, ποιησᾰ́μην, ποιήθην (Epic)

number		singular			dual		plural
		first	second	third	second	third	first	second	third
active	indicative	ποίησᾰ	ποίησᾰς	ποίησε(ν)	ποιήσᾰτον	ποιησᾰ́την	ποιήσᾰμεν	ποιήσᾰτε	ποίησᾰν
	subjunctive	ποιήσω	ποιήσῃς	ποιήσῃ	ποιήσητον	ποιήσητον	ποιήσωμεν	ποιήσητε	ποιήσωσῐ(ν)
	optative	ποιήσαιμῐ	ποιήσειᾰς, ποιήσαις	ποιήσειε(ν), ποιήσαι	ποιήσαιτον	ποιησαίτην	ποιήσαιμεν	ποιήσαιτε	ποιήσειᾰν, ποιήσαιεν
	imperative		ποίησον	ποιησᾰ́τω	ποιήσᾰτον	ποιησᾰ́των		ποιήσᾰτε	ποιησᾰ́ντων
middle	indicative	ποιησᾰ́μην	ποιήσω	ποιήσᾰτο	ποιήσᾰσθον	ποιησᾰ́σθην	ποιησᾰ́μεθᾰ	ποιήσᾰσθε	ποιήσᾰντο
	subjunctive	ποιήσωμαι	ποιήσῃ	ποιήσηται	ποιήσησθον	ποιήσησθον	ποιησώμεθᾰ	ποιήσησθε	ποιήσωνται
	optative	ποιησαίμην	ποιήσαιο	ποιήσαιτο	ποιήσαισθον	ποιησαίσθην	ποιησαίμεθᾰ	ποιήσαισθε	ποιήσαιντο
	imperative		ποίησαι	ποιησᾰ́σθω	ποιήσᾰσθον	ποιησᾰ́σθων		ποιήσᾰσθε	ποιησᾰ́σθων
passive	indicative	ποιήθην	ποιήθης	ποιήθη	ποιήθητον	ποιηθήτην	ποιήθημεν	ποιήθητε	ποιήθησᾰν
	subjunctive	ποιηθῶ	ποιηθῇς	ποιηθῇ	ποιηθῆτον	ποιηθῆτον	ποιηθῶμεν	ποιηθῆτε	ποιηθῶσῐ(ν)
	optative	ποιηθείην	ποιηθείης	ποιηθείη	ποιηθεῖτον, ποιηθείητον	ποιηθείτην, ποιηθειήτην	ποιηθεῖμεν, ποιηθείημεν	ποιηθεῖτε, ποιηθείητε	ποιηθεῖεν, ποιηθείησᾰν
	imperative		ποιήθητῐ	ποιηθήτω	ποιήθητον	ποιηθήτων		ποιήθητε	ποιηθέντων
		active			middle		passive
infinitive		ποιῆσαι			ποιήσᾰσθαι		ποιηθῆναι
participle	m	ποιήσᾱς			ποιησᾰ́μενος		ποιηθείς
	f	ποιήσᾱσᾰ			ποιησᾰμένη		ποιηθεῖσᾰ
	n	ποιῆσᾰν			ποιησᾰ́μενον		ποιηθέν
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For conjugation in dialects other than Attic, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal conjugation.

Perfect: πεποίηκᾰ, πεποίημαι

number		singular			dual		plural
		first	second	third	second	third	first	second	third
active	indicative	πεποίηκᾰ	πεποίηκᾰς	πεποίηκε(ν)	πεποιήκᾰτον	πεποιήκᾰτον	πεποιήκᾰμεν	πεποιήκᾰτε	πεποιήκᾱσῐ(ν)
	subjunctive	πεποιήκω	πεποιήκῃς	πεποιήκῃ	πεποιήκητον	πεποιήκητον	πεποιήκωμεν	πεποιήκητε	πεποιήκωσῐ(ν)
	optative	πεποιήκοιμῐ, πεποιηκοίην	πεποιήκοις, πεποιηκοίης	πεποιήκοι, πεποιηκοίη	πεποιήκοιτον	πεποιηκοίτην	πεποιήκοιμεν	πεποιήκοιτε	πεποιήκοιεν
	imperative		πεποίηκε	πεποιηκέτω	πεποιήκετον	πεποιηκέτων		πεποιήκετε	πεποιηκόντων
middle/ passive	indicative	πεποίημαι	πεποίησαι	πεποίηται	πεποίησθον	πεποίησθον	πεποιήμεθᾰ	πεποίησθε	πεποίηνται
	subjunctive	πεποιημένος ὦ	πεποιημένος ᾖς	πεποιημένος ᾖ	πεποιημένω ἦτον	πεποιημένω ἦτον	πεποιημένοι ὦμεν	πεποιημένοι ἦτε	πεποιημένοι ὦσῐ(ν)
	optative	πεποιημένος εἴην	πεποιημένος εἴης	πεποιημένος εἴη	πεποιημένοι εἴητον/εἶτον	πεποιημένω εἰήτην/εἴτην	πεποιημένοι εἴημεν/εἶμεν	πεποιημένοι εἴητε/εἶτε	πεποιημένοι εἴησᾰν/εἶεν
	imperative		πεποίησο	πεποιήσθω	πεποίησθον	πεποιήσθων		πεποίησθε	πεποιήσθων
		active				middle/passive
infinitive		πεποιηκέναι				πεποίησθαι
participle	m	πεποιηκώς				πεποιημένος
	f	πεποιηκυῖᾰ				πεποιημένη
	n	πεποιηκός				πεποιημένον
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For conjugation in dialects other than Attic, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal conjugation.

Derived terms

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ποίημᾰ ‎(poíēma)
ποιηρός ‎(poiērós)
ποιησείω ‎(poiēseíō)
ποίησῐς ‎(poíēsis)

ποιητέος ‎(poiētéos)
ποιητής ‎(poiētḗs)
ποιητῐκός ‎(poiētikós)
ποιητός ‎(poiētós)

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’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible, 1979
«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

Etymology

The Doric ποιϝέω ‎(poiwéō) probably reflects an earlier form. Possibly derived form 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 BC Attic: IPA: /po͜i.é.ɔː/
1st BC Egyptian: IPA: /py.ˈɛ.o/
4th AD Koine: IPA: /py.ˈe.o/
10th AD Byzantine: IPA: /py.ˈe.o/
15th AD Constantinopolitan: IPA: /pi.ˈe.o/

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