A.“ποίεον” Il.
20.147; contr. “ποίει” 18.482;
Ion. “ποιέεσκον” Hdt.1.36, 4.78:
fut. ποιήσω:
aor. ἐποίησα, Ep.
“ποίησα” Il.18.490:
pf. πεποίηκα:—Med.,
Ion. impf. “ποιεέσκετο” Hdt.7.119:
fut. “ποιήσομαι” Il.9.397:
in pass. sense, Hp.Decent.11, Arist.Metaph.1021a23:
aor. ἐποιησάμην, Ep.
“ποι-” Od.5.251,
al.: pf. πεποίημαι in
med. sense, And.4.22,
Decr. ap. D.
18.29:—Pass., fut. ποιηθήσομαι (μετα-) D.23.62,
v. supr.; “πεποιήσομαι” Hp.Mul.1.11,37:
aor. “ἐποιήθην” Hdt.2.159,
etc. (used as Med. only in compd. προσ-):
pf. “πεποίημαι” Il.6.56,
etc.:—Att. ποῶ (EM 679.24),
etc., is guaranteed by metre in Trag. and Com.,
as “ποῶ” S. OT918,
“ποεῖν” Id.Tr.385,
“ποεῖς” Ar.Ach.410,
etc., and found in cod. Laur. of S.,
cod. Rav. of Ar.,
also IG12.39.6 (ποήσω), 82.9 (ποεῖ), 154.7 (ἐποησάτην),
etc.; but ποι- is
always written before -οι,
-ου,
-ω in
Inscrr.: πο- also
in Aeol. “πόημι πόης πόει” PBouriant8.71,75, Sapph. Supp.1.9,
al., and Arc. ποέντω, = ποιούντων, IG5(2).6.9 (Tegea,
iv B.C.); cf. ποιητής.
0-0.Used in two general senses, make and do.
A. make, produce, first of
something material, as manufactures, works of
art, etc. (opp. πράττειν, Pl.Chrm.163b),
in Hom. freq.
of building, π. δῶμα, τύμβον, Il.1.608,7.435;
“εἴδωλον” Od.4.796; π. πύλας ἐν [πύργοις] Il.7.339;
of smith's work, π. σάκος ib.222;
“ἐν [σάκεϊ] ποίει δαίδαλα πολλά” 18.482,
cf. 490,573:
freq. in Inscrr. on works of art, Πολυμήδης ἐποίϝηh' (= ἐποίησε )“ Ἀργεῖος” SIG5(vi
B.C., cf. Class.Phil.20.139);
“Θεόπροπος ἐποίει Αἰγινάτας” SIG18(vi/v
B.C.), etc.; ἐποίησε Τερψικλῆς ib.3b(Milet.,
vi B.C.), etc.; “τίς .
. τὴν λίθον ταύτην τέκτων ἐποίει;” Herod.4.22; εἵματα ἀπὸ ξύλων πεποιημένα made from
trees, i.e. of cotton, Hdt.7.65;
“ϝαὸν ἀπὸ τοῦ ἱεροῦ ἀργυρίου” X.An. 5.3.9;
“πλοῖα ἐκ τῆς ἀκάνθης ποιεύμενα” Hdt.2.96;
“καρβάτιναι πεποιημέναι ἐκ βοῶν” X.An.4.5.14:
c. gen. materiae, “πωρίνου λίθου π. τὸν νηόν” Hdt.5.62;
“ἔρυμα λίθων λογάδην πεποιημένον” Th.4.31;
“φοίνικος αἱ θύραι πεποιημέναι” X.Cyr.7.5.22:
rarely “ποιεῖσθαί τινι” to
be made with . . , Longus
1.4; also τῶν τὰ κέρεα .
