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Strong G4160G4160Gποιέω

to do/make: do

One of the 4 senses of Strong G4160

Transliteration
poieō
Pronunciation
poy-eh'-o
Morphology
Greek Verb

Definition

Apparently a prolonged form of an obsolete primary; to make or do (in a very wide application more or less direct): - abide + agree appoint X avenge + band together be bear + bewray bring (forth) cast out cause commit + content continue deal + without any delay (would) do (-ing) execute exercise fulfil gain give have hold X journeying keep + lay wait + lighten the ship make X mean + none of these things move me observe ordain perform provide + have purged purpose put + raising up X secure shew X shoot out spend take tarry + transgress the law work yield. Compare G4238 .

Detailed definition

ποιέω, -ῶ,
[in LXX for a great variety of words, but chiefly for עשׂה;]

1. to make, produce, create, cause: with accusative of thing(s), Mat.17:4, Mrk.9:5, Jhn.9:11, Act.9:39, Rom.9:20, al.; of God as Creator (with accusative of person(s) also), Mat.19:4, Mrk.10:6, Luk.11:40, Act.4:24, Heb.1:2, al.; like Heb. עשׂה, absol. = ἐργάζομαι, to work, Mat.20:12 (cf. Rut.2:19; so AV, but see infr.), Rev.13:5, R, mg. (but see infr.); σκάνδαλα, Rom.16:17; εἰρεήνην, Eph.2:15, Jas.3:18; ἐπίστασιν, Act.24:12; συστροφήν, Act.23:12; with accusative of thing(s) and dative of person(s), Luk.1:68, Act.15:3; with nouns expressing action or its accomplishment, forming a periphr. for the cogn. verb: ὁδόν π. (cl. ὁ ποιεῖσθαι), to go on, advance, Mrk.2:23; πόλεμον, Rev.11:7, al.; ἐκδίκησιν, Luk.18:7, 8; ἐνέδραν, Act.25:3; κρίσιν, Jhn.5:27, Ju 15; ἔργα, Jhn.5:36, al.; (σημεῖα), Jhn.2:23 and freq., Act.2:22, al.; so also mid. ποιεῖσθαι: μονήν, Jhn.14:23; πορείαν, Luk.13:22; κοινωνίαν, Rom.15:26; of food, to make ready, prepare: δεῖπνον, Mrk.6:21, al.; δοχήν, Luk.5:29 14:13; γάμους, Mat.22:2; of time, to spend (cl.): ὥραν, Mat.20:12, RV (but see supr. and cf. McN, in l.); μῆνας, Rev.13:5, R, txt. (cf. Swete, in l.; but see supr.); ἐνιαυτόν, Jas.4:13; with accusative before ἐκ, Jhn.2:15, al.; with accusative and accusative pred., Mat.3:3 12:16, Mrk.1:3 3:12, Jhn.5:11, al.; with adv., καλῶς, Mrk.7:37; ἑορτὴν π. (Dem., Exo.23:16, al.), Act.18:21, Rec.; πάσχα, Mat.26:18; to make or offer a sacrifice (Plat., Xen., al.; Job.42:8, 3Ki.11:33; so some understand τοῦτο ποιεῖτε, Luk.22:19, but see Abbott, Essays, 110ff.); before ἵνα (WM, 422f.; M, Pr., 228), Jhn.11:37, Col.4:16, Rev.3:9.

