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