ποιέω
Etym. Att. Poets often use the penult. short, as ποιῶ, ποιεῖν, etc., which are often written ποῶ, ποεῖν, etc., as in Lat. poeta, poesis.
Etym. the perfect passive is also used in middle sense
I. Used in two general senses, "to make" and "to do".
A. "to make, produce, create", in Hom. often of building, π. δῶμα, τεῖχος, etc.; of smith's work, π. σάκος Il.; of works of art, id=Il., etc.; ποιεῖν τι ἀπὸ ξύλου "to make" something "of" wood, Hdt.; π. πλοῖα ἐξ ἀκάνθης id=Hdt.; so, c. gen., π. νηὸν λίθου id=Hdt.; φοίνικος αἱ θύραι πεποιημέναι Xen.:—Mid., οἰκία ποιήσασθαι "to build them" houses, Il.; also, "to have" a thing "made, get" it "made", Hdt., Dem.
2. "to make, create", ἕτερον φίλιππον ποιήσετε Dem.
3. of Poets, "to compose, write", (old English "to make)", Lat. carmina facere, Hdt., attic:—also, "to make or represent in poetry", Ὅμηρος Ἀχιλλέα πεποίηκε ἀμείνω Ὀδυσσέως Plat.: "to describe in verse", id=Plat.: "to put into verse", id=Plat.
II. "to bring to pass, bring about, cause", Hom., etc.: c. acc. et inf. "to cause or bring about" that.., Od., etc.
2. of sacrifices, and the like, π. ἱρά, like ἕρδειν, Lat. sacra facere, Hdt., Xen., Thuc., etc.; π. Ἴσθμια "to hold" the Isthmian games, Xen.; π. ἐκκλησίαν (as we say, "to make" a house), Thuc.:—Mid. in same sense, but implying indirect action, ἀγορὴν ποιήσατο Il.
3. of war and peace, πόλεμον ποιεῖν "to cause" a war, but, π. ποιεῖσθαι "to make" war (on one's own part), Xen.;—so, εἰρήνην π. "to bring about" a peace (for others); but, εἰρήνην ποιεῖσθαι "to make" peace (for oneself), etc.
4. the Mid. is often used periphr. with Nouns, ποιεῖσθαι ὁδοιπορίην for ὁδοιπορεῖν, π. πλόον for πλέειν, θαῦμα π. for θαυμάζειν, ὀργὴν π. for ὀργίζεσθαι, Hdt. etc.:— π. λόγον τινός "to make" account of.., id=Hdt.; but, τοὺς λόγους π. "to hold" a conference, Thuc.
III. with an adj. as predic. "to make" so and so, ποιεῖν τινα ἄφρονα "to make" one senseless, Od.; δῶρα ὄλβια ποιεῖν "to make" them blest, i. e. prosper them, id=Od.; π. τοὺς Μήδους ἀσθενεῖς Xen.:—so with a Subst., ποιεῖν τινα βασιλῆα Od.; Ἀθηναῖον π. τινα Thuc.:—Mid., ποιεῖσθαί τινα ἄλοχον or ἄκοιτιν "to take" her "to oneself" as wife, Il.; ποιεῖσθαί τινα υἱόν "to make" him "one's" son, i. e. "to adopt" him as son (cf. εἰσποιέω), id=Il., attic:—also, ἑωυτοῦ ποιεῖσθαί τι "to make" a thing "one's own", Hdt.
IV. "to put", π. τι ἐνὶ φρεσί τινι Hom.; π. τι ἐπὶ νόον τινί Hdt.
2. in war, π. τινας ὑπό τινι "to bring" under the power of.., Dem.:—Mid., ποιεῖσθαι ὑπ᾽ ἑωυτῶι Hdt.; ποιεῖσθαί τινας ἐς τὸ συμμαχικόν id=Hdt., etc.
V. in Mid. "to hold, deem, consider, reckon, esteem" a thing as.., συμφορὴν ποιεῖσθαί τι "to take" it for a visitation, id=Hdt.; δεινὸν ποιεῖσθαί τι, Lat. aegre ferre, id=Hdt.; μέγα π., c. inf., "to deem" it a great matter that.., id=Hdt.; οὐκ ἀνάσχετον π. τι Thuc., etc.:—often with Preps., δι᾽ οὐδενὸς π. τι "to hold" as naught, Soph.;—ἐν ἐλαφρῶι, ἐν ὁμοίωι π. Hdt.; ἐν σμικρῶι, ἐν ὀργῆι Dem.;—παρ᾽ ὀλίγον, παρ᾽ οὐδὲν π. τι Xen.;—περὶ πολλοῦ, περὶ πλείονος, περὶ πλείστου ποιεῖσθαί τι attic
VI. "to put the case assume", that.., Hdt., Xen.:—Pass., οἱ φιλοσοφώτατοι ποιούμενοι "those who are reputed..", Plat.
VII. of Time, οὐ π. χρόνον "to make" no long time, i. e. not to delay, Dem.; τὴν νύκτα ἐφ᾽ ὅπλοις ποιεῖσθαι to "spend" it under arms, Thuc.
B. "to do", much like πράσσω, Hom., etc.; οὐδὲν ἂν ὧν νυνὶ πεποίηκεν ἔπραξεν Dem.; Σπαρτιητικὰ ποιέειν "to act" like a Spartan, Hdt.; προσταχθὲν π. Soph., etc.
2. c. acc. dupl. "to do" something to another, κακά or ἀγαθὰ ποιεῖν τινά Hdt., etc.; also εὖ, κακῶς π. τινά Xen., etc.:—also c. dat. pers., ἵππωι τἀναντία π. id=Xen.; so in Mid., φίλα ποιεῖσθαί τινι Hdt.
3. with an adv., ὧδε ποίησον "do" thus, id=Hdt.; ποίει ὅπως βούλει Xen.;—so with a partic., εὖ ἐποίησας ἀπικόμενος Hdt., etc.:— καλῶς ποιῶν is sometimes almost Adverbial, καλῶς ποιοῦντες πράττετε Dem.; εὖ ποιοῦν "fortunately", id=Dem.
II. absol. "to be doing, to do or act", ποιέειν ἢ παθέειν "to do" or have done to one, Hdt.:—of medicine, "to work, operate", Plat.; so, ἡ εὔνοια παρὰ πολὺ ἐποίει ἐς τοὺς Λακεδαιμονίους good-will "made" greatly for the Lacedaemonians, Thuc.; so impers., ἐπὶ πολὺ ἐποίει τῆς δόξης τοῖς μὲν ἠπειρώταις εἶναι it was the general character of the one to be landsmen, etc., id=Thuc.