2. to do, perform, carry out, execute: absol., with adv., καλῶς π., Mat.12:12, 1Co.7:37, 38 Jas.2:19; id. before ptcp. (cl.; see M, Pr., 228), Act.10:33, Php.4:14, 2Pe.1:19, 3Jo.6; οὕτως, Mat.24:46, Luk.9:15, al.; ὡς (καθώς), Mat.1:24 2:16, al.; ὁμοίως, Luk.3:11; ὡσαύτως, Mat.20:5; with ptcp., ἀγνοῶν ἐποίησα, 1Ti.1:13; with accusative of thing(s): τί interrog., Mat.12:3, Mrk.2:25, Luk.6:2, al.; τοῦτο, Mat.13:28, Mrk.5:32, Luk.22:19 (WH om.; see supr., ref. to Abbott, Essays), Rom.7:20, al.; with nouns expressing command or regulation: τ. νόμον (not as in cl., to make a law), Jhn.7:19, Gal.5:3 (cf. in LXX, Jos.22:5, 1Ch.22:12, al.); τ. ἐντολάς, Mat.5:19; similarly with other nouns expressing conduct: τ. δικαιοσύνην, Mat.6:1, al.; τ. ἀλήθειαν, Jhn.3:21, al., etc.; with dupl. accusative, Mat.27:22, Mrk.15:12; with accusative of thing(s) and dative of person(s) (commod., incomm.; rare in cl.), Mat.7:12, Mrk.5:19, 20 Luk.1:49, Jhn.9:26, al.
SYN.: πράσσω, which see The general distinction between the two words is that between particular action and its habitual performance (cf. Tr., Syn., §xcvi; Westc. on Jhn.3:21; ICC on Rom.1:32). (AS)

In the Bible

Strong G4160G appears in 461 verses of the KJV.

Translated in the KJV by

  • do219
  • make90
  • doeth31
  • ye20
  • thou16
  • hath12
  • bring6
  • maketh6
  • cause6
  • commit5
  • should5
  • wrought5

