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|Definition=Dor. [[ποιϝέω]] <span class="title">IG</span>4.800 (Troezen), etc.: Ep. impf. <span class="sense"><span class="bld">A</span> ποίεον <span class="bibl">Il. 20.147</span>; contr. ποίει <span class="bibl">18.482</span>; Ion. ποιέεσκον <span class="bibl">Hdt.1.36</span>, <span class="bibl">4.78</span>: fut. [[ποιήσω]]: aor. [[ἐποίησα]], Ep. ποίησα <span class="bibl">Il.18.490</span>: pf. [[πεποίηκα]]:—Med., Ion. impf. ποιεέσκετο <span class="bibl">Hdt.7.119</span>: fut. ποιήσομαι <span class="bibl">Il.9.397</span>: in pass. sense, <span class="bibl">Hp.<span class="title">Decent.</span>11</span>, <span class="bibl">Arist.<span class="title">Metaph.</span>1021a23</span>: aor. [[ἐποιησάμην]], Ep. ποι- <span class="bibl">Od.5.251</span>, al.: pf. [[πεποίημαι]] in med. sense, <span class="bibl">And.4.22</span>, Decr. ap. <span class="bibl">D. 18.29</span>:—Pass., fut. [[ποιηθήσομαι]] (μεταποιέω) <span class="bibl">D.23.62</span>, v. supr.; πεποιήσομαι <span class="bibl">Hp.<span class="title">Mul.</span>1.11</span>,<span class="bibl">37</span>: aor. ἐποιήθην <span class="bibl">Hdt.2.159</span>, etc. (used as Med. only in compd. [[προσποιέω]]): pf. πεποίημαι <span class="bibl">Il.6.56</span>, etc.:—Att. ποῶ (<span class="bibl"><span class="title">EM</span> 679.24</span>), etc., is guaranteed by metre in Trag. and Com., as ποῶ <span class="bibl">S. <span class="title">OT</span>918</span>, ποεῖν <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Tr.</span>385</span>, ποεῖς <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">Ach.</span>410</span>, etc., and found in cod. Laur. of S., cod. Rav. of Ar., also <span class="title">IG</span>12.39.6 (ποήσω), 82.9 ([[ποεῖ]]), 154.7 (ἐποησάτην), etc.; but [[ποι-]] is always written before <b class="b3">-οι, -ου, -ω</b> in Inscrr.: [[πο-]] also in Aeol. πόημι πόης πόει <span class="bibl"><span class="title">PBouriant</span>8.71</span>,<span class="bibl">75</span>, <span class="bibl">Sapph. <span class="title">Supp.</span>1.9</span>, al., and Arc. [[ποέντω]], = [[ποιούντων]], <span class="title">IG</span>5(2).6.9 (Tegea, iv B.C.); cf. [[ποιητής]]. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">0-0</span>Used in two general senses, [[make]] and [[do]]. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">A</span> [[make]], [[produce]], first of something material, as manufactures, works of art, etc. (opp. [[πράττειν]], <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Chrm.</span>163b</span>), in Hom. freq. of building, π. [[δῶμα]], [[τύμβον]], <span class="bibl">Il.1.608</span>,<span class="bibl">7.435</span>; εἴδωλον <span class="bibl">Od.4.796</span>; π. πύλας ἐν [πύργοις] <span class="bibl">Il.7.339</span>; of smith's work, π. [[σάκος]] ib.<span class="bibl">222</span>; ἐν [σάκεϊ] ποίει δαίδαλα πολλά <span class="bibl">18.482</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">490</span>,<span class="bibl">573</span>: freq. in Inscrr. on works of art, [[Πολυμήδης]] ἐποίϝηh' (= ἐποίησε) Ἀργεῖος <span class="title">SIG</span>5 (vi B.C., cf. <span class="title">Class.Phil.</span>20.139); Θεόπροπος ἐποίει Αἰγινάτας <span class="title">SIG</span>18(vi/v B.C.), etc.; ἐποίησε [[Τερψικλῆς]] ib.3b (Milet., vi B.C.), etc.; τίς… τὴν λίθον ταύτην τέκτων ἐποίει; <span class="bibl">Herod.4.22</span>; εἵματα ἀπὸ ξύλων πεποιημένα = [[made]] from trees, i.e. of cotton, <span class="bibl">Hdt.7.65</span>; ναὸν ἀπὸ τοῦ ἱεροῦ ἀργυρίου <span class="bibl">X.<span class="title">An.</span> 5.3.9</span>; πλοῖα ἐκ τῆς ἀκάνθης ποιεύμενα <span class="bibl">Hdt.2.96</span>; καρβάτιναι πεποιημέναι ἐκ βοῶν <span class="bibl">X.<span class="title">An.</span>4.5.14</span>: c. gen. materiae, πωρίνου λίθου π. τὸν νηόν <span class="bibl">Hdt.5.62</span>; ἔρυμα λίθων λογάδην πεποιημένον <span class="bibl">Th.4.31</span>; φοίνικος αἱ θύραι πεποιημέναι <span class="bibl">X.<span class="title">Cyr.</span>7.5.22</span>: rarely ποιεῖσθαί τινι to [[be made with]]…, <span class="bibl">Longus 1.4</span>; also τῶν τὰ κέρεα… οἱ πήχεες ποιεῦνται = the [[horn]]s of which are [[made]] into the sides of the [[lyre]], <span class="bibl">Hdt.4.192</span>; also [[δέρμα]] εἰς περικεφαλαίας πεποίηται Sch.Patm.D.in <span class="title">BCH</span>1.144:—Med., [[make for oneself]], as of bees, οἰκία ποιήσωνται = [[build]] them [[house]]s, <span class="bibl">Il.12.168</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">5.735</span>, <span class="bibl">Od.5.251</span>, <span class="bibl">259</span>, <span class="bibl">Hes.