. οἱ πήχεες ποιεῦνται the
horns of which are made into the sides of
the lyre, Hdt.4.192;
also δέρμα εἰς περικεφαλαίας πεποίηται Sch.Patm.D.in BCH1.144:—Med., make
for oneself, as of bees, οἰκία ποιήσωνται build
them houses, Il.12.168,
cf. 5.735, Od.5.251, 259, Hes.Op.503;
[ῥεῖθρον] π., of
a river, Thphr. HP3.1.5;
also, have a thing made, get it made, “ὀβελούς” Hdt.2.135;
“στεφάνους οὓς ἐποιησάμην τῷ χορῷ” D.21.16,
cf. X.An.5.3.5; τὸν Ἀπόλλω, i.e.
a statue of A., Pl.Ep.361a;
“αὑτοῦ εἰκόνας” Plu. Them.5,
cf. Inscr.Prien.25.9(iii
B.C.?).
2. create, bring into existence, “γένος ἀνθρώπων χρύσεον” Hes.Op.110,
cf. Th.161, 579,
etc.; “ὁ ποιῶν” the
creator, Pl.Ti. 76c;
“ἕτερον Φίλιππον ποιήσετε” D.4.11:—Med., beget, “υἱόν” And.1.124;
“ἔκ τινος” Id.4.22; παῖδας ποιεῖσθαι, = παιδοποιεῖσθαι,
X.Cyr.5.3.19, D.57.43; conceive, “παιδίον π. ἔκ τινος” Pl.Smp.203b:—Act. in this sense only in later Gr., Plu.2.312a; of the woman, παιδίον ποιῆσαι ib.145d.
X.Cyr.5.3.19, D.57.43; conceive, “παιδίον π. ἔκ τινος” Pl.Smp.203b:—Act. in this sense only in later Gr., Plu.2.312a; of the woman, παιδίον ποιῆσαι ib.145d.
3. generally, produce, ὕδωρ π., of
Zeus, Ar.V.261:
impers., ἐὰν πλείω ποιῇ ὕδατα, = ἐὰν ὕη, Thphr.CP1.19.3; π. γάλα, of
certain kinds of food, Arist.HA522b32; ἄρρεν π., of
an egg, Ael.VH1.15; μέλι ἄριστον π., of
Hymettus, Str.9.1.23; π. καρπόν, of
trees, Ev.Matt.3.10 (metaph.
in religious sense, ib.8);
of men, κριθὰς π. grow barley, Ar.Pax1322;
“π. σίτου μεδίμνους” D.42.20; π. πενίαν, πλοῦτον, of
the stars, Plot.2.3.1.
b. Math., make, produce, τομήν, σχῆμα, ὀρθὰς γωνίας, Archim. Sph.Cyl.1.16,38, Con.Sph.12;
“ὁ Α τὸν Γ πολλαπλασιάσας τὸν Η πεποίηκεν” Euc.7.19:—Pass., πεποιήσθω ὡς .
. let it be contrived that . . , Archim. Sph.Cyl.2.6.
d. π. τὸ πρόβλημα effect
a solution of the problem, Apollon.Perg.Con.2.49,51; π. τὸ ἐπίταγμα fulfil,
satisfy the required condition, Archim.Sph.Cyl.1.2,3.
4. after Hom.,
of Poets, compose, write, π. διθύραμβον, ἔπεα, Hdt.1.23, 4.14;
“π. θεογονίην Ἕλλησι” Id.2.53; π. Φαίδραν, Σατύρους, Ar.Th.153, 157;
π. κωμῳδίαν, τραγῳδίαν, etc., Pl.Smp.223d; “παλινῳδίαν” Isoc.10.64, Pl.Phdr.243b, etc.; “ποιήματα” Id.Phd.60d: abs., write poetry, write as a poet, “ὀρθῶς π.” Hdt.3.38; “ἐν τοῖσι ἔπεσι π.” Id.4.16, cf. Pl.Ion534b: folld. by a quotation, “ἐπόησάς ποτε . .” Ar.Th.193; “εἴς τινα” Pl.Phd.61b; “περὶ θεῶν” Id.R.383a, etc.