First verses

  1. Matthew 1:24
    Then Joseph being raised from sleep did as the angel of the Lord had bidden him, and took unto him his wife:
  2. Matthew 3:3
    For this is he that was spoken of by the prophet Esaias, saying, The voice of one crying in the wilderness, Prepare ye the way of the Lord, make his paths straight.
  3. Matthew 3:8
    Bring forth therefore fruits meet for repentance:
  4. Matthew 4:19
    And he saith unto them, Follow me, and I will make you fishers of men.
  5. Matthew 5:19
    Whosoever therefore shall break one of these least commandments, and shall teach men so, he shall be called the least in the kingdom of heaven: but whosoever shall do and teach them, the same shall be called great in the kingdom of heaven.
  6. Matthew 5:32
    But I say unto you, That whosoever shall put away his wife, saving for the cause of fornication, causeth her to commit adultery: and whosoever shall marry her that is divorced committeth adultery.
  7. Matthew 5:36
    Neither shalt thou swear by thy head, because thou canst not make one hair white or black.
  8. Matthew 5:46
    For if ye love them which love you, what reward have ye? do not even the publicans the same?
  9. Matthew 5:47
    And if ye salute your brethren only, what do ye more than others? do not even the publicans so?
  10. Matthew 6:1
    Take heed that ye do not your alms before men, to be seen of them: otherwise ye have no reward of your Father which is in heaven.
  11. Matthew 6:2
    Therefore when thou doest thine alms, do not sound a trumpet before thee, as the hypocrites do in the synagogues and in the streets, that they may have glory of men. Verily I say unto you, They have their reward.
  12. Matthew 7:12
    Therefore all things whatsoever ye would that men should do to you, do ye even so to them: for this is the law and the prophets.
  13. Matthew 7:17
    Even so every good tree bringeth forth good fruit; but a corrupt tree bringeth forth evil fruit.
  14. Matthew 7:18
    A good tree cannot bring forth evil fruit, neither can a corrupt tree bring forth good fruit.
  15. Matthew 7:21
    Not every one that saith unto me, Lord, Lord, shall enter into the kingdom of heaven; but he that doeth the will of my Father which is in heaven.
  16. Matthew 7:22
    Many will say to me in that day, Lord, Lord, have we not prophesied in thy name? and in thy name have cast out devils? and in thy name done many wonderful works?
  17. Matthew 7:24
    Therefore whosoever heareth these sayings of mine, and doeth them, I will liken him unto a wise man, which built his house upon a rock:
  18. Matthew 7:26
    And every one that heareth these sayings of mine, and doeth them not, shall be likened unto a foolish man, which built his house upon the sand:
  19. Matthew 8:9
    For I am a man under authority, having soldiers under me: and I say to this man, Go, and he goeth; and to another, Come, and he cometh; and to my servant, Do this, and he doeth it.
  20. Matthew 9:28
    And when he was come into the house, the blind men came to him: and Jesus saith unto them, Believe ye that I am able to do this? They said unto him, Yea, Lord.
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ποιέω,
Doric dialect ποιϝέω [Refs (“IG” 4.800 (from Troezen))], etc.: Epic dialect imperfect ποίεον [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 20.147)]; contraction ποίει [Refs (18.482)]; Ionic dialect ποιέεσκον [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.36, 4.78:)]future ποιήσω: aorist ἐποίησα, Epic dialect ποίησα [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 18.490:)]perfect πεποίηκα:—middle, Ionic dialect imperfect ποιεέσκετο [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 7.119)]: future ποιήσομαι [Refs 8th c.BC+ (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:)]aorist ἐποιησάμην, Epic dialect ποι- [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 5.251, +others:)]perfect πεποίημαι in middle sense, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Andocides Orator 4.22, Decrees cited in 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 18.29:)] —passive, future ποιηθήσομαι (μετα-) [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 23.62)], see