<span class="title">Op.</span>503</span>; [[ῥεῖθρον]] π., of a [[river]], <span class="bibl">Thphr. <span class="title">HP</span>3.1.5</span>; also, [[have]] a thing [[made]], [[get]] it [[made]], ὀβελούς <span class="bibl">Hdt.2.135</span>; στεφάνους οὓς ἐποιησάμην τῷ χορῷ <span class="bibl">D.21.16</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">X.<span class="title">An.</span>5.3.5</span>; τὸν Ἀπόλλω, i.e. a [[statue]] of [[Apollo]], <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Ep.</span>361a</span>; αὑτοῦ εἰκόνας <span class="bibl">Plu. <span class="title">Them.</span>5</span>, cf. <span class="title">Inscr.Prien.</span>25.9 (iii B.C.?). </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">2</span> [[create]], [[bring into existence]], [[γένος]] ἀνθρώπων χρύσεον <span class="bibl">Hes.<span class="title">Op.</span>110</span>, cf. <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Th.</span>161</span>, <span class="bibl">579</span>, etc.; ὁ [[ποιῶν]] the [[creator]], <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Ti.</span> 76c</span>; ἕτερον Φίλιππον ποιήσετε <span class="bibl">D.4.11</span>:—Med., [[beget]], υἱόν <span class="bibl">And.1.124</span>; ἔκ τινος <span class="bibl">Id.4.22</span>; [[παῖδας ποιεῖσθαι]], = [[παιδοποιεῖσθαι]], <span class="bibl">X.<span class="title">Cyr.</span>5.3.19</span>, <span class="bibl">D.57.43</span>; [[conceive]], παιδίον π. ἔκ τινος <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Smp.</span>203b</span>:—Act. in this sense only in later Gr., Plu.2.312a; of the woman, [[παιδίον ποιῆσαι]] ib.145d. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">3</span> generally, [[produce]], [[ὕδωρ]] π., of Zeus, <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">V.</span>261</span>: impers., ἐὰν πλείω ποιῇ ὕδατα = ἐὰν ὕη, <span class="bibl">Thphr.<span class="title">CP</span>1.19.3</span>; π. [[γάλα]], of certain kinds of food, <span class="bibl">Arist.<span class="title">HA</span>522b32</span>; [[ἄρρεν]] π., of an egg, <span class="bibl">Ael.<span class="title">VH</span>1.15</span>; [[μέλι]] [[ἄριστον]] π., of [[Hymettus]], <span class="bibl">Str.9.1.23</span>; π. καρπόν, of trees, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Ev.Matt.</span>3.10</span> (metaph. in religious sense, ib.<span class="bibl">8</span>); of men, κριθὰς π]. [[grow]] [[barley]], <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">Pax</span>1322</span>; π. σίτου μεδίμνους <span class="bibl">D.42.20</span>; π. [[πενία]]ν, πλοῦτον, of the stars, <span class="bibl">Plot.2.3.1</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">b</span> Math., [[make]], [[produce]], [[τομή]]ν, [[σχῆμα]], ὀρθὰς γωνίας, <span class="bibl">Archim. <span class="title">Sph.Cyl.</span>1.16</span>,<span class="bibl">38</span>, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Con.Sph.</span>12</span>; ὁ Α τὸν Γ πολλαπλασιάσας τὸν Η πεποίηκεν <span class="bibl">Euc.7.19</span>:—Pass., πεποιήσθω ὡς .. let it be [[contrive]]d that... <span class="bibl">Archim. <span class="title">Sph.Cyl.</span>2.6</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">c</span> [[postulate]], [[imply]], ἡ προσθήκη ἀφαίρεσιν καὶ ἔλλειψιν ποιεῖ <span class="bibl">Plot.3.9.3</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">d</span> π. τὸ [[πρόβλημα]] [[effect]] a [[solution]] of the [[problem]], <span class="bibl">Apollon.Perg.<span class="title">Con.</span>2.49</span>,<span class="bibl">51</span>; π. τὸ [[ἐπίταγμα]] [[fulfil]], [[satisfy]] the [[require]]d [[condition]], <span class="bibl">Archim.<span class="title">Sph.Cyl.</span>1.2</span>,<span class="bibl">3</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">4</span> after Hom., of Poets, [[compose]], [[write]], π. διθύραμβον, [[ἔπεα]], <span class="bibl">Hdt.1.23</span>, <span class="bibl">4.14</span>; π. θεογονίην Ἕλλησι <span class="bibl">Id.2.53</span>; π. Φαίδραν, Σατύρους, <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">Th.