π. κωμῳδίαν, τραγῳδίαν, etc., Pl.Smp.223d; “παλινῳδίαν” Isoc.10.64, Pl.Phdr.243b, etc.; “ποιήματα” Id.Phd.60d: abs., write poetry, write as a poet, “ὀρθῶς π.” Hdt.3.38; “ἐν τοῖσι ἔπεσι π.” Id.4.16, cf. Pl.Ion534b: folld. by a quotation, “ἐπόησάς ποτε . .” Ar.Th.193; “εἴς τινα” Pl.Phd.61b; “περὶ θεῶν” Id.R.383a, etc.
b. represent in poetry, “Ὅμηρον Ἀχιλλέα πεποιηκέναι ἀμείνω Ὀδυσσέως” Pl.Hp.Mi.369c,
cf. 364c, Smp.174b; ποιήσας τὸν Ἀχιλλέα λέγοντα having
represented Achilles saying, Plu.2.105b,
cf. 25d, Pl. Grg. 525d, 525e, Arist.Po.1453b29.
c. describe in verse, “θεὸν ἐν ἔπεσιν” Pl.R.379a; ἐποίησα μύθους τοὺς Αἰσώπου put them into
verse, Id.Phd. 61b;
“μῦθον” Lycurg.100.
d. invent, “καινοὺς θεούς” Pl.Euthphr.3b; ὑπὸ ποιητέω τινὸς ποιηθὲν [τοὔνομα] Hdt.3.115;
“πεποιημένα ὀνόματα” Arist.Rh.1404b29,
cf.Po.1457b2;
opp. αὐτοφυῆ, κύρια, D.H.Is.7, Pomp. 2.
II. bring about, cause, “τελευτήν” Od.1.250;
“γαλήνην” 5.452;
“φόβον” Il.12.432;
“σιωπὴν παρὰ πάντων” X.HG6.3.10;
“τέρψιν τοῖς θεωμένοις” Id.Mem.3.10.8;
“αἰσχύνην τῇ πόλει” Isoc.7.54,
etc.; also of things, “ἄνεμοι αὐτοὶ μὲν οὐχ ὁρῶνται: ἃ δὲ ποιοῦσι φανερά” X.Mem.4.3.14;
“ταὐτὸν ἐποίει αὐτοῖς νικᾶν τε μαχομένοις καὶ μηδὲ μάχεσθαι” Th.7.6,
cf. 2.89.
b. c. acc. et inf., cause or bring
about that . . , “σε θεοὶ ποίησαν ἱκέσθαι [ἐς] οἶκον” Od.23.258;
“π. τινὰ κλύειν” S.Ph.926;
“π. τινὰ βλέψαι” Ar.Pl.459,
cf. 746;
“π. τινὰ τριηραρχεῖν” Id.Eq.912,
cf. Av.59; π. τινὰ αἰσχύνεσθαι, κλάειν, ἀπορεῖν, etc.,
X.Cyr.4.5.48, 2.2.13, Pl.Tht.149a, etc.: with ὥστε inserted, X.Cyr.3.2.29, Ar.Eq.351, etc.: folld. by a relat. clause, “π. ὅκως ἔσται ἡ Κύπρος ἐλευθέρη” Hdt.5.109, cf. 1.209; “ὡς ἂν . . εἰδείην ἐποίουν” X.Cyr.6.3.18:—also Med., ἐποιήσατο ὡς ἐν ἀσφαλεῖ εἶεν ib.6.1.23.
X.Cyr.4.5.48, 2.2.13, Pl.Tht.149a, etc.: with ὥστε inserted, X.Cyr.3.2.29, Ar.Eq.351, etc.: folld. by a relat. clause, “π. ὅκως ἔσται ἡ Κύπρος ἐλευθέρη” Hdt.5.109, cf. 1.209; “ὡς ἂν . . εἰδείην ἐποίουν” X.Cyr.6.3.18:—also Med., ἐποιήσατο ὡς ἐν ἀσφαλεῖ εἶεν ib.6.1.23.
2. procure, “π. ἄδειάν τε καὶ κάθοδόν τινι” Th.8.76;
“ὁ νόμος π. τὴν κληρονομίαν τισί” Is.11.1; λόγος ἀργύριον τῷ λέγοντι π. gets him
money, D.10.76:—Med., procure
for oneself, gain, “κλέος αὐτῇ ποιεῖτ᾽” Od.2.126;
“ἄδειαν” Th.6.60;
“τιμωρίαν ἀπό τινων” Id.1.25;
“τὸν βίον ἀπὸ γεωργίας” X.Oec.6.11,
cf. Th.1.5.
