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.
- διότι πρὶν ἢ γνῶναι τὸ παιδίον καλεῖν πατέρα ἢ μητέρα, λήψεται δύναμιν Δαμασκοῦ καὶ τὰ σκῦλα Σαμαρείασ ἔναντι βασιλέωσ Ἀσσυρίων. (Septuagint, Liber Isaiae 8:4)
- ἔτι δὲ τοιοῦτόσ ἐστιν ὁ μικρόψυχοσ οἱο͂σ πάντα τὰ ὀλιγωρήματα καλεῖν ὕβριν καὶ ἀτιμίαν, καὶ τὰ δι’ ἄγνοιαν ἢ λήθην γιγνόμενα. (Aristotle, Virtues and Vices 42:3)
- καὶ πολύ γε, οἶμαι, πρότερον τοῦ γελᾶν πρὸσ ἑαυτὸν ἐξετάσει πότερον εὐσεβεῖσ αὐτοὺσ χρὴ καλεῖν ἢ τοὐναντίον θεοῖσ ἐχθροὺσ καὶ κακοδαίμονασ, οἵ γε οὕτω ταπεινὸν καὶ ἀγεννὲσ τὸ θεῖον ὑπειλήφασιν ὥστε εἶναι ἀνθρώπων ἐνδεὲσ καὶ κολακευόμενον ἥδεσθαι καὶ ἀγανακτεῖν ἀμελούμενον. (Lucian, De sacrificiis, (no name) 1:3)
- τὸν δὲ Κυνικὸν τὸν ^ ἐν ἄρκτου δέρματι φιλοσοφοῦντα οὐχ Ὁνωρᾶτον, ὥσπερ ὠνομάζετο, ἀλλ’ Ἀρκεσίλαον καλεῖν ἠξίου. (Lucian, (no name) 19:1)
- ἀφ’ οὗ χρόνου καὶ καλεῖν τοὺσ ἐν τῇ ἡλικίᾳ ταύτῃ μάλιστα εἰώθαμεν. (Dionysius of Halicarnassus, De Dinarcho, chapter 4 1:2)
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)