</span>153</span>, <span class="bibl">157</span>; [[ποιεῖν]] [[κωμῳδία]]ν, [[τραγῳδία]]ν, etc., <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Smp.</span>223d</span>; παλινῳδίαν <span class="bibl">Isoc.10.64</span>, <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Phdr.</span>243b</span>, etc.; ποιήματα <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Phd.</span>60d</span>: abs., [[write poetry]], [[write as a poet]], [[ὀρθῶς]] π. <span class="bibl">Hdt.3.38</span>; ἐν τοῖσι ἔπεσι π. <span class="bibl">Id.4.16</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Ion</span>534b</span>: folld. by a quotation, ἐπόησάς ποτε… <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">Th.</span>193</span>; εἴς τινα <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Phd.</span>61b</span>; περὶ θεῶν <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">R.</span>383a</span>, etc. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">b</span> [[represent in poetry]], Ὅμηρον Ἀχιλλέα πεποιηκέναι ἀμείνω Ὀδυσσέως <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Hp.Mi.</span>369c</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">364c</span>, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Smp.</span>174b</span>; ποιήσας τὸν Ἀχιλλέα λέγοντα = having [[represent]]ed [[Achilles]] saying, Plu.2.105b, cf. 25d, <span class="bibl">Pl. <span class="title">Grg.</span> 525d</span>, <span class="bibl">525e</span>, <span class="bibl">Arist.<span class="title">Po.</span>1453b29</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">c</span> [[describe in verse]], θεὸν ἐν ἔπεσιν <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">R.</span>379a</span>; ἐποίησα μύθους τοὺς Αἰσώπου = [[put]] them into [[verse]], <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Phd.</span> 61b</span>; μῦθον <span class="bibl">Lycurg.100</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">d</span> [[invent]], καινοὺς θεούς <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Euthphr.</span>3b</span>; ὑπὸ ποιητέω τινὸς ποιηθὲν [τοὔνομα] <span class="bibl">Hdt.3.115</span>; πεποιημένα ὀνόματα <span class="bibl">Arist.<span class="title">Rh.</span>1404b29</span>, cf.<span class="bibl"><span class="title">Po.</span>1457b2</span>; opp. αὐτοφυῆ, κύρια, <span class="bibl">D.H.<span class="title">Is.</span>7</span>, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Pomp.</span> 2</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">II</span> [[bring about]], [[cause]], τελευτήν <span class="bibl">Od.1.250</span>; γαλήνην <span class="bibl">5.452</span>; φόβον <span class="bibl">Il.12.432</span>; σιωπὴν παρὰ πάντων <span class="bibl">X.<span class="title">HG</span>6.3.10</span>; τέρψιν τοῖς θεωμένοις <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Mem.</span>3.10.8</span>; αἰσχύνην τῇ πόλει <span class="bibl">Isoc.7.54</span>, etc.; also of things, ἄνεμοι αὐτοὶ μὲν οὐχ ὁρῶνται· ἃ δὲ ποιοῦσι φανερά <span class="bibl">X.<span class="title">Mem.</span>4.3.14</span>; ταὐτὸν ἐποίει αὐτοῖς νικᾶν τε μαχομένοις καὶ μηδὲ μάχεσθαι <span class="bibl">Th.7.6</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">2.89</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">b</span> c. acc. et inf., [[cause]] or [[bring about]] that... σε θεοὶ ποίησαν ἱκέσθαι [ἐς] οἶκον <span class="bibl">Od.23.258</span>; π. τινὰ κλύειν <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">Ph.</span>926</span>; π. τινὰ βλέψαι <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">Pl.</span>459</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">746</span>; π. τινὰ τριηραρχεῖν <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Eq.</span>912</span>, cf. <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Av.</span>59</span>; π. τινὰ [[αἰσχύνεσθαι]], [[κλάειν]], [[ἀπορεῖν]], etc., <span class="bibl">X.<span class="title">Cyr.</span>4.5.48</span>, <span class="bibl">2.2.13</span>, <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Tht.</span>149a</span>, etc.: with [[ὥστε]] inserted, <span class="bibl">X.<span class="title">Cyr.</span>3.2.29</span>, <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">Eq.