3. of sacrifices, festivals, etc., celebrate, “π. ἱρά” Hdt.9.19,
cf. 2.49 (Act.
and Pass.); “π. τὴν θυσίαν τῷ Ποσειδῶνι” X.HG4.5.1; π. Ἴσθμια ib.4.5.2;
“τῇ θεῷ ἑορτὴν δημοτελῆ π.” Th.2.15;
“παννυχίδα π.” Pl.R.328a; π. σάββατα observe the
Sabbath, LXXEx.31.16; π. ταφάς, of
a public funeral, Pl. Mx.234b;
“π. ἐπαρήν” SIG38.30(Teos,
v B.C.); also of political assemblies, “π. ἐκκλησίαν” Ar.Eq.746, Th.1.139;
“π. μυστήρια” Id.6.28 (Pass.);
“ξύλλογον σφῶν αὐτῶν” Id.1.67:—Med.,
“ἀγορὴν ποιήσατο” Il.8.2;
“ἢν θυσίην τις ποιῆται” Hdt.6.57 (v.l.);
“δημοσίᾳ ταφὰς ἐποιήσαντο” Th.2.34;
“π. ἀγῶνα” Id.4.91;
“π. ἐκκλησίαν τοῖς Γρᾳξὶ περὶ μισθοῦ” Ar.Ach.169.
4. of war and peace, πόλεμον π. cause or give
rise to a war, “πόλεμον ἡμῖν ἀντ᾽ εἰρήνης πρὸς Αακεδαιμονίους π.” Is.11.48;
but π. ποιησόμενοι about
to make war (on one's own part), X.An.5.5.24; εἰρήνην π. bring
about a peace (for others), Ar.Pax1199;
“σπονδὰς π.” X.An.4.3.14;
“ξυμμαχίαν ποιῆσαι” Th.2.29;
but εἰρήνην ποιεῖσθαι make peace
(for oneself), And.3.11;
“σπονδὰς ποιήσασθαι” Th.1.28,
etc.:—Pass., “ἐπεποίητο συμμαχίη” Hdt.1.77,
etc.
5. freq. in Med. with Nouns periphr. for
the Verb derived from the Noun, μύθου ποιήσασθαι ἐπισχεσίην submit a
plea, Od.21.71; ποιέεσθαι ὁδοιπορίην, for ὁδοιπορέειν, Hdt.2.29;
“π. ὁδόν” Id.7.42,110,112,
etc.; π. πλόον, for πλέειν, Id.6.95,
cf. Antipho
5.21; π. κομιδήν, for κομίζεσθαι, Hdt.6.95; θῶμα π. τὴν ἐργασίην, for θωμάζειν,
Id.1.68; ὀργὴν π., for ὀργίζεσθαι, Id.3.25; λήθην π. τι, for λανθάνεσθαί τινος,
Id.1.127; βουλὴν π., for βουλεύεσθαι, Id.6.101; συμβολὴν π.,
for συμβάλλεσθαι, Id.9.45; τὰς μάχας π., for μάχεσθαι, S.El.302, etc.; καταφυγὴν π., for καταφεύγειν, Antipho 1.4; ἀγῶνα π., for ἀγωνίζεσθαι, Th.2.89; π. λόγον [τινός] make account of . . , Hdt.7.156; but τοὺς λόγους π. hold a conference, Th.1.128; also simply for λέγειν, Lys.25.2, cf. Pl.R.527a, etc.; also π. δι᾽ ἀγγέλου, π. διὰ χρηστηρίων, communicate by a messenger, an oracle, Hdt.6.4, 8.134.
