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.
- τοῦτο δ’ εἰκάζειν καλεῖσθαι αὐτῶν τὸν δεσπότην. (Lucian, (no name) 2:5)
- "ἤκουον δὲ ὡσ οὐδὲ Πρωτεὺσ ἔτι καλεῖσθαι ἀξιοῖ, ἀλλὰ Φοίνικα μετωνόμασεν ἑαυτόν, ὅτι καὶ φοῖνιξ, τὸ Ἰνδικὸν ὄρνεον, ἐπιβαίνειν πυρᾶσ λέγεται πορρωτάτω γήρωσ προβεβηκώσ. (Lucian, De morte Peregrini, (no name) 9:84)
- εἰ δὲ μὴ ἐναγώνιοσ ἡ ὄρχησισ, ἐκείνην εἶναί φημι αἰτίαν, τὸ δόξαι τοῖσ ἀγωνοθέταισ μεῖζον καὶ σεμνότερον τὸ πρᾶγμα ἢ ὥστε εἰσ ἐξέτασιν καλεῖσθαι. (Lucian, De saltatione, (no name) 32:1)
- καὶ τοὔνομα δὲ τοῦ κιναίδου ἀπεμνημόνευεν Χελιδόνιον γὰρ καλεῖσθαι. (Lucian, De mercede, (no name) 33:4)
- ἀλλ’ ἤνπερ ὅ <τε> γλυκύθυμοσ Ἔρωσ χἠ Κυπρογένει’ Ἀφροδίτη ἵμερον ἡμῶν κατὰ τῶν κόλπων καὶ τῶν μηρῶν καταπνεύσῃ, κᾆτ’ ἐντήξῃ τέτανον τερπνὸν τοῖσ ἀνδράσι καὶ ῥοπαλισμούσ, οἶμαί ποτε Λυσιμάχασ ἡμᾶσ ἐν τοῖσ Ἕλλησι καλεῖσθαι. (Aristophanes, Lysistrata, Agon, antepirrheme1)
- καὶ νῦν καθεστάκαμέν σε σήμερον ἀρχιερέα τοῦ ἔθνουσ σου καὶ φίλον βασιλέωσ καλεῖσθαί σε καὶ φρονεῖν τὰ ἡμῶν καὶ συντηρεῖν φιλίαν πρὸσ ἡμᾶσ». (Septuagint, Liber Maccabees I 10:20)
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)
