ποι-ητής, οῦ, ὁ,
maker, μηχανημάτων Id. Cyr. 1.6.38; κλίνης Pl. R. 597d; τὸν π. καὶ πατέρα τοῦδε τοῦ παντός Id. Ti. 28c; ζῴων, of the painter, Id. Sph. 234a; inventor, θεῶν Id. Euthphr. 3b; νόμων lawgiver, Id. Def. 415b .
2. workman, PSI 4.388.8, al. ( iii B.C., pl.).
II composer of a poem, author, π. κωμῳδίας Pl. Lg. 935e; π. καινῶν δραμάτων, τραγῳδιῶν κτλ. SIG 1079.2, al. ( Magn. Mae., ii/i B.C. ): abs., poet, Hdt. 2.53, Ar. Ra. 96, 1030, Pl. Ion 534b, etc.; Homer was called ὁ π., Pl. Grg. 485d, Arist. Rh. 1365a11, 1380b28, Teles p.34 H., Plb. 12.21.3, Str. 1.1.10, A.D. Synt. 26.19, etc.; so also Hesiod, Pl. Lg. 901a; and others, Id. Thg. 125e, D.Chr. 78.44 . composer of music, Pl. Lg. 812d .
2. author of a speech, opp. deliverer of it, π. λόγων Id. Euthd. 305b, cf. Phdr. 234e, 278e, Alcid. Soph. 34, Isoc. 15.192 . (Written ποητής IG 22.2319.65, SIG 711 L 35 (Delph., ii B.C. ), etc.)
G4163 — ποιητής
ποιητου, ὁ (ποιέω);
1. a maker, producer, author (Xenophon, Plato, others).
2. a doer, performer (Vulg.factor): τοῦ νόμου, one who obeys or fulfils the law, [Rom 2:13]; [Jam 4:11]; [Jam 4:1] Macc. 2:67 (see ποιέω, II. a.); ἔργου, [Jam 1:25]; λόγου, [Jam 1:22], [Jam 1:23].
3. a poet: [Act 17:28] ((Herodotus 2, 53, etc.), Aristophanes, Xenophon, Plato, Plutarch, others).
** ποιητής , - οῦ ὁ
( < ποιέω ),
[in LXX : 1Ma 2:67 * ;]
in cl .,
1. a maker, author.
2. Esp., a poet: [Act 17:28]. Later,
3. a doer: τ . νόμου , [Rom 2:13], [Jas 4:11] (1Mac, l.c .); ἔργου , [Jas 1:25]; λόγου , ib. [Jas 1:22-23]. †