Id.1.68; ὀργὴν π., for ὀργίζεσθαι, Id.3.25; λήθην π. τι, for λανθάνεσθαί τινος,
Id.1.127; βουλὴν π., for βουλεύεσθαι, Id.6.101; συμβολὴν π.,
for συμβάλλεσθαι, Id.9.45; τὰς μάχας π., for μάχεσθαι, S.El.302, etc.; καταφυγὴν π., for καταφεύγειν, Antipho 1.4; ἀγῶνα π., for ἀγωνίζεσθαι, Th.2.89; π. λόγον [τινός] make account of . . , Hdt.7.156; but τοὺς λόγους π. hold a conference, Th.1.128; also simply for λέγειν, Lys.25.2, cf. Pl.R.527a, etc.; also π. δι᾽ ἀγγέλου, π. διὰ χρηστηρίων, communicate by a messenger, an oracle, Hdt.6.4, 8.134.
III. with Adj. as predic., make,
render so and so, ποιῆσαί τινα ἄφρονα make one
senseless, Od.23.12;
[δῶρα] ὄλβια ποιεῖν make them
blest, i.e. prosper them, 13.42,
cf. Il.12.30;
“τοὺς Μήδους ἀσθενεῖς π.” X.Cyr.1.5.2,
etc.; “χρήσιμον ἐξ ἀχρήστου π.” Pl.R. 411b:
with a Subst., ποιῆσαι ἀθύρματα make into
playthings, Il.
15.363; “ποιεῖν τινα βασιλῆα” Od.1.387;
“ταμίην ἀνέμων” 10.21;
“γέροντα” 16.456;
“ἄκοιτίν τινι” Il.24.537;
“γαμβρὸν ἑόν” Hes.Th.818;
[“μύρμηκας] ἄνδρας π. [καὶ] γυναῖκας” Id.Fr.76.5;
“πολιήτας π. τινάς” Hdt.7.156;
“Ἀθηναῖον π. τινά” Th.2.29,
etc.; “π. τινὰ παράδειγμα” Isoc.4.39:
hence, appoint, instal, “τὸν Μωϋσῆν καὶ τὸν Ἀαρών” LXX 1
Ki.12.6; “δώδεκα” Ev.Marc.3.14:—Med., ποιεῖσθαί τινα ἑταῖρον make him one's friend, Hes. Op.707,
cf. 714; π. τινὰ ἄλοχον or ἄκοιτιν take her to
oneself as wife, Il.3.409, 9.397,
cf. Od.5.120,
etc.; π. τινὰ παῖδα make him one's son,
i.e. adopt him as son, Il.9.495,
etc.; θετὸν παῖδα π. adopt a
son, Hdt.
6.57: without υἱόν, adopt, “ἐπειδὴ οὐκ ἦσαν αὐτῷ παῖδες ἄρρενες, π. Λεωκράτη” D.41.3,
cf. 39.6,33, 44.25, Pl.Lg.923c,
etc.; “π. τινὰ θυγατέρα” Hdt.4.180:
generally, “ἅπαντας ἢ σῦς ἠὲ λύκους π.” Od.10.433;
“π. τινὰ πολίτην” Isoc.9.54;
“μαθητήν” Pl.Cra.428b;
“τὰ κρέα π. εὔτυκα” Hdt.
1.119; τὰ ἔπεα ἀπόρρητα π. making them
a secret, Id.9.45,
etc.; also ἑωυτοῦ ποιέεται τὸ .
. ἔργον makes it his
own, Id.1.129;
“μηδ᾽ ἃ μὴ 'θιγες ποιοῦ σεαυτῆς” S.Ant.547.
IV. put in a certain place or
condition, etc., “ἐμοὶ Ζεὺς .
. ἐνὶ φρεσὶν ὧδε νόημα ποίησ᾽” Od.14.274;
“σφῶϊν ὧδε θεῶν τις ἐνὶ φρεσὶ ποιήσειεν” Il.13.55;
“αἲ γὰρ τοῦτο θεοὶ ποιήσειαν ἐπὶ νόον νησιώτῃσι” Hdt.1.27,
cf. 71;
“ἐν αἰσχύνῃ π. τὴν πόλιν” D.18.136;
“τὰς ναῦς ἐπὶ τοῦ ξηροῦ π.” Th.1.109;
“ἔξω κεφαλὴν π.” Hdt.5.33;
“ἔξω βελῶν τὴν τάξιν π.” X.Cyr.4.1.3;
“ἐμαυτὸν ὡς πορρωτάτω π. τῶν ὑποψιῶν” Isoc.3.37;
of troops, form them, “ὡς ἂν κράτιστα .