above; πεποιήσομαι [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “γυναικεῖα” 1.11, 37)]: aorist ἐποιήθην [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 2.159, etc. (used as _middle_ only in _compound_ προσ-))]: perfect πεποίημαι [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 6.56, etc.)]:—Attic dialect ποῶ [Refs ((“Etymologicum Magnum” 679.24))], etc., is guaranteed by metre in Trag. and Comedy texts, as ποῶ [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Tyrannus” 918, ποεῖν [prev. author] “Tr.” 385, ποεῖς 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Acharnenses” 410, etc.)], and found in codex Laur. of [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus, codex Rav. of 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus, also “IG” 12.39.6)] (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 [Refs 7th c.BC+ (“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))]; compare ποιητής. Used in two general senses, make and do.
A make, produce, first of something material, as manufactures, works of art, etc. (opposed to πράττειν, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (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)]; π. πύλας ἐν [πύργοις] [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 7.339)]; of smith's work, π. σάκος[Refs ([prev. work] 222; ἐν [σάκεϊ] ποίει δαίδαλα πολλά 18.482, compare 490, 573: frequently in Inscrr. on works of art, Πολυμήδης ἐποίϝη)]h' (= ἐποίησε) Ἀργεῖος [Refs 6th c.BC+ (“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.)]; τίς.. τὴν λίθον ταύτην τέκτων ἐποίε; [Refs 3rd c.BC+ (3rd c.BC: Herodas Mimographus 4.22)]; εἵματα ἀπὸ ξύλων πεποιημένα made from trees, i.e. of cotton, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (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)]to be made with.., [Refs 3rd c.AD+ (3rd c.AD(?): Longus Scriptor Eroticus 1.4)]; also τῶν τὰ κέρεα.. οἱ πήχεες ποιεῦνται the horns of which are made into the sides of the lyre, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 4.192)]; also δέρμα εἰς περικεφαλαίας πεποίηται [Refs (Scholia Patm.D.in “BCH” 1.144)]:—middle, make for oneself, as of bees, οἰκία ποιήσωνται build them houses, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (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)]; [ῥεῖθρον] π., of a river, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-3rd c.BC: Theophrastus Philosophus “Historia Plantarum” 3.1.5)]; also, have a thing made, get it made, ὀβελούς [Refs 5th c.BC+ (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)]; τὸν Ἀπόλλω, i.e. a statue of [Refs 5th c.BC+ (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?).)]
A.2 create, bring into existence, γένος ἀνθρώπων χρύσεον [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th-7th c.BC: Hesiodus Epicus “Opera et Dies” 110, compare “Th.” 161, 579, etc.; ὁ ποιῶν)]the creator, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Timaeus” 76c; ἕτερον Φίλιππον ποιήσετε 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 4.11)]:—middle, beget, υἱόν [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Andocides Orator 1.124; ἔκ τινος [prev. author] 4.22)]; παῖδας ποιεῖσθαι, ={παιδοποιεῖσθαι}, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Institutio Cyri (Cyropaedia)” 5.3.19, 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 57.43)]; conceive, παιδίον π. ἔκ τινος [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Symposium” 203b)]:—active in this sense only in later Gr., [Refs 1st c.AD+ (1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus 2.312a)]; of the woman, παιδίον ποιῆσαι [Refs ([prev. work]145d.)]
A.3 generally, produce, ὕδωρ π., of Zeus, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (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)]; π. γάλα, of certain kinds of food, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Historia Animalium” 522b32)]; ἄρρεν π., of an egg, [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd-3rd c.AD: Aelianus “Varia Historia” 1.15)]; μέλι ἄριστον π., of Hymettus, [Refs 1st c.BC+ (1st c.BC-1st c.AD: Strabo Geographus 9.1.23)]; π. καρπόν, of trees, [NT (NT.Matt.3.10)] (metaphorically in religious sense,[Refs ([prev. work] 8))]; of men, κριθὰς π. grow barley, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Pax” 1322; π. σίτου μεδίμνους 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 42.20)]; π. πενίαν, πλοῦτον, of the stars, [Refs 3rd c.AD+ (3rd c.AD: Plotinus Philosophus 2.3.1.)]
