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.
- πᾶσα ἡ γῆ τὴν ἀλήθειαν καλεῖ, καὶ ὁ οὐρανὸσ αὐτὴν εὐλογεῖ, καὶ πάντα τὰ ἔργα σείεται καὶ τρέμει, καὶ οὐκ ἔστι μετ̓ αὐτῆσ ἄδικον οὐδέν. (Septuagint, Liber Esdrae I 4:36)
- Τὸ ὅραμα τῆσ Ἰδουμαίασ. ‐ Πρὸσ ἐμὲ καλεῖ παρὰ τοῦ Σηείρ. φυλάσσετε ἐπάλξεισ. (Septuagint, Liber Isaiae 21:11)
- Ἤδη δὲ καὶ ὁ καιρὸσ ἡμᾶσ καλεῖ ἐπὶ τὴν ἀπόδειξιν τῆσ θεωρίασ τοῦ σώφρονοσ λογισμοῦ. ‐ (Septuagint, Liber Maccabees IV 3:19)
- ἀναστὰσ οὖν ἐκ μέσων τῶν ἀκροωμένων, Οὗτοσ, ἔφη προσειπὼν τὸ ὄνομα, καλεῖ σε Πυθαγόρασ. (Lucian, (no name) 14:5)
- ὅτε δὲ συνῆκεν οὐκέθ’ οἱο͂́σ τε ὢν αὑτῷ ἐπικουρεῖν, εἰπὼν πρὸσ τοὺσ παρόντασ τὸν ἐναγώνιον τῶν κηρύκων πόδα λήγει μὲν ἀγὼν τῶν καλλίστων ἄθλων ταμίασ, καιρὸσ δὲ καλεῖ μηκέτι μέλλειν, καὶ πάντων ἀποσχόμενοσ ἀπῆλθεν τοῦ βίου φαιδρὸσ καὶ οἱο͂σ ἀεὶ τοῖσ ἐντυγχάνουσιν ἐφαίνετο. (Lucian, (no name) 65:1)
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)