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.
- προσηγόρευσαν δὲ οἱ περὶ τὸν Νεεμίαν τοῦτο νέφθαρ, ὃ διερμηνεύεται Καθαρισμόσ. καλεῖται δὲ παρὰ τοῖσ πολλοῖσ Νεφθαεί. (Septuagint, Liber Maccabees II 1:36)
- θρασὺσ καὶ αὐθάδησ καὶ ἀλαζὼν λοιμὸσ καλεῖται, ὃσ δὲ μνησικακεῖ, παράνομοσ. (Septuagint, Liber Proverbiorum 21:23)
- Βορέασ σκληρὸσ ἄνεμοσ, ὀνόματι δὲ ἐπιδέξιοσ καλεῖται. (Septuagint, Liber Proverbiorum 27:16)
- ὅτι παιδίον ἐγενήθη ἡμῖν, υἱὸσ καὶ ἐδόθη ἡμῖν, οὗ ἡ ἀρχὴ ἐγενήθη ἐπὶ τοῦ ὤμου αὐτοῦ, καὶ καλεῖται τὸ ὄνομα αὐτοῦ μεγάλησ βουλῆσ ἄγγελόσ, θαυμαστὸσ σύμβουλοσ, Θεὸσ ἰσχυρόσ, ἐξουσιαστήσ, ἄρχων εἰρήνησ, πατὴρ τοῦ μέλλοντοσ αἰῶνοσ. ἐγὼ γὰρ ἄξω εἰρήνην ἐπὶ τοὺσ ἄρχοντασ, εἰρήνην καὶ ὑγίειαν αὐτῷ. (Septuagint, Liber Isaiae 9:6)
- καὶ ἔσται Βαβυλών, ἣ καλεῖται ἔνδοξοσ ἀπὸ βασιλέωσ Χαλδαίων, ὃν τρόπον κατέστρεψεν ὁ Θεὸσ Σόδομα καὶ Γόμορρα. (Septuagint, Liber Isaiae 13:19)
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)