</span>351</span>, etc.: folld. by a relat. clause, π. ὅκως ἔσται ἡ Κύπρος ἐλευθέρη <span class="bibl">Hdt.5.109</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">1.209</span>; ὡς ἂν… εἰδείην ἐποίουν <span class="bibl">X.<span class="title">Cyr.</span>6.3.18</span>:—also Med., ἐποιήσατο ὡς ἐν ἀσφαλεῖ εἶεν ib.<span class="bibl">6.1.23</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">2</span> [[procure]], π. ἄδειάν τε καὶ κάθοδόν τινι <span class="bibl">Th.8.76</span>; ὁ νόμος π. τὴν κληρονομίαν τισί <span class="bibl">Is.11.1</span>; λόγος ἀργύριον τῷ λέγοντι π. [[get]]s him [[money]], <span class="bibl">D.10.76</span>:—Med., [[procure for oneself]], [[gain]], κλέος αὐτῇ ποιεῖτ' <span class="bibl">Od.2.126</span>; ἄδειαν <span class="bibl">Th.6.60</span>; τιμωρίαν ἀπό τινων <span class="bibl">Id.1.25</span>; τὸν βίον ἀπὸ γεωργίας <span class="bibl">X.<span class="title">Oec.</span>6.11</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">Th.1.5</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">3</span> of sacrifices, festivals, etc., [[celebrate]], π. ἱρά <span class="bibl">Hdt.9.19</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">2.49</span> (Act. and Pass.); π. τὴν θυσίαν τῷ Ποσειδῶνι <span class="bibl">X.<span class="title">HG</span>4.5.1</span>; π. [[Ἴσθμια]] ib.<span class="bibl">4.5.2</span>; τῇ θεῷ ἑορτὴν δημοτελῆ π. <span class="bibl">Th.2.15</span>; παννυχίδα π. <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">R.</span>328a</span>; π. σάββατα = [[observe]] the [[Sabbath]], <span class="bibl">LXX<span class="title">Ex.</span>31.16</span>; π. ταφάς, of a public [[funeral]], <span class="bibl">Pl. <span class="title">Mx.</span>234b</span>; π. ἐπαρήν <span class="title">SIG</span>38.30(Teos, v B.C.); also of political assemblies, π. ἐκκλησίαν <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">Eq.</span>746</span>, <span class="bibl">Th.1.139</span>; π. μυστήρια <span class="bibl">Id.6.28</span> (Pass.); ξύλλογον σφῶν αὐτῶν <span class="bibl">Id.1.67</span>:—Med., ἀγορὴν ποιήσατο <span class="bibl">Il.8.2</span>; ἢν θυσίην τις ποιῆται <span class="bibl">Hdt.6.57</span> ([[varia lectio|v.l.]]); δημοσίᾳ ταφὰς ἐποιήσαντο <span class="bibl">Th.2.34</span>; π. ἀγῶνα <span class="bibl">Id.4.91</span>; π. ἐκκλησίαν τοῖς Γρᾳξὶ περὶ μισθοῦ <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">Ach.</span>169</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">4</span> of [[war]] and [[peace]], πόλεμον π. [[cause]] or [[give rise to]] a [[war]], πόλεμον ἡμῖν ἀντ' εἰρήνης πρὸς Αακεδαιμονίους π. <span class="bibl">Is.11.48</span>; but π. ποιησόμενοι = about to [[make]] war (on one's own part), <span class="bibl">X.<span class="title">An.</span>5.5.24</span>; εἰρήνην π. = [[bring about]] a [[peace]] (for others), <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">Pax</span>1199</span>; σπονδὰς π. <span class="bibl">X.<span class="title">An.</span>4.3.14</span>; ξυμμαχίαν ποιῆσαι <span class="bibl">Th.2.29</span>; but [[εἰρήνην ποιεῖσθαι]] [[make]] peace (for oneself), <span class="bibl">And.3.11</span>; σπονδὰς ποιήσασθαι <span class="bibl">Th.1.28</span>, etc.:—Pass., ἐπεποίητο συμμαχίη <span class="bibl">Hdt.1.77</span>, etc. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">5</span> freq. in Med. with Nouns periphr. for the Verb derived from the Noun, μύθου ποιήσασθαι ἐπισχεσίην = [[submit]] a plea, <span class="bibl">Od.21.71</span>; [[ποιέεσθαι]] [[ὁδοιπορίην]], for [[ὁδοιπορέειν]], <span class="bibl">Hdt.2.29</span>; π. ὁδόν <span class="bibl">Id.7.42</span>,<span class="bibl">110</span>,<span class="bibl">112</span>, etc.; π. [[πλόον]], for [[πλέειν]], <span class="bibl">Id.6.95</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">Antipho 5.21</span>; π. κομιδήν, for [[κομίζεσθαι]], <span class="bibl">Hdt.6.95</span>; θῶμα π. τὴν ἐργασίην, for [[θωμάζειν]], <span class="bibl">Id.1.68</span>; ὀργὴν π., for [[ὀργίζεσθαι]], <span class="bibl">Id.3.25</span>; λήθην π. τι,</b> for [[λανθάνεσθαί τινος]], <span class="bibl">Id.1.127</span>; βουλὴν π., for [[βουλεύεσθαι]], <span class="bibl">Id.6.101</span>; συμβολὴν π., for [[συμβάλλεσθαι]], <span class="bibl">Id.9.45</span>; τὰς μάχας π., for [[μάχεσθαι]], <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">El.