A.3.b in Mathematics texts, make, produce, τομήν, σχῆμα, ὀρθὰς γωνίας, [Refs 3rd c.BC+ (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:)] —passive, πεποιήσθω ὡς.. let it be contrived that.., [Refs 3rd c.BC+ (3rd c.BC: Archimedes Geometra “περὶ σφαίρας καὶ κυλίνδρου” 2.6.)]
A.3.c postulate, imply, ἡ προσθήκη ἀφαίρεσιν καὶ ἔλλειψιν ποιεῖ [Refs 3rd c.AD+ (3rd c.AD: Plotinus Philosophus 3.9.3.)]
A.3.d π. τὸ πρόβλημα effect a solution of the problem, [Refs 3rd c.BC+ (3rd-2nd c.BC: Apollonius Pergaeus Geometra “Conica” 2.49, 51)]; π. τὸ ἐπίταγμα fulfil, satisfy the required condition, [Refs 3rd c.BC+ (3rd c.BC: Archimedes Geometra “περὶ σφαίρας καὶ κυλίνδρου” 1.2, 3.)]
A.4 after [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Homerus Epicus)], of Poets, compose, write, π. διθύραμβον, ἔπεα, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.23, 4.14; π. θεογονίην Ἕλλησι [prev. author] 2.53)]; π. Φαίδραν, Σατύρους, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Thesmophoriazusae” 153, 157)]; π. κωμῳδίαν, τραγῳδίαν, etc., [Refs 5th c.BC+ (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)]: absolutely, write poetry, write as a poet, ὀρθῶς π. [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 3.38; ἐν τοῖσι ἔπεσι π. [prev. author] 4.16, compare 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Ion” 534b)]: followed by a quotation, ἐπόησάς ποτε.. [Refs 5th c.BC+ (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.)]
A.4.b represent in poetry, Ὅμηρον Ἀχιλλέα πεποιηκέναι ἀμείνω Ὀδυσσέως [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Hp.Mi.” 369c, compare 364c, “Smp.” 174b)]; ποιήσας τὸν Ἀχιλλέα λέγοντα having represented Achilles saying, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (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.)]
A.4.c describe in verse, θεὸν ἐν ἔπεσιν [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 379a)]; ἐποίησα μύθους τοὺς Αἰσώπου put them into verse, [Refs 4th c.BC+ ([prev. author] “Phd.” 61b; μῦθον 4th c.BC: Lycurgus Orator 100.)]
A.4.d invent, καινοὺς θεούς [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Euthyphro” 3b)]; ὑπὸ ποιητέω τινὸς ποιηθὲν [τοὔνομα] [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 3.115; πεποιημένα ὀνόματα 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Rhetorica” 1404b29, compare “Po.” 1457b2)]; opposed to αὐτοφυῆ, κύρια, [Refs 1st c.BC+ (1st c.BC: Dionysius Halicarnassensis “de Isaeo” 7, “Pomp.” 2.)]
A.II bring about, cause, τελευτήν [Refs 8th c.BC+ (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.)]; also of things, ἄνεμοι αὐτοὶ μὲν οὐχ ὁρῶνται· ἃ δὲ ποιοῦσι φανερά [Refs 5th c.BC+ (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.)]
A.II.b with accusative et infinitive, cause or bring about that.., σε θεοὶ ποίησαν ἱκέσθαι [ἐς] οἶκον [Refs 8th c.BC+ (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)]; π. τινὰ αἰσχύνεσθαι, κλάειν, ἀπορεῖν, etc., [Refs 5th c.BC+ (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.)]: followed by a relative clause, π. ὅκως ἔσται ἡ Κύπρος ἐλευθέρη [Refs 5th c.BC+ (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:)] —also middle, ἐποιήσατο ὡς ἐν ἀσφαλεῖ εἶεν[Refs ([prev. work] 6.1.23.)]
A.II.2 procure, π. ἄδειάν τε καὶ κάθοδόν τινι [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 8.76; ὁ νόμος π. τὴν κληρονομίαν τισί 4th c.BC: Isaeus Orator 11.1)]; λόγος ἀργύριον τῷ λέγοντι π. gets him money, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 10.76)]:—middle, procure for oneself, gain, κλέος αὐτῇ ποιεῖτ᾽ [Refs 8th c.BC+ (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.)]
