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.
- ὅτι ἀνάξω τὸ ἴαμά σου, ἀπὸ πληγῆσ ὀδυνηρᾶσ ἰατρεύσω σε, φησὶ Κύριοσ, ὅτι Ἐσπαρμένη ἐκλήθησ. θήρευμα ὑμῶν ἐστιν, ὅτι ζητῶν οὐκ ἔστιν αὐτήν. (Septuagint, Liber Ieremiae 37:14)
- ὡσ ὑπὲρ τὴν ἀξίαν τὸ πένθοσ αἴρεσθ’, εἰ θανεῖν ὑμᾶσ χρεών, σὺ μὲν καθ’ Ἑλλάδ’ ἐκβαλὼν κόμπουσ κενούσ, ὡσ σύγγαμόσ σοι Ζεὺσ τέκ<νου τε κ>οινεών, σὺ δ’ ὡσ ἀρίστου φωτὸσ ἐκλήθησ δάμαρ. (Euripides, Heracles, episode7)
- εἰ γὰρ μὴ γάμοισιν ἐζύγησ, ἀλλ’ ἐκλήθησ γοῦν ταλαίνησ παρθένου φίλοσ πόσισ. (Euripides, Iphigenia in Aulis, episode, trochees 1:7)
- δοῦλοσ ἐκλήθησ; (PROS KORINQIOUS A, chapter 7 23:1)
- ἀγωνίζου τὸν καλὸν ἀγῶνα τῆσ πίστεωσ, ἐπιλαβοῦ τῆσ αἰωνίου ζωῆσ, εἰσ ἣν ἐκλήθησ καὶ ὡμολόγησασ τὴν καλὴν ὁμολογίαν ἐνώπιον πολλῶν μαρτύρων. (PROS TIMOQEON A, chapter 4 59:1)
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)