ποίημα

English (LSJ)

ατος, τό, (ποιέω)

   A anything made or done: hence,    I work, π. χρύσεα, χάλκεα καὶ σιδήρεα, Hdt.4.5, 7.84, cf. 2.135; Γλαύκου τοῦ Χίου π. Id.1.25; of the works of Daedalus, Pl.Men.97e; π. ἐραστοῦ a lover's invention, Id.R.474e; product, of land formed by silting-up of rivers, Arr.An.5.6.4(pl.).    2 poem, Cratin.186, Pl.Phd.60d, Ly.221d; τὰ μετὰ μέτρου π. Isoc.2.7, 15.45; π. εἰς τὰς Μούσας IG7.1773.17 (Thespiae, ii A. D.): pl., of single verses, = ἔπη, D.H.1.41, Comp.3.    b poetical, esp. metrical, form, περὶ ποιήματος, title of work by Hephaestio.    3 fiction, Arr.An.5.6.5(pl.).    4 onomatopoeic word, Hsch. s.v. μάματα.    II deed, act, opp. πάθημα, Pl.R. 437b(pl.), Sph.248b; π. πονηρά LXX 2 Es.9.13. (Written ποιϝήματα (in signf. 1.1) in Mnemos.57.208 (Argos, vi B.C.).)