A.II.3 of sacrifices, festivals, etc., celebrate, π. ἱρά [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 9.19, compare 2.49 (_active_ and _passive_))]; π. τὴν θυσίαν τῷ Ποσειδῶνι [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Historia Graeca (Hellenica)” 4.5.1)]; π. Ἴσθμια[Refs 5th c.BC+ ([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)]; π. σάββατα observe the Sabbath, [LXX (LXX.Exo.31.16)]; π. ταφάς, of a public funeral, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Menexenus” 234b; π. ἐπαρήν “SIG” 38.30 (Teos, 5th c.BC))]; also of political assemblies, π. ἐκκλησίαν [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Equites” 746, 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 1.139; π. μυστήρια [prev. author] 6.28 (_passive_))]; ξύλλογον σφῶν αὐτῶν [Refs ([prev. author] 1.67)]:—middle, ἀγορὴν ποιήσατο [Refs 8th c.BC+ (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.)]
A.II.4 of war and peace, πόλεμον π. cause or give rise to a war, πόλεμον ἡμῖν ἀντ᾽ εἰρήνης πρὸς Αακεδαιμονίους π. [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Isaeus Orator 11.48)]; but π. ποιησόμενοι about to make war (on one's own part), [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Anabasis” 5.5.24)]; εἰρήνην π. bring about a peace (for others), [Refs 5th c.BC+ (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)]; but εἰρήνην ποιεῖσθαι make peace (for oneself), [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Andocides Orator 3.11; σπονδὰς ποιήσασθαι 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 1.28, etc.)]:—passive, ἐπεποίητο συμμαχίη [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.77, etc.)]
A.II.5 frequently in middle with Nouns periphrastic for the Verb derived from the Noun, μύθου ποιήσασθαι ἐπισχεσίην submit a plea, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 21.71)]; ποιέεσθαι ὁδοιπορίην, for ὁδοιπορέειν, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 2.29; π. ὁδόν [prev. author] 7.42, 110, 112, etc.)]; π. πλόον, for πλέειν, [Refs 5th c.BC+ ([prev. author] 6.95, compare 5th c.BC: Antipho Orator 5.21)]; π. κομιδήν, for κομίζεσθαι, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 6.95)]; θῶμα π. τὴν ἐργασίην, for θωμάζειν, [Refs ([prev. author] 1.68)]; ὀργὴν π., for ὀργίζεσθαι, [Refs ([prev. author] 3.25)]; λήθην π. τι, for λανθάνεσθαί τινος, [Refs ([prev. author] 1.127)]; βουλὴν π., for βουλεύεσθαι, [Refs ([prev. author] 6.101)]; συμβολὴν π., for συμβάλλεσθαι, [Refs ([prev. author] 9.45)]; τὰς μάχας π., for μάχεσθαι, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Electra” 302, etc.)]; καταφυγὴν π., for καταφεύγειν, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Antipho Orator 1.4)]; ἀγῶνα π., for ἀγωνίζεσθαι, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 2.89)]; π. λόγον [τινός] make account of.., [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 7.156)]; but τοὺς λόγους π. hold a conference, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 1.128)]; also simply for λέγειν, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Lysias Orator 25.2, compare 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 527a, etc.)]; also π. δι᾽ ἀγγέλου, π. διὰ χρηστηρίων, communicate by a messenger, an oracle, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 6.4, 8.134.)]
A.III with adjective as predicate, make, render so and so, ποιῆσαί τινα ἄφρονα make one senseless, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 23.12)]; [δῶρα] ὄλβια ποιεῖν make them blest, i.e. prosper them,[Refs 8th c.BC+ (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)] substantive, ποιῆσαι ἀθύρματα make into playthings, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (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)]: hence, appoint, instal, τὸν Μωϋσῆν καὶ τὸν Ἀαρών [LXX+NT (LXX.1Ki.12.6; δώδεκα NT.Mark.3.14:—)]middle, ποιεῖσθαί τινα ἑταῖρον make him one's friend, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th-7th c.BC: Hesiodus Epicus “Opera et Dies” 707, compare 714)]; π. τινὰ ἄλοχον or ἄκοιτιν take her to oneself as wife, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 3.409, 9.397, compare 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 5.120, etc.)]; π. τινὰ παῖδα make him one's son, i.e. adopt him as son, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 9.495, etc.)]; θετὸν παῖδα π. adopt a son, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 6.57: without υἱόν,)] adopt, ἐπειδὴ οὐκ ἦσαν αὐτῷ παῖδες ἄρρενες, π. Λεωκράτη [Refs 8th c.BC+ (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)]; τὰ ἔπεα ἀπόρρητα π. making them a secret, [Refs ([prev. author] 9.45, etc.)]; also ἑωυτοῦ ποιέεται τὸ.. ἔργον makes it his own, [Refs 5th c.BC+ ([prev. author] 1.129; μηδ᾽ ἃ μὴ 'θιγες ποιοῦ σεαυτῆς 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Antigone” 547.)]