</span>302</span>, etc.; καταφυγὴν π., for [[καταφεύγειν]], <span class="bibl">Antipho 1.4</span>; ἀγῶνα π., for [[ἀγωνίζεσθαι]], <span class="bibl">Th.2.89</span>; π. λόγον [τινός] = [[make]] [[account]] of... <span class="bibl">Hdt.7.156</span>; but τοὺς λόγους π. [[hold]] a [[conference]], <span class="bibl">Th.1.128</span>; also simply for [[λέγειν]], <span class="bibl">Lys.25.2</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">R.</span>527a</span>, etc.; also π. δι' ἀγγέλου, π. διὰ χρηστηρίων, [[communicate]] by a messenger, an oracle, <span class="bibl">Hdt.6.4</span>, <span class="bibl">8.134</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">III</span> with Adj. as predic., [[make]], [[render]] so and so, [[ποιῆσαί τινα ἄφρονα]] [[make]] one [[senseless]], <span class="bibl">Od.23.12</span>; δῶρα ὄλβια [[ποιεῖν]] = [[make]] them blessed, i.e. [[prosper]] them, <span class="bibl">13.42</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">Il.12.30</span>; τοὺς Μήδους ἀσθενεῖς π. <span class="bibl">X.<span class="title">Cyr.</span>1.5.2</span>, etc.; χρήσιμον ἐξ ἀχρήστου π. <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">R.</span> 411b</span>: with a Subst., ποιῆσαι ἀθύρματα = [[make]] into [[plaything]]s, <span class="bibl">Il. 15.363</span>; ποιεῖν τινα βασιλῆα <span class="bibl">Od.1.387</span>; ταμίην ἀνέμων <span class="bibl">10.21</span>; γέροντα <span class="bibl">16.456</span>; ἄκοιτίν τινι <span class="bibl">Il.24.537</span>; γαμβρὸν ἑόν <span class="bibl">Hes.<span class="title">Th.</span>818</span>; [μύρμηκας] ἄνδρας π. [καὶ] γυναῖκας <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Fr.</span>76.5</span>; πολιήτας π. τινάς <span class="bibl">Hdt.7.156</span>; Ἀθηναῖον π. τινά <span class="bibl">Th.2.29</span>, etc.; π. τινὰ παράδειγμα <span class="bibl">Isoc.4.39</span>: hence, [[appoint]], [[instal]], τὸν Μωϋσῆν καὶ τὸν Ἀαρών <span class="bibl">LXX <span class="title">1 Ki.</span>12.6</span>; δώδεκα <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Ev.Marc.</span>3.14</span>:—Med., ποιεῖσθαί τινα ἑταῖρον = [[make]] him one's [[friend]], <span class="bibl">Hes. <span class="title">Op.</span>707</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">714</span>; π. τινὰ ἄλοχον or ἄκοιτιν = [[take]] her to oneself as [[wife]], <span class="bibl">Il.3.409</span>, <span class="bibl">9.397</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">Od.5.120</span>, etc.; π. τινὰ παῖδα = [[make]] him one's [[son]], i.e. [[adopt]] him as [[son]], <span class="bibl">Il.9.495</span>, etc.; θετὸν παῖδα π. [[adopt]] a [[son]], <span class="bibl">Hdt. 6.57</span>: without [[υἱόν]], [[adopt]], ἐπειδὴ οὐκ ἦσαν αὐτῷ παῖδες ἄρρενες, π. Λεωκράτη <span class="bibl">D.41.3</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">39.6</span>,33, <span class="bibl">44.25</span>, <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Lg.</span>923c</span>, etc.; π. τινὰ θυγατέρα <span class="bibl">Hdt.4.180</span>: generally, ἅπαντας ἢ σῦς ἠὲ λύκους π. <span class="bibl">Od.10.433</span>; π. τινὰ πολίτην <span class="bibl">Isoc.9.54</span>; μαθητήν <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Cra.</span>428b</span>; τὰ κρέα π. εὔτυκα <span class="bibl">Hdt. 1.119</span>; τὰ ἔπεα ἀπόρρητα π. = [[making]] them a [[secret]], <span class="bibl">Id.9.45</span>, etc.; also ἑωυτοῦ ποιέεται τὸ… ἔργον = [[make]]s it his [[own]], <span class="bibl">Id.1.129</span>; μηδ' ἃ μὴ 'θιγες ποιοῦ σεαυτῆς <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">Ant.</span>547</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">IV</span> [[put]] in a certain place or condition, etc., ἐμοὶ Ζεὺς… ἐνὶ φρεσὶν ὧδε νόημα ποίησ' <span class="bibl">Od.14.274</span>; σφῶϊν ὧδε θεῶν τις ἐνὶ φρεσὶ ποιήσειεν <span class="bibl">Il.13.55</span>; αἲ γὰρ τοῦτο θεοὶ ποιήσειαν ἐπὶ νόον νησιώτῃσι <span class="bibl">Hdt.1.27</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">71</span>; ἐν αἰσχύνῃ π. τὴν πόλιν <span class="bibl">D.18.136</span>; τὰς ναῦς ἐπὶ τοῦ ξηροῦ π. <span class="bibl">Th.1.109</span>; ἔξω κεφαλὴν π. <span class="bibl">Hdt.5.33</span>; ἔξω βελῶν τὴν τάξιν π. <span class="bibl">X.<span class="title">Cyr.</span>4.1.3</span>; ἐμαυτὸν ὡς πορρωτάτω π. τῶν ὑποψιῶν <span class="bibl">Isoc.3.37</span>; of troops, [[form]] them, ὡς ἂν κράτιστα… <span class="bibl">X.