καλέω
ε-contract Verb;
Transliteration:
Principal Part:
καλέω
καλῶ
ἐκάλεσα
κέκληκα
κέκλημαι
ἐκλήθην
Structure:
καλέ
(Stem)
+
ω
(Ending)
Etym.: kale/sw is aor1 subj.
Sense
- I call, summon, I invite
- I invoke
- (law) I summon, sue
- I demand, require
Conjugation
The inflection forms above were generated by rules and some usages of them were not attested.
Due to a bug of system, some forms may display wrong accents.
- ἀλλὰ τί μ’ ἐκάλεισ, τέκνον; (Euripides, episode, anapests 8:22)
- ἀλλὰ νὴ Δία αὐτὸσ τοιούτῳ πράγματι οὐ κέχρησαι, ἀλλ’ ὅτ’ ἔφευγεσ τὸν ἀγῶνα ὑπ’ Ἀλεξάνδρου τοῦ ἐξ Οἰού, δέκα μὲν συνηγόρουσ ἐκ τῆσ Αἰγηίδοσ φυλῆσ ᾐτήσω, ὧν καὶ ἐγὼ εἷσ ἦν αἱρεθεὶσ ὑπὸ σοῦ, ἐκ δὲ τῶν ἄλλων Ἀθηναίων ἐκάλεισ ἐπὶ τὸ δικαστήριον τοὺσ βοηθήσοντάσ σοι. (Hyperides, Speeches, 12:1)
- οὐ Λυκοῦργον ἐκάλεισ συγκατηγορήσοντα, οὔτε τῷ λέγειν οὐδενὸσ τῶν ἐν τῇ πόλει καταδεέστερον ὄντα, παρὰ τούτοισ τε μέτριον καὶ ἐπιεικῆ δοκοῦντα εἶναι; (Hyperides, Speeches, 12:5)
- τὸ δὲ δεύτερον εἰρήνησ γενομένησ ἐκάλεισ με οὐ κατὰ τὰσ ὁμολογίασ, ἀλλὰ μόνον ἥκειν ἐπέστειλασ, Δίωνα δ’ εἰσ αὖθισ ἔφησθα μεταπέμψεσθαι. (Plato, Epistles, Letter 3 16:1)
- μιαρώτατε ἄνθρωπε, χαίρεισ ἀποκτείνασ τοὺσ ἀνεψιοὺσ κἀμὲ τὴν παναθλίαν ἀδελφὴν ἀποστερήσασ γάμου, ὦ δύστηνεσ3 ἀλλ’ οὐδ’ ἔλεοσ εἰσέρχεταί σε τῶν ἀπολωλότων συγγενῶν, οὓσ ἀδελφοὺσ ἐκάλεισ, ἀλλ’ ὥσπερ ἀγαθόν τι διαπεπραγμένοσ ἐξέστηκασ τῶν φρενῶν ὑπὸ τῆσ ἡδονῆσ καὶ στεφάνουσ ἐπὶ τοῖσ τοιούτοισ ἐπίκεισαι κακοῖσ τίνοσ ἔχων ψυχὴν θηρίου; (Dionysius of Halicarnassus, Antiquitates Romanae, book 3, chapter 21 7:2)
Synonyms
-
I call
-
I invoke
-
I summon
-
I demand
Derived
- ἀνακαλέω (to call up the dead, to call again and again, to invoke)
- ἀποκαλέω (to call back, recall, to call away or aside)
- ἐκκαλέω (to call out or forth, summon forth, to call out to oneself)
- ἐπικαλέω (to call upon a god, invoke, to invite)
- κατακαλέω (to call down, summon, invite)
- μετακαλέω (to call away to another place, to call back, recall)
- παρακαλέω (I appeal, I urge, I exhort)
- προκαλέω (to call forth, to call out to fight, challenge)
- προσκαλέω (to call to, call on, summon)
- προσπαρακαλέω (to call in besides, invite, to exhort besides)
- συγκαλέω (to call to council, convoke, convene)