A.IV put in a certain place or condition, etc., ἐμοὶ Ζεὺς.. ἐνὶ φρεσὶν ὧδε νόημα ποίησ᾽ [Refs 8th c.BC+ (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)]; of troops, form them, ὡς ἂν κράτιστα.. [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Anabasis” 5.2.11, compare 3.4.21)]; in politics, ἐς ὀλίγους τὰς ἀρχὰς π. [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 8.53)]; and in war, π. Γετταλίαν ὑπὸ Φιλίππῳ bring it under his power, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 18.48; μήτε τοὺς νόμους μήθ᾽ ὑμᾶς αὐτοὺς ἐπὶ τοῖς λέγουσι π. [prev. author] 58.61)]:—middle, ποιέεσθαι ὑπ᾽ ἑωυτῷ [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.201, compare 5.103, etc.; ὑπὸ χεῖρα 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Agesilaus” 1.22)]; π. τινὰς ἐς φυλακήν, τὰ τῶν ξυμμάχων ἐς ἀσφάλειαν, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 3.3, 8.1; τινὰς ἐς τὸ συμμαχικόν 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 9.106)]; τὰ λεπτὰ πλοῖα ἐντὸς π. put the small vessels in the middle, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 2.83, compare 6.67)]; π. τινὰ ἐκποδών (see. ἐκποδών); ὄπισθεν π. τὸν ποταμόν [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Anabasis” 1.10.9.)]
A.IV.2 in Mathematics texts, multiply, π. τὰ ιβ ἐπὶ τὰ έ, τὰ ζ ἐφ᾽ ἑαυτὰ π., [Refs 2nd c.BC+ (2nd-1st c.BC(?): Hero Mechanicus “Metrica” 1.8, 2.14.)]
A.V middle, deem, consider, reckon a thing as.., συμφορὴν ποιέεσθαί τι take it for a misfortune, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.83, 6.61)]; δεινὸν π. τι esteem it a grievous thing, take it ill, [Refs ([prev. author] 1.127, etc.)] (rarely in active, δεινὰ π. [Refs 5th c.BC+ (2.121.έ, 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 5.42))]; μέγα π. with infinitive, deem it a great matter that.., [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 8.3, compare 3.42, etc.; μεγάλα π. ὅτι.. [prev. author] 1.119)]; ἑρμαῖον π. τι count it clear gain, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (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.)] deem of no account, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Coloneus” 584)]; ἐν ἐλαφρῷ, ἐν ὁμοίῳ π., [Refs 5th c.BC+ (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)]; ἐν νόμῳ π. consider as lawful, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.131)]; ἐν ἀδείῃ π. consider as safe, [Refs 5th c.BC+ ([prev. author] 9.42; παρ᾽ ὀλίγον π. τι 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Anabasis” 6.6.11)]; περὶ πολλοῦ π., Latin magni facere, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Lysias Orator 1.1, etc.)]; περὶ πλείονος, περὶ πλείστου π., [Refs 5th c.BC+ ([prev. author] 14.40, 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Apologia” 21e, etc.)]; περὶ ὀλίγου, περὶ ἐλάττονος, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (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))]; πρὸ πολλοῦ π. with infinitive, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Isocrates Orator 5.138.)]
A.VI put the case, assume that.., ποιήσας ἀν᾽ ὀγδώκοντα ἄνδρας ἐνεῖναι [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 7.184, compare 186, 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Anabasis” 5.7.9)]: without infinitive, ἐν ἑκάστῃ ψυχῇ ποιήσωμεν περιστερεῶνά τινα (i.e. εἶναι) [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Theaetetus” 197d)]:—passive, πεποιήσθω δή be it assumed then, [Refs ([prev. work]e)]; οἱ φιλοσοφώτατοι ποιούμενοι those who are reputed.., [Refs ([prev. author] “R.” 498a, compare 538c, 573b:—but for τὸν φιλόσοφον ποιώμεθα νομίζειν [prev. work] 581d)] read τί οἰώμεθα..;
