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.
- τίσ ὥσπερ ἐγώ̣ στήτω καὶ καλεσάτω καὶ ἀναγγειλάτω καὶ ἑτοιμασάτω μοι ἀφ̓ οὗ ἐποίησα ἄνθρωπον εἰσ τὸν αἰῶνα, καὶ τὰ ἐπερχόμενα πρὸ τοῦ ἐλθεῖν ἀναγγειλάτωσαν ὑμῖν. (Septuagint, Liber Isaiae 44:7)
- Ἀντισθένη τισ καλεσάτω πάσῃ τέχνῃ. (Aristophanes, Ecclesiazusae, Episode 1:12)
- εἶθ’ ὃν μὲν ἂν εὑρ́ῃ γνήσιον ὡσ ἀληθῶσ φιλόσοφον, στεφανωσάτω θαλλοῦ στεφάνῳ καὶ εἰσ τὸ Πρυτανεῖον καλεσάτω, ἢν δέ τινι ‐ οἱοῖ πολλοί εἰσι ‐ καταράτῳ ἀνδρὶ ὑποκριτῇ φιλοσοφίασ ἐντύχῃ,τὸ τριβώνιον περισπάσασ ἀποκειράτω τὸν πώγωνα ἐν χρῷ πάνυ τραγοκουρικῇ μαχαίρᾳ καὶ ἐπὶ τοῦ μετώπου στίγματα ἐπιβαλέτω ἢ ἐγκαυσάτω κατὰ τὸ μεσόφρυον· (Lucian, Piscator, (no name) 46:2)
- καλεσάτω οὖν οὗτοσ αὐτόν, ἐὰν ἄρα μὴ προσίῃ αὐτόσ. (Plato, Alcibiades 1, Alcibiades 2, Hipparchus, Lovers, Theages, Charmides, Laches, Lysis, 63:3)
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)
