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 ἦσαν αὐτῷ τριάκοντα καὶ δύο υἱοὶ ἐπιβαίνοντεσ ἐπὶ τριάκοντα δύο πώλουσ. καὶ τριάκοντα δύο πόλεισ αὐτοῖσ, καὶ ἐκάλουν αὐτὰσ ἐπαύλεισ Ἰαί̈ρ ἕωσ τῆσ ἡμέρασ ταύτησ ἐν γῇ Γαλαάδ. (Septuagint, Liber Iudicum 10:4)
- ἐπειδὴ ἐκάλουν καὶ οὐχ ὑπηκούσατε καὶ ἐξέτεινα λόγουσ καὶ οὐ προσείχετε, (Septuagint, Liber Proverbiorum 1:24)
- Ἐμελλεν ἄρα μηδὲ ὁ καθ’ ἡμᾶσ βίοσ τὸ παντάπασιν ἄμοιροσ ἔσεσθαι ἀνδρῶν λόγου καὶ μνήμησ ἀξίων, ἀλλὰ καὶ σώματοσ ἀρετὴν ὑπερφυᾶ καὶ γνώμην ἄκρωσ φιλόσοφον ἐκφαίνειν λέγω δὲ εἴσ τε τὸν Βοιώτιον Σώστρατον ἀναφέρων, ὃν Ἡρακλέα οἱ Ἕλληνεσ ἐκάλουν καὶ ᾤοντο εἶναι, καὶ μάλιστα εἰσ Δημώνακτα τὸν φιλόσοφον, οὓσ καὶ εἶδον αὐτὸσ καὶ ἰδὼν ἐθαύμασα, θατέρῳ δὲ τῷ Δημώνακτι καὶ ἐπὶ μήκιστον συνεγενόμην. (Lucian, (no name) 1:1)
- πρότερον δ’ ὑμᾶσ ἀπὸ τῶν πόλεων οἱ πρέσβεισ ἐξαπατῶντεσ πρῶτον μὲν ἰοστεφάνουσ ἐκάλουν· (Aristophanes, Acharnians, Parabasis, parabasis4)
- ὡσ δ’ ἦλθ’, εὐθέωσ ἀοῖον αὐτὸν πάντεσ ἐκάλουν ἀστέρα. (Aristophanes, Peace, Lyric-Scene18)
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)