A.VII of Time, οὐ π. χρόνον make no long time, i. e. not to delay, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 19.163 codices)]; μακρότερον ποιεῖς you are taking too long, [Refs 3rd c.BC+ (“PCair.Zen.” 48.4 (3rd c.BC))]; μέσας π. νύκτας let midnight come, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Philebus” 50d, compare “Anthologia Graeca” 11.85 (1st c.AD: Lucillius Epigrammaticus))]; ἔξω μέσων νυκτῶν π. τὴν ὥραν put off the time of business to past midnight, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 54.26)]; τὴν νύκτα ἐφ᾽ ὅπλοις ποιεῖσθαι spend it under arms, [LXX+5th c.BC+ (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))]; τὰς ἡμέρας ἐν τοῖς ὕδασι π. [Refs 1st c.BC+ (1st c.BC: Diodorus Siculus Historicus 1.35)]; tarry, stay, μῆνας τρεῖς [NT+1st c.AD+ (NT.Act.20.3, compare “Anthologia Graeca” 11.330 (1st c.AD: Nicarchus Epigrammaticus).)]
A.VIII in later Greek, sacrifice, μοσχάριον [LXX (LXX.Exo.29.36)]; καρπώσεις ὑπέρ τινος[LXX (LXX.Job.42.8: without _accusative_, π. Ἀστάρτῃ)] sacrifice to Ashtoreth,[LXX (LXX.1Ki.11.33.)]
A.IX make ready, prepare, as food, μοσχάριον[LXX (LXX.Gen.18.7f)]; π. τὸν μύστακα trim it,[LXX (LXX.2Ki.19.24(25).)]
A.X ποιεῖν βασιλέα play the king,[LXX (LXX.3Ki.20 (21). 7.)]
B do, much like{πράσσω, οὐδὲν ἂν ὧν νυνὶ πεποίηκεν ἔπραξεν} [Refs 8th c.BC+ (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)]; ποιέειν Σπαρτιητικά act like a Spartan, [Refs 5th c.BC+ ([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)]; π. τὴν μουσικήν practise it, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Phaedo” 60e, etc.)]; πᾶν or πάντα π., see at {πᾶς} [Refs 4th c.BC+ (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.)]
B.2 with double accusative, do something to another, κακά or ἀγαθὰ ποιεῖν τινα, first in [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 3.75, +others)]; ἀγαθόν, κακὸν π. τινά, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (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)]; τὴν ἐκείνου (i.e. χώραν) κακῶς π. [LXX+5th c.BC+ (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)]; also of things, ἀργύριον τωὐτὸ τοῦτο ἐποίεε he did this same thing with silver, [LXX+5th c.BC+ (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)]:—in middle, φίλα ποιέεσθαί τισι [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 2.152, 5.37.)]
B.3 with an adverb, ὧδε ποίησον do thus, [Refs ([prev. author] 1.112)]; πῶς ποιήσει; how will you act? [Refs 5th c.BC+ (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)]: frequently with participle, εὖ ἐποίησας ἀπικόμενος [Refs 5th c.BC+ (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)]; καλῶς ποιῶν almost Adverbial, καλῶς γ᾽, ἔφη, ποιῶν σύ [Refs 4th c.BC+ ([prev. author] “Smp.” 174e; καλῶς ποιοῦντες.. πράττετε 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 20.110, compare 1.28; εὖ ποιοῦν)]fortunately, [Refs ([prev. author] 23.143.)]
B.4 in Prose (rarely in Poetry, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (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)] I will do this for you, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 18.52, compare 292, 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 5.97, 4th c.BC: Isaeus Orator 7.35.)]
B.II absolutely, to be doing, act, ποιέειν ἢ παθεῖν πρόκειται ἀγών [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 7.11)]; ποιεῖν, as a category, opposed to πάσχειν, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Categoriae” 2a3, compare “GC” 322b11, “Ph.” 225b13.)]
B.II.b of medicine, operate, be efficacious, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Phaedo” 117b; λουτρὰ κάλλιστα ποιοῦντα πρὸς νόσους 1st c.BC-1st c.AD: Strabo Geographus 5.3.6)]; πρὸς στραγγουρίαν, πρὸς τοὺς δαιμονιζομένους, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (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)]; also of charms, [Refs (“PMag.Osl.” 1.361.)]
B.II.2 [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus has a peculiar usage, ἡ εὔνοια παρὰ πολὺ ἐποίει μᾶλλον ἐς τοὺς Λακεδαιμονίους)] good-will made greatly for, on the side of, the L., [Refs (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)]: the former passage is imitated by [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (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.)]
C middle, ={προσποιέομαι}, pretend, with infinitive, [Refs 1st c.BC+ (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.))] 'builder', 'maker', cf. Sanskrit cinóti, cáyati 'arrange in order', 'build'.)