PO vQOS , oJ , a longing, yearning, fond desire or regret (for something absent or lost), Lat. desiderium , Hom. , etc.
2. c. gen. desire or regret for a person or thing, Id.; so, do;" p . yearning after thee, Od.; toujmw`/ povqw/ Soph.
II. love, desire, Hes ., etc.
poi` ; interrog. Adv. ( cf. pou` ) whether? Lat. quo ? theogn., etc.
2. c. gen ., poi` cqovno" ; poi` gh`" ; to what spot of earth? Aesch. ; poi` frontivdo" ; poi` frenw`n ; poi` gnwvmh" ; Soph.
II.
to what end? in what point?
poi` teleuta`/
;
Aesch.
B.
poi
, enclit.
Adv.
somewhither,
Soph
.,
Ar.
,
etc.
poiva
poiva, poiavei" , contr. poia`" , for poivh, poihvei" .
poievw, POIE vW
POIE vW : Ep. impf. poiveon , contr. poivei , Ion. poieveskon :— Med. , 3 sing. Ion. impf. poieevsketo : f. poihvsomai (also used in pass. sense):— Pass. , f. poinqhvsomai : aor. I ejpoihvqhn : pf. pepoivhmai (also used in med. sense). [ Att. Poets often use the penult. short, as poiØw`, poiØei`n , etc. , which are often written pow`, poei`n , etc. , as in Lat. poe|ta, poe|sis . ] Used in two general senses, to make and to do.
A. to make, produce, create, in Hom. often of building, p. dw`ma, tei`co" , etc. ; of smiths work, p. davko" Il.; of works of art, Ib., etc. ; poiei`n ti ajpo; xuvlou to make something of wood, Hdt. ; p. ploi`a ejx ajkavnqh" Id.; so, c. gen ., p. nho;n livqou Id.; foivniko" aiJ quvrai pepoihmevnai Xen .:— Med. , oijkiva poihvsasqai to build them houses, Il.; also, to have a thing made, get it made, Hdt ., Dem.
2.
to make, create,
e{teron fivlippon poihvsete
Dem.
3.
of Poets,
to compose, write,
(old English
to make),
Lat.
carmina facere
,
Hdt
.,
Att.
:—also,
to make
or
represent in poetry,
{Omhro" jAcilleva pepoivhke ajmeivnw jOdussevw"
Plat
.:
to describe in verse,
Id.:
to put into verse,
Id.
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, p. iJrav , like e{rdein , Lat. sacra facere , Hdt ., Xen. , Thuc. , etc. ; p.
[Isqmia to hold the Isthmian games, Xen. ; p. ejkklhsivan (as we say, to make a house), Thuc. :— Med. in same sense, but implying indirect action, ajgorh;n poihvsato Il.
3. of war and peace, povlemon poiei`n to cause a war, but, p. poiei`sqai to make war (on ones own part), Xen. ;—so, eijrhvnhn p . to bring about a peace (for others); but, eijrhvnhn poiei`sqai to make peace (for oneself), etc.
4. the Med. is often used periphr. with Nouns, poiei`sqai oJdoiporivhn for oJdoiporei`n, p. plovon for plevein, qau`ma p . for qaumavzein, ojrgh;n p . for ojrgivzesqai , Hdt. etc .:— p. lovgon tinov" to make account of. . , Id.; but, tou;" lovgou" p . to hold a conference, Thuc.
III.
with an
Adj.
as predic.
to make
so and so,
poiei`n tina a[frona
to make
one senseless, Od.;
dw`ra o[lbia poiei`n
to make
them blest, i.e. prosper them, Ib.;
p. tou;" Mhvdou" ajsqenei`"
Xen
.:—so with a
Subst.
,
poiei`n tina basilh`a
Od.;
jAqhnai`on p. tina
Thuc
.:
—Med
.,
poiei`sqaiv tina a[locon
or
a[koitin
to take
her
to oneself
as wife, Il.;
poiei`sqaiv tina uiJovn
to make
him
ones
son,
i.e.
to adopt
him as son (
cf.
eijspoievw
), Ib.,
Att.
:—also,
eJwutou` poiei`sqaiv ti
to make
a thing
ones own,
Hdt.
IV.
to put,
p. ti ejni; fresiv tini
Hom
.;
p. ti ejpi; novon tiniv
Hdt.
2.
in war,
p. tina" uJpov tini
to bring
under the power of. . ,
Dem.
:—
Med.
,
poiei`sqai uJpÆ eJwutw`/