.” X.An.5.2.11,
cf. 3.4.21;
in politics, “ἐς ὀλίγους τὰς ἀρχὰς π.” Th.8.53;
and in war, π. Γετταλίαν ὑπὸ Φιλίππῳ bring it
under his power, D.18.48;
“μήτε τοὺς νόμους μήθ᾽ ὑμᾶς αὐτοὺς ἐπὶ τοῖς λέγουσι π.” Id.58.61:—Med.,
“ποιέεσθαι ὑπ᾽ ἑωυτῷ” Hdt.1.201,
cf.5.103,
etc.; “ὑπὸ χεῖρα” X.Ages.1.22; π. τινὰς ἐς φυλακήν,
τὰ τῶν ξυμμάχων ἐς ἀσφάλειαν, Th.3.3, 8.1; “τινὰς ἐς τὸ συμμαχικόν” Hdt.9.106; τὰ λεπτὰ πλοῖα ἐντὸς π. put the small vessels in the middle, Th.2.83, cf. 6.67; π. τινὰ ἐκποδών (v. ἐκποδών)“; ὄπισθεν π. τὸν ποταμόν” X.An. 1.10.9.
τὰ τῶν ξυμμάχων ἐς ἀσφάλειαν, Th.3.3, 8.1; “τινὰς ἐς τὸ συμμαχικόν” Hdt.9.106; τὰ λεπτὰ πλοῖα ἐντὸς π. put the small vessels in the middle, Th.2.83, cf. 6.67; π. τινὰ ἐκποδών (v. ἐκποδών)“; ὄπισθεν π. τὸν ποταμόν” X.An. 1.10.9.
V. Med., deem, consider, reckon a
thing as . . , συμφορὴν ποιέεσθαί τι take it
for a misfortune, Hdt.1.83, 6.61; δεινὸν π. τι esteem it
a grievous thing, take it ill, Id.1.127,
etc. (rarely in Act., “δεινὰ π.” 2.121.έ, Th.5.42); μέγα π. c.
inf., deem it a great matter that . . , Hdt.8.3,
cf. 3.42,
etc.; “μεγάλα π. ὅτι .
.” Id.1.119; ἑρμαῖον π. τι count it
clear gain, Pl.Grg.489c;
“οὐκέτι ἀνασχετὸν π. τι” Th.1.118:
freq. with Preps., δι᾽ οὐδενὸς π. deem of
no account, S.OC584; ἐν ἐλαφρῷ, ἐν ὁμοίῳ π., Hdt.1.118,7.138;
“ἐν σμικρῷ μέρει” S.Ph.498;
“ἐν ὀλιγωρίᾳ” Th.4.5;
“ἐν ὀργῇ” D.1.16; ἐν νόμῳ π. consider as
lawful, Hdt.
1.131; ἐν ἀδείῃ π. consider as
safe, Id.9.42;
“παρ᾽ ὀλίγον π. τι” X. An.6.6.11; περὶ πολλοῦ π., Lat. magni
facere, Lys.1.1,
etc.; περὶ πλείονος, περὶ πλείστου π., Id.14.40, Pl.Ap.21e,
etc.; περὶ ὀλίγου, περὶ ἐλάττονος, Isoc.17.58, 18.63;
“περὶ παντός” Id.2.15 (rarely
“πολλοῦ π. τι” Pl.Prt.328d); πρὸ πολλοῦ π. c.
inf., Isoc.5.138.
VI. put the case, assume that . .
, “ποιήσας ἀν᾽ ὀγδώκοντα ἄνδρας ἐνεῖναι” Hdt.7.184,
cf. 186, X.An.5.7.9:
without inf., ἐν ἑκάστῃ ψυχῇ ποιήσωμεν περιστερεῶνά τινα (sc. εἶναι) Pl.Tht.197d:—Pass., πεποιήσθω δή be
it assumed then, ib.e; “οἱ φιλοσοφώτατοι ποιούμενοι” those
who are reputed . . , Id.R.498a,
cf. 538c, 573b:—but
for τὸν φιλόσοφον ποιώμεθα νομίζειν ib.581d read τί οἰώμεθα .
