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ποιητός

ποιητός, made, adopted, invented

ποι-ητός, ή, όν,
  • 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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