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ποιῇς (poies)

ποιῇς is an Ancient Greek form of ποιέω, meaning “to make, do, create”. It is the 3rd person singular aorist active indicative.

It can also be a form of πόα, “grass”.

Found 60 times in the Ancient Greek texts on Socratos.

Where it is used

Apollonius Rhodius, Argonautica 1.576: μυρία μῆλʼ ἐφέπονται ἄδην κεκορημένα ποίης

Plutarch, De Se Ipsum Citra Invidiam Laudando 4: αὑτὸν δʼ ἐπαινεῖν ἀμέμπτως ἔστι πρῶτον μέν, ἂν ἀπολογούμενος τοῦτο ποιῇς πρὸς διαβολὴν ἢ κατηγορίαν, ὡς ὁ Περικλῆς· καίτοι ἐμοὶ τοιούτῳ ἀνδρὶ ὀργίζεσθε, ὃς οὐδενὸς ἥσσων οἴομαι εἶναι …

Homeric Hymns, Hymn 2 to Demeter 306: ποίησʼ ἀνθρώποις καὶ κύντατον· οὐδέ τι γαῖα

All forms of ποιέω (conjugation table)

Source: Socratos (socratos.org), a free reader for Ancient Greek and Latin. Grammar from the Perseus Treebank and Morpheus; dictionary entries from Liddell-Scott-Jones, A Greek-English Lexicon (Perseus Digital Library, CC BY-SA). Counts are from the texts on Socratos.