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.
- καὶ οἱ μὲν πρέσβεισ αὐτοί, ὧν κατεψεύδετο τὸ ψήφισμα, ὅτ’ ἀπεκρίνεσθε αὐτοῖσ ἀναγιγνώσκοντεσ καὶ ἐπὶ ξένια αὐτοὺσ ἐκαλεῖτε, οὐκ ἐτόλμησαν παρελθεῖν, οὐδ’ εἰπεῖν ὅτι καταψεύδεσθε ἡμῶν, ὦ ἄνδρεσ Ἀθηναῖοι, καὶ φατὲ ἡμᾶσ εἰρηκέναι ἃ οὐκ εἰρήκαμεν, ἀλλὰ σιωπῇ ἀπιόντεσ ᾤχοντο. (Demosthenes, Speeches, 27:1)
- οὐκ αἰσχύνεσθε, ἔφησεν, ὦ πολῖται, οὐδὲ κατὰ γῆσ δύεσθε, εἰ οἵδε οἱ γέροντεσ ὑπὲρ ὑμῶν τῶν νέων τὰ ὅπλα ἀναλήψονται, ἀλλ’ ὑπομενεῖτε ἀπολειφθῆναι τούτων ἡγουμένων, οὓσ ἀεὶ πατέρασ ἐκαλεῖτε; (Dionysius of Halicarnassus, Antiquitates Romanae, Books X-XX, book 10, chapter 29 3:1)
- οὐ μὴν ὅτε γε ἐν τοῖσ ἀπόροισ ἦμεν, ὦ πάντων μνημονικώτατοι, ἀλλὰ καὶ πατέρα ἐμὲ ἐκαλεῖτε καὶ αἰεὶ ὡσ εὐεργέτου μεμνήσεσθαι ὑπισχνεῖσθε. (Xenophon, Anabasis, , chapter 6 41:1)
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)