.;
VII. of Time, οὐ π. χρόνον make no
long time, i. e. not to delay, D.19.163 codd.; μακρότερον ποιεῖς you are
taking too long, PCair.Zen.48.4 (iii
B.C.); μέσας π. νύκτας let midnight come, Pl.Phlb.50d,
cf. AP11.85 (Lucill.); ἔξω μέσων νυκτῶν π. τὴν ὥραν put
off the time of business to past midnight, D.54.26; τὴν νύκτα ἐφ᾽ ὅπλοις ποιεῖσθαι spend it
under arms, Th.7.28(s.v.l.);
“ποιήσουσιν ἐν πλούτῳ ἔτη πολλά” LXXPr.13.23,
cf. To.10.7;
“δύο ἡμέρας ποιεῖ ἐν τῷ Ἀνουβιείῳ” UPZ70.21 (ii
B.C.), cf. PSI4.362.15 (iii
B.C.); “τὰς ἡμέρας ἐν τοῖς ὕδασι π.” D.S.1.35; tarry,
stay, “μῆνας τρεῖς” Act.Ap. 20.3,
cf. AP11.330 (Nicarch.).
VIII. in later Greek, sacrifice, “μοσχάριον” LXXEx.29.36; καρπώσεις ὑπέρ τινος ib.Jb.42.8:
without acc., π. Ἀστάρτῃ sacrifice to
Ashtoreth, ib.3
Ki.11.33.
IX. make ready, prepare, as food, μοσχάριον ib.Ge.18.7 sq.; π. τὸν μύστακα trim it,
ib.2
Ki.19.24(25).
B. do, much like πράσσω, οὐδὲν ἂν ὧν νυνὶ πεποίηκεν ἔπραξεν D.
4.5; “περὶ ὧν πράττει καὶ μέλλει ποιεῖν” Id.8.2,
cf. 18.62;
“ἄριστα πεποίηται” Il.6.56;
“πλείονα χρηστὰ περὶ τὴν πόλιν” Ar.Eq.811;
“τὰ δίκαια τοῖς εὐεργέταις” D.20.12;
“ἅμα ἔπος τε καὶ ἔργον ἐποίεε” Hdt.3.134 fin.; ποιέειν Σπαρτιητικά act like
a Spartan, Id.5.40;
“οὗτος τί ποιεῖς;” A. Supp.911,
etc.; “τὸ προσταχθὲν π.” S.Ph.1010; π. τὴν μουσικήν practise it, Pl.Phd.60e,
etc.; πᾶν or πάντα π., v. πᾶς D.
111.2, etc.: Math., ὅπερ ἔδει ποιῆσαι, = Q.E.F., Euc.1.1,
etc.
2. c. dupl. acc., do something to
another, κακά or ἀγαθὰ ποιεῖν τινα, first
in Hdt.3.75,
al.; ἀγαθόν, κακὸν π. τινά, Isoc.16.50,
etc.; “μεγάλα τὴν πόλιν ἀγαθά” Din.1.17;
also “εὖ ποιεῖν τὸν εὖ ποιοῦντα” X.Mem.2.3.8; τὴν ἐκείνου (sc. χώραν)“ κακῶς π.” D.1.18;
in LXX with
Prep., “π. κακὸν μετά τινων” Ge. 26.29;
“ταῦτα τοῦτον ἐποίησα” Hdt.1.115;
“κοὐκ οἶδ᾽ ὅ τι χρῆμά με ποιεῖς” Ar.V.697,
cf. Nu.259;
also of things, ἀργύριον τωὐτὸ τοῦτο ἐποίεε he did this
same thing with silver, Hdt.4.166:
less freq. c. dat. pers., “τῷ τεθνεῶτι μηδὲν τῶν νομιζομένων π.” Is.4.19;
“ἵππῳ τἀναντία” X.Eq.9.12 codd.,
cf. Ar.Nu.388, D.29.37:
c. dat. rei, “τί ποιήσωμεν κιβωτῷ;” LXX 1
Ki.5.8:—in Med., “φίλα ποιέεσθαί τισι” Hdt.2.152,5.37.
