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ποιέω

Pronunciation: /poi̯.é.ɔː/

“ποιέω” is an Ancient Greek word. Its 20 meanings in English:

verb

  1. to make
  2. to create
  3. to produce
  4. to make, to produce
  5. to postulate, imply
  6. to solve
  7. to compose, write poetry
  8. to write of (an event) in poetry
  9. to invent
  10. to cause
  11. to cause someone [with accusative] to
  12. to procure
  13. to celebrate, observe
  14. Used in the middle with a noun periphrastically for the verb derived from said noun.
  15. to make, cause to be
  16. to put
  17. to multiply
  18. to consider, deem
  19. to assume
  20. to take time, spend time

Etymology

From Proto-Hellenic *kʷoiwéyō, as shown by Doric/Aeolic ποιϝέω (poiwéō), perhaps derived from a noun *ποιϝός (*poiwós) (seen in many compounds as the suffix -ποιός (-poiós)), from Proto-Indo-European *kʷoywós, from *kʷey- (“to pile, stow, gather”). Cognates include Sanskrit चिनोति (cinóti, “to arrange, pile up”) and Proto-Slavic *činiti (“to instigate, perform”).

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