Strong G4160G4160Jποιέω
to do/make: spend(TIME)
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 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 G4160J appears in 5 verses of the KJV.
Translated in the KJV by
- abode1
- be1
- continue1
- spend1
- tarry1
First verses
- Acts 15:33And after they had tarried there a space, they were let go in peace from the brethren unto the apostles.
- Acts 18:23And after he had spent some time there, he departed, and went over all the country of Galatia and Phrygia in order, strengthening all the disciples.
- Acts 20:3And there abode three months. And when the Jews laid wait for him, as he was about to sail into Syria, he purposed to return through Macedonia.
- 2 Corinthians 11:25Thrice was I beaten with rods, once was I stoned, thrice I suffered shipwreck, a night and a day I have been in the deep;
- James 4:13Go to now, ye that say, To day or to morrow we will go into such a city, and continue there a year, and buy and sell, and get gain:
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Detailed Greek dictionary
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'.)
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'.)