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|Definition=ποιητή, ποιητόν,<br><span class="bld">A</span> made, freq. in Hom., especially of houses and arms, always in the sense of <b class="b3">εὖ ποιητός</b>, [[well made]], δόμοις ἔνι ποιητοῖσι Il. 5.198, Od.13.306; ποιητὰς… πύλας Il.12.470; also [[πύκα]] ποιητός 18.608, Od.1.333,436, al.: generally, made, εἰ δ' ἦν π. τε καὶ ἔνθετον ἀνδρὶ νόημα Thgn.435; <b class="b3">π. φρέατα</b>, opp. [[natural springs]], Plu.''Sol.'' 23; [[cultivated]], opp. [[ἄγριος]], Aret.''CD''1.4; ἕλκεα [[self-inflicted]], Tryph. 229.<br><span class="bld">II</span> [[made into a son]], [[adopted]], <b class="b3">παῖς π.</b>, opp. [[ἀληθινός]], [[γεννητός]], Pl.''Lg.''878e, 923e; <b class="b3">οἱ π. τῶν πατέρων</b> [[adopted]] fathers, Lycurg. 48; <b class="b3">π. πολῖται</b> [[factitious]] citizens, not so born, Arist.''Pol.''1275a6, cf. D.45.78.<br><span class="bld">III</span> [[made by oneself]], i.e. [[invented]], [[feigned]], λόγος Pi.''N.'' 5.29; ποιητῷ τρόπῳ E.''Hel.''1547; of works of art, [[imitated]], [[Nonnus Epicus|Nonn.]] ''[[Dionysiaca|D.]]'' 34.287.