3. with an Adv., ὧδε ποίησον do thus, Id.1.112; πῶς ποιήσεις; how will
you act? S.OC652;
“πῶς δεῖ ποιεῖν περὶ θυσίας” X.Mem.1.3.1;
“ποίει ὅπως βούλει” Id.Cyr.1.4.9;
“μὴ ἄλλως π.” Pl.R.328d; πρὸς τοὺς πολεμίους πῶς ποιήσουσιν;
ib.469b; ὀρθῶς π. ib.403e; εὖ, κακῶς π. τινά, v. supr. 2: freq. c. part., “εὖ ἐποίησας ἀπικόμενος” Hdt.5.24, cf. Pl.Phd.60c; “καλῶς ποιεῖς προνοῶν” X.Cyr.7.4.13; “οἷον ποιεῖς ἡγούμενος” Pl.Chrm.166c; καλῶς ποιῶν almost Adverbial, “καλῶς γ᾽, ἔφη, ποιῶν σύ” Id.Smp.174e; “καλῶς ποιοῦντες . . πράττετε” D.20.110, cf. 1.28; “εὖ ποιοῦν” fortunately, Id.23.143.
ib.469b; ὀρθῶς π. ib.403e; εὖ, κακῶς π. τινά, v. supr. 2: freq. c. part., “εὖ ἐποίησας ἀπικόμενος” Hdt.5.24, cf. Pl.Phd.60c; “καλῶς ποιεῖς προνοῶν” X.Cyr.7.4.13; “οἷον ποιεῖς ἡγούμενος” Pl.Chrm.166c; καλῶς ποιῶν almost Adverbial, “καλῶς γ᾽, ἔφη, ποιῶν σύ” Id.Smp.174e; “καλῶς ποιοῦντες . . πράττετε” D.20.110, cf. 1.28; “εὖ ποιοῦν” fortunately, Id.23.143.
4. in Prose (rarely in Poetry, A.Pr.935),
used in the second clause, to avoid repeating
the Verb of the first, ἐρώτησον αὐτούς: μᾶλλον δ᾽ ἐγὼ τοῦθ᾽ ὑπὲρ σοῦ ποιήσω I
will do this for you, D.18.52,
cf. 292, Hdt.5.97, Is.7.35.
II. abs., to be doing, act, “ποιέειν ἢ παθεῖν πρόκειται ἀγών” Hdt.7.11; ποιεῖν, as
a category, opp. πάσχειν, Arist.Cat.2a3,
cf. GC322b11, Ph.225b13.
b. of medicine, operate, be
efficacious, Pl.Phd.117b;
“λουτρὰ κάλλιστα ποιοῦντα πρὸς νόσους” Str.
5.3.6; πρὸς στραγγουρίαν, πρὸς τοὺς δαιμονιζομένους, Thphr.HP7.14.1,
Ps.-Plu.Fluv.16.2:
freq. in Dsc.,
“πρὸς ἐπιλημπτικούς” 1.6,
al.; “εἰς τὰ αὐτά” 2.133:
c. dat., “στομαχικοῖς” Gal.13.183:
abs., ἄκρως π. ib.265;
also of charms, PMag.Osl.1.361.
2. Th. has
a peculiar usage, ἡ εὔνοια παρὰ πολὺ ἐποίει μᾶλλον ἐς τοὺς Λακεδαιμονίους good-will made greatly
for, on the side of, the L., 2.8:
impers., 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:
the former passage is imitated by Arr.An.2.2.3, App.BC1.82, D.C.57.6.
C. Med., = προσποιέομαι, pretend, c.
inf., Zos.2.14.1, Procop.Arc. 10.
(ποιϝέω perh.
from Ποι-ϝό-ς (in κλινοποιός, νεωποιός, τραπεζοποιός, etc.)
'builder', 'maker', cf. Skt. cinóti, cáyati 'arrange
in order', 'build'.)