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.
- τὸ δ’ ὄνομα Μυρόπνουν αὐτὸν ἐκαλοῦμεν. (Lucian, Fugitivi, (no name) 32:9)
- διῆκε τῶν πλευρῶν καὶ κατέβαλε πονηρὸν ἄνθρωπον, ᾧ καὶ μεθ’ ἡμέραν ἐπενέβησαν καὶ προσέπτυσαν οὐκ ὀλίγαι γυναῖκεσ, ἡμεῖσ δὲ τὰσ θύρασ τῆσ εἱρκτῆσ κατασχίσαντεσ ἐκαλοῦμεν ὀνομαστὶ πρῶτον μὲν τὸν Ἀμφίθεον, εἶτα τῶν ἄλλων πρὸσ ὃν ἕκαστοσ ἐπιτηδείωσ εἶχεν,. (Plutarch, De genio Socratis, section 33 4:1)
- ἐπεὶ δὲ χωρὶσ διείλομεν τὴν δύναμιν αὐτῶν, καὶ περὶ τῆσ ἀρετῆσ διαρθρωτέον τῆσ ἐκ τούτων, ἣν ἐκαλοῦμεν ἤδη καλοκἀγαθίαν. (Aristotle, Eudemian Ethics, Book 8 49:2)
- καλεῖται δ’ οὕτω τὰ στερεὰ μόρια τοῦ σώματοσ, ἀρτηρίαι καὶ φλέβεσ καὶ νεῦρα καὶ ὀστᾶ καὶ χόνδροι καὶ ὑμένεσ καὶ σύνδεσμοι καὶ οἱ χιτῶνεσ ἅπαντεσ, οὓσ στοιχειώδεισ τε καὶ ὁμοιομερεῖσ καὶ ἁπλοῦσ ὀλίγον ἔμπροσθεν ἐκαλοῦμεν. (Galen, On the Natural Faculties., , section 77)
- κἂν μέν τίσ γ’ αὐτῷ παρῇ, τά τε πρὸσ αὑτὸν ῥηθέντα ἐντείνασ εἰσ φωνὴν πρὸσ τὸν παρόντα αὐτὰ ταῦτ’ ἂν πάλιν φθέγξαιτο, καὶ λόγοσ δὴ γέγονεν οὕτωσ ὃ τότε δόξαν ἐκαλοῦμεν; (Plato, Parmenides, Philebus, Symposium, Phaedrus, 168:1)
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)