ποίημα

A. anything made or done: hence,

I. work, π. χρύσεα, χάλκεα καὶ σιδήρεα, Hdt. 4.5, 7.84, cf. 2.135; Γλαύκου τοῦ Χίου π. Id. 1.25; of the works of Daedalus, Pl. Men. 97e; π. ἐραστοῦ a lover's invention, Id. R. 474e; product, of land formed by silting-up of rivers, Arr. An. 5.6.4(pl.).

2. poem, Cratin. 186, Pl. Phd. 60d, Ly. 221d; τὰ μετὰ μέτρου π. Isoc. 2.7, 15.45; π. εἰς τὰς Μούσας IG 7.1773.17 (Thespiae, ii A. D.): pl., of single verses, = ἔπη, D.H. 1.41, Comp. 3.

b. poetical, esp. metrical, form, περὶ ποιήματος, title of work by Hephaestio.

3. fiction, Arr. An. 5.6.5(pl.).

4. onomatopoeic word, Hsch. s.v. μάματα.

II. deed, act, opp. πάθημα, Pl. R. 437b(pl.), Sph. 248b; π. πονηρά LXX 2 Es. 9.13. (Written ποιvήματα (in signf. 1.1) in Mnemos. 57.208 (Argos, vi B.C.).)