<span class="title">An.</span>5.2.11</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">3.4.21</span>; in politics, ἐς ὀλίγους τὰς ἀρχὰς π. <span class="bibl">Th.8.53</span>; and in war, π. Γετταλίαν ὑπὸ Φιλίππῳ = [[bring]] it under his power, <span class="bibl">D.18.48</span>; μήτε τοὺς νόμους μήθ' ὑμᾶς αὐτοὺς ἐπὶ τοῖς λέγουσι π. <span class="bibl">Id.58.61</span>:—Med., ποιέεσθαι ὑπ' ἑωυτῷ <span class="bibl">Hdt.1.201</span>, cf.<span class="bibl">5.103</span>, etc.; ὑπὸ χεῖρα <span class="bibl">X.<span class="title">Ages.</span>1.22</span>; π. τινὰς ἐς φυλακήν, τὰ τῶν ξυμμάχων ἐς ἀσφάλειαν, <span class="bibl">Th.3.3</span>, <span class="bibl">8.1</span>; τινὰς ἐς τὸ συμμαχικόν <span class="bibl">Hdt.9.106</span>; τὰ λεπτὰ πλοῖα ἐντὸς π. = [[put]] the small vessels in the middle, <span class="bibl">Th.2.83</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">6.67</span>; π. τινὰ [[ἐκποδών]] (v. [[ἐκποδών]]); ὄπισθεν π. τὸν ποταμόν <span class="bibl">X.<span class="title">An.</span> 1.10.9</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">2</span> Math., [[multiply]], π. τὰ ιβ ἐπὶ τὰ έ, τὰ ζ ἐφ' ἑαυτὰ π., <span class="bibl">Hero <span class="title">Metr.</span>1.8</span>, <span class="bibl">2.14</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">V</span> Med., [[deem]], [[consider]], [[reckon]] a thing as... συμφορὴν ποιέεσθαί τι = [[take]] it for a [[misfortune]], <span class="bibl">Hdt.1.83</span>, <span class="bibl">6.61</span>; δεινὸν π. τι = [[esteem]] it a [[grievous]] thing, [[take]] it ill, <span class="bibl">Id.1.127</span>, etc. (rarely in Act., δεινὰ π. <span class="bibl">2.121</span>.έ, <span class="bibl">Th.5.42</span>); [[μέγα]] π. c. inf., [[deem]] it a great matter that... <span class="bibl">Hdt.8.3</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">3.42</span>, etc.; μεγάλα π. ὅτι… <span class="bibl">Id.1.119</span>; ἑρμαῖον π. τι [[count]] it clear gain, <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Grg.</span>489c</span>; οὐκέτι ἀνασχετὸν π. τι <span class="bibl">Th.1.118</span>: freq. with Preps., δι' οὐδενὸς π. [[deem]] of no account, <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">OC</span>584</span>; ἐν ἐλαφρῷ, ἐν ὁμοίῳ π., <span class="bibl">Hdt.1.118</span>,<span class="bibl">7.138</span>; ἐν σμικρῷ μέρει <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">Ph.</span>498</span>; ἐν ὀλιγωρίᾳ <span class="bibl">Th.4.5</span>; ἐν ὀργῇ <span class="bibl">D.1.16</span>; ἐν νόμῳ π. [[consider]] as [[lawful]], <span class="bibl">Hdt. 1.131</span>; ἐν ἀδείῃ π. [[consider]] as [[safe]], <span class="bibl">Id.9.42</span>; παρ' ὀλίγον π. τι <span class="bibl">X. <span class="title">An.</span>6.6.11</span>; περὶ πολλοῦ π., [[consider]] something of great [[importance]], Lat. [[magni facere]], <span class="bibl">Lys.1.1</span>, etc.; περὶ πλείονος, περὶ πλείστου π., <span class="bibl">Id.14.40</span>, <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Ap.</span>21e</span>, etc.; περὶ ὀλίγου, περὶ ἐλάττονος, <span class="bibl">Isoc.17.58</span>, <span class="bibl">18.63</span>; περὶ παντός <span class="bibl">Id.2.15</span> (rarely πολλοῦ π. τι <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Prt.</span>328d</span>); πρὸ πολλοῦ π. c. inf., <span class="bibl">Isoc.5.138</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">VI</span> [[put the case]], [[assume]] that... ποιήσας ἀν' ὀγδώκοντα ἄνδρας ἐνεῖναι <span class="bibl">Hdt.7.184</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">186</span>, <span class="bibl">X.<span class="title">An.</span>5.7.9</span>: without inf., ἐν ἑκάστῃ ψυχῇ ποιήσωμεν περιστερεῶνά τινα (sc. [[εἶναι]]) <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Tht.</span>197d</span>:—Pass., [[πεποιήσθω δή]] = [[be it assumed then]], ib.e; οἱ φιλοσοφώτατοι ποιούμενοι  = those who are reputed…, <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">R.</span>498a</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">538c</span>, <span class="bibl">573b</span>:—but for τὸν φιλόσοφον ποιώμεθα νομίζειν ib.