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.
- δόξαν οὖν μοι διὰ πολλοῦ προσειπεῖν Νιγρῖνον τὸν Πλατωνικὸν φιλόσοφον, ἑώθεν ἐξαναστὰσ ὡσ αὐτὸν ἀφικόμην καὶ κόψασ τὴν θύραν τοῦ παιδὸσ εἰσαγγείλαντοσ ἐκλήθην καὶ παρελθὼν εἴσω καταλαμβάνω τὸν μὲν ἐν χερσὶ βιβλίον ἔχοντα, πολλὰσ δὲ εἰκόνασ παλαιῶν φιλοσόφων ἐν κύκλῳ κειμένασ. (Lucian, Nigrinus, Nigrinou Fiaosofia 2:5)
- Ἑλένη δ’ ἐκλήθην. (Aristophanes, Thesmophoriazusae, Episode17)
- ἐγὼ γὰρ ἥττων μὲν λόγοσ δι’ αὐτὸ τοῦτ’ ἐκλήθην ἐν τοῖσι φροντισταῖσιν, ὅτι πρώτιστοσ ἐπενόησα τοῖσιν νόμοισ καὶ ταῖσ δίκαισ τἀναντί’ ἀντιλέξαι. (Aristophanes, Clouds, Agon, antepirrheme2)
- Ἑλένη δ’ ἐκλήθην. (Euripides, Helen, episode 2:3)
- οὔκουν πατρόσ γ’ ἂν φονεὺσ ἦλθον οὐδὲ νυμφίοσ βροτοῖσ ἐκλήθην ὧν ἔφυν ἄπο. (Sophocles, Oedipus Tyrannus, choral, antistrophe 24)
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)
