Plato Greek Lexicon ποιητός

ποιητός

poietos

made

Appears 4 times across Plato's dialogues.

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Dictionary (LSJ)

ποιητός, ή, όν, A. made, freq. in Hom., esp. of houses and arms, always in the sense of εὖ ποιητός, well made, δόμοις ἔνι ποιητοῖσι Il. 5.198, Od. 13.306; ποιητὰς . . πύλας Il. 12.470; also πύκα ποιητός 18.608, Od. 1.333,436, al.: generally, made, εἰ δʼ ἦν π. τε καὶ ἔνθετον ἀνδρὶ νόημα Thgn. 435; π. φρέατα, opp. natural springs, Plu. Sol. 23; cultivated, opp. ἄγριος, Aret. CD 1.4; ἕλκεα self-inflicted, Tryph. 229. II. made into a son, adopted, παῖς π., opp. ἀληθινός, γεννητός, Pl. Lg. 878e, 923e; οἱ π. τῶν πατέρων adopted fathers, Lycurg. 48; π. πολῖται factitious citizens, not so born, Arist. Pol. 1275a6, cf. D. 45.78. III. made by oneself, i.e. invented, feigned, λόγος Pi. N. 5.29; ποιητῷ τρόπῳ E. Hel. 1547; of works of art, imitated, Nonn. D. 34.287.
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