<span class="bibl">581d</span> read τί οἰώμεθα…; </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">VII</span> of [[time]], οὐ π. χρόνον = [[make]] no long time, i. e. not to delay, <span class="bibl">D.19.163</span> codd.; μακρότερον ποιεῖς = you are taking too long, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">PCair.Zen.</span>48.4</span> (iii B.C.); μέσας π. νύκτας = [[let]] [[midnight]] [[come]], <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Phlb.</span>50d</span>, cf. <span class="title">AP</span>11.85 (Lucill.); ἔξω μέσων νυκτῶν π. τὴν ὥραν = [[put off]] the [[time]] of [[business]] to past [[midnight]], <span class="bibl">D.54.26</span>; τὴν νύκτα ἐφ' ὅπλοις ποιεῖσθαι = [[spend]] it under arms, <span class="bibl">Th.7.28</span>([[si vera lectio|s.v.l.]]); ποιήσουσιν ἐν πλούτῳ ἔτη πολλά <span class="bibl">LXX<span class="title">Pr.</span>13.23</span>, cf. <span class="bibl"><span class="title">To.</span>10.7</span>; δύο ἡμέρας ποιεῖ ἐν τῷ Ἀνουβιείῳ <span class="bibl"><span class="title">UPZ</span>70.21</span> (ii B.C.), cf. <span class="bibl"><span class="title">PSI</span>4.362.15</span> (iii B.C.); τὰς ἡμέρας ἐν τοῖς ὕδασι π. <span class="bibl">D.S.1.35</span>; [[tarry]], [[stay]], μῆνας τρεῖς <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Act.Ap.</span> 20.3</span>, cf. <span class="title">AP</span>11.330 (Nicarch.). </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">VIII</span> in later Greek, [[sacrifice]], [[μοσχάριον]] <span class="bibl">LXX<span class="title">Ex.</span>29.36</span>; καρπώσεις ὑπέρ τινος ib.<span class="bibl"><span class="title">Jb.</span>42.8</span>: without acc., π. Ἀστάρτῃ = [[sacrifice]] to [[Ashtoreth]], ib.<span class="bibl"><span class="title">3 Ki.</span>11.33</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">IX</span> [[make ready]], [[prepare]], as [[food]], [[μοσχάριον]] ib.<span class="bibl"><span class="title">Ge.</span>18.7</span> sq.; π. τὸν μύστακα = [[trim]] it, ib.<span class="bibl"><span class="title">2 Ki.</span>19.24(25)</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">X</span> [[ποιεῖν]] βασιλέα = [[play]] the king, ib.<span class="bibl"><span class="title">3 Ki.</span>20</span> (<span class="bibl">21</span>).<span class="bibl">7</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">B</span> [[do]], much like [[πράσσω]], οὐδὲν ἂν ὧν νυνὶ πεποίηκεν ἔπραξεν <span class="bibl">D. 4.5</span>; περὶ ὧν πράττει καὶ μέλλει ποιεῖν <span class="bibl">Id.8.2</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">18.62</span>; ἄριστα πεποίηται <span class="bibl">Il.6.56</span>; πλείονα χρηστὰ περὶ τὴν πόλιν <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">Eq.</span>811</span>; τὰ δίκαια τοῖς εὐεργέταις <span class="bibl">D.20.12</span>; ἅμα ἔπος τε καὶ ἔργον ἐποίεε <span class="bibl">Hdt.3.134</span> fin.; [[ποιέειν]] Σπαρτιητικά = [[act]] like a [[Spartan]], <span class="bibl">Id.5.40</span>; οὗτος τί ποιεῖς; <span class="bibl">A. <span class="title">Supp.</span>911</span>, etc.; τὸ προσταχθὲν π. <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">Ph.</span>1010</span>; π. τὴν μουσικήν = [[practise]] it, <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Phd.</span>60e</span>, etc.; [[πᾶν]] or [[πάντα]] π., v. [[πᾶς]] D. 111.2, etc.: Math., [[ὅπερ ἔδει ποιῆσαι]], = <span class="title">Q.E.F.</span>, <span class="bibl">Euc.1.1</span>, etc. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">2</span> c. dupl. acc., [[do]] something to another, κακά or ἀγαθὰ [[ποιεῖν]] τινα, first in <span class="bibl">Hdt.3.75</span>, al.; [[ἀγαθό]]ν, κακὸν π. τινά, <span class="bibl">Isoc.16.50</span>, etc.; μεγάλα τὴν πόλιν ἀγαθά <span class="bibl">Din.1.17</span>; also εὖ ποιεῖν τὸν εὖ ποιοῦντα <span class="bibl">X.<span class="title">Mem.</span>2.3.8</span>; τὴν ἐκείνου (sc. [[χώρα]]ν) κακῶς π. <span class="bibl">D.1.18</span>; in [[LXX]] with Prep., π. κακὸν μετά τινων <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Ge.</span> 26.29</span>; ταῦτα τοῦτον ἐποίησα <span class="bibl">Hdt.1.115</span>; κοὐκ οἶδ' ὅ τι χρῆμά με ποιεῖς <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">V.</span>697</span>, cf. <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Nu.</span>259</span>; also of things, ἀργύριον τωὐτὸ τοῦτο ἐποίεε = he [[did]] this same thing with silver, <span class="bibl">Hdt.4.166</span>: less freq. c. dat. pers., τῷ τεθνεῶτι μηδὲν τῶν νομιζομένων π. <span class="bibl">Is.4.19</span>; ἵππῳ τἀναντία <span class="bibl">X.