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.
- τί με καλεῖτε; (Aristotle, Prologue 4:26)
- φήμη γ’ ὑμῖν ὄρνισ ἐστί, πταρμόν τ’ ὄρνιθα καλεῖτε, ξύμβολον ὄρνιν, φωνὴν ὄρνιν, θεράποντ’ ὄρνιν, ὄνον ὄρνιν. (Aristophanes, Birds, Parabasis, parabasis10)
- ὀνομάζονται δὲ οἱ αὐλοὶ γίγγροι ὑπὸ τῶν Φοινίκων ἀπὸ πῶν περὶ Ἄδωνιν θρήνων τὸν γὰρ Ἄδωνιν Γίγγρην καλεῖτε ὑμεῖσ οἱ Φοίνικεσ, ὡσ ἱστορεῖ Δημοκλείδησ. (Athenaeus, The Deipnosophists, Book 4, book 4, chapter 762)
- ἂν μὲν γὰρ ᾖ τισ εὐπρεπήσ, ἱερὸν γάμον καλεῖτε. (Athenaeus, The Deipnosophists, Book 6, book 6, chapter 41 1:5)
- "ἀλλ’ ἐπειδὴ καὶ κοπτήν τινα καλεῖτε, ὁρῶ δὲ ἑκάστῳ κειμένην ἐπὶ τῆσ τραπέζησ, λέγετε ἡμῖν, ὦ λίχνοι, τίσ τοῦ ὀνόματοσ τούτου τῶν ἐνδόξων μνημονεύει. (Athenaeus, The Deipnosophists, Book 14, book 14, chapter 602)
- καὶ εἶπε πρὸσ αὐτάσ. μὴ δὴ καλεῖτέ με Νωεμίν, καλέσατέ με Πικράν, ὅτι ἐπικράνθη ἐν ἐμοὶ ὁ ἱκανὸσ σφόδρα. (Septuagint, Liber Ruth 1:20)
- ἐγὼ πλήρησ ἐπορεύθην, καὶ κενὴν ἀπέστρεψέ με ὁ Κύριοσ. καὶ ἱνατί καλεῖτέ με Νωεμίν̣ καὶ Κύριοσ ἐταπείνωσέ με, καὶ ὁ ἱκανὸσ ἐκάκωσέ με. (Septuagint, Liber Ruth 1:21)
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)
