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.
- εἶθ’ ὁ Ἀριστοτέλησ ἐκαλεῖτο μάρτυσ τοῦ λόγου, εἰσ ὑπερβολὴν θαυμάσασ Ἑρμείαν τὸν εὐνοῦχον τὸν ἐκ τοῦ Ἀταρνέωσ τύραννον ἄχρι τοῦ καὶ θύειν αὐτῷ κατὰ ταὐτὰ τοῖσ θεοῖσ. (Lucian, Eunuchus, (no name) 9:1)
- "εἶτα δεῖπνα ποικίλα εἰσεκομίζετο καὶ λόγοι ἱεροὶ αὐτῶν ἐλέγοντο, καὶ ὁ βέλτιστοσ Περεγρῖνοσ ‐ ἔτι γὰρ τοῦτο ἐκαλεῖτο ‐ καινὸσ Σωκράτησ ὑπ’ αὐτῶν ὠνομάζετο. (Lucian, De morte Peregrini, (no name) 9:17)
- οὐ γάρ οἶδα ὅστισ ἐκεῖνοσ ὁ βέλτιστοσ ἐκαλεῖτο. (Lucian, De morte Peregrini, (no name) 11:3)
- οὐ μόνον δὲ τοῦτον, ἀλλὰ καὶ τὸν δανειστὴν Γνίφωνα ἰδὼν στένοντα καὶ μεταγινώσκοντα ὅτι μὴ ἀπέλαυσε τῶν χρημάτων, ἀλλ’ ἄγευστοσ αὐτῶν ἀπέθανε τῷ ἀσώτῳ Ῥοδοχάρει τὴν οὐσίαν ἀπολιπών, ‐ οὗτοσ γὰρ ἄγχιστα ἦν αὐτῷ γένουσ καὶ πρῶτοσ ἐπὶ τὸν κλῆρον ἐκαλεῖτο κατὰ τὸν νόμον ‐ οὐκ εἶχον ὅπωσ καταπαύσω τὸν γέλωτα, καὶ μάλιστα μεμνημένοσ ὡσ ὠχρὸσ ἀεὶ καὶ αὐχμηρὸσ ἦν, φροντίδοσ τὸ μέτωπον ἀνάπλεωσ καὶ μόνοισ τοῖσ δακτύλοισ πλουτῶν, οἷσ τάλαντα καὶ μυριάδασ ἐλογίζετο, κατὰ μικρὸν συλλέγων τὰ μετ’ ὀλίγον ἐκχυθησόμενα πρὸσ τοῦ μακαρίου Ῥοδοχάρουσ. (Lucian, Cataplus, (no name) 17:1)
- Λυσίμαχοσ ἐκαλεῖτο, Βοιώτιοσ μέν, ὡσ ἐφαίνετο, τὸ γένοσ ἀνέκαθεν, ἀπὸ μέσησ δὲ ἀξιῶν λέγεσθαι τῆσ Ἀττικῆσ· (Lucian, Judicium vocalium, (no name) 7:1)
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)