<span class="title">Eq.</span>9.12</span> codd., cf. <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">Nu.</span>388</span>, <span class="bibl">D.29.37</span>: c. dat. rei, τί ποιήσωμεν κιβωτῷ; <span class="bibl">LXX <span class="title">1 Ki.</span>5.8</span>:—in Med., φίλα ποιέεσθαί τισι <span class="bibl">Hdt.2.152</span>,<span class="bibl">5.37</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">3</span> with an Adv., [[ὧδε ποίησον]] = [[do]] [[thus]], <span class="bibl">Id.1.112</span>; [[πῶς]] ποιήσεις; = how will you [[act]]? <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">OC</span>652</span>; πῶς δεῖ ποιεῖν περὶ θυσίας <span class="bibl">X.<span class="title">Mem.</span>1.3.1</span>; ποίει ὅπως βούλει <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Cyr.</span>1.4.9</span>; μὴ ἄλλως π. <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">R.</span>328d</span>; πρὸς τοὺς πολεμίους πῶς ποιήσουσιν; ib.<span class="bibl">469b</span>; [[ὀρθῶς]] π. ib.<span class="bibl">403e</span>; [[εὖ]], [[κακῶς]] π. τινά, v. supr. <span class="bibl">2</span>: freq. c. part., εὖ ἐποίησας ἀπικόμενος <span class="bibl">Hdt.5.24</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Phd.</span>60c</span>; καλῶς ποιεῖς προνοῶν <span class="bibl">X.<span class="title">Cyr.</span>7.4.13</span>; οἷον ποιεῖς ἡγούμενος <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Chrm.</span>166c</span>; [[καλῶς]] [[ποιῶν]] almost Adverbial, καλῶς γ', ἔφη, ποιῶν σύ <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Smp.</span>174e</span>; καλῶς ποιοῦντες… πράττετε <span class="bibl">D.20.110</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">1.28</span>; [[εὖ]] [[ποιοῦν]] = [[fortunately]], <span class="bibl">Id.23.143</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">4</span> in Prose (rarely in Poetry, <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Pr.</span>935</span>), 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, <span class="bibl">D.18.52</span>, cf. 292, <span class="bibl">Hdt.5.97</span>, <span class="bibl">Is.7.35</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">II</span> abs., to [[be doing]], [[act]], [[ποιέειν]] ἢ [[παθεῖν]] πρόκειται ἀγών <span class="bibl">Hdt.7.11</span>; [[ποιεῖν]], as a category, opp. [[πάσχειν]], <span class="bibl">Arist.<span class="title">Cat.</span>2a3</span>, cf. <span class="bibl"><span class="title">GC</span>322b11</span>, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Ph.</span>225b13</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">b</span> of medicine, [[operate]], [[be efficacious]], <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Phd.</span>117b</span>; λουτρὰ κάλλιστα ποιοῦντα πρὸς νόσους <span class="bibl">Str. 5.3.6</span>; πρὸς [[στραγγουρία]]ν, πρὸς τοὺς δαιμονιζομένους, <span class="bibl">Thphr.<span class="title">HP</span>7.14.1</span>, Ps.-Plu.<span class="title">Fluv.</span>16.2: freq. in Dsc., πρὸς ἐπιλημπτικούς 1.6, al.; εἰς τὰ αὐτά 2.133: c. dat., στομαχικοῖς Gal.13.183: abs., ἄκρως π. ib.265; also of charms, <span class="title">PMag.Osl.</span>1.361. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">2</span> Th. has a peculiar usage, ἡ [[εὔνοια]] παρὰ πολὺ ἐποίει μᾶλλον ἐς τοὺς Λακεδαιμονίους = good-will [[made]] greatly for, on the side of, the L., <span class="bibl">2.8</span>: impers., ἐπὶ πολὺ ἐποίει τῆς δόξης τοῖς μὲν ἠπειρώταις εἶναι, τοῖς δέ .. it was the general character of the one to be landsmen, of the others... <span class="bibl">4.12</span>: the former passage is imitated by <span class="bibl">Arr.<span class="title">An.</span>2.2.3</span>, <span class="bibl">App.<span class="title">BC</span>1.82</span>, <span class="bibl">D.C.57.6</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">C</span> Med., = [[προσποιέομαι]], [[pretend]], c. inf., <span class="bibl">Zos.2.14.1</span>, <span class="bibl">Procop.<span class="title">Arc.</span> 10</span>. ([[ποιϝέω]] perhaps from <b class="b3">*ποιϝός</b> (in [[κλινοποιός]], [[νεωποιός]], [[τραπεζοποιός]], etc.) '[[builder]]', '[[maker]]', cf. Skt. cinóti, cáyati '[[arrange]] in [[order]]', '[[build]]'.)</span>