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.
- ἐὰν οὖν καλέσῃ ὑμᾶσ Φαραὼ καὶ εἴπῃ ὑμῖν. τί τὸ ἔργον ὑμῶν ἐστίν̣ (Septuagint, Liber Genesis 46:33)
- καὶ εἶπεν. ἀνάστρεφε, κάθευδε, τέκνον, καὶ ἔσται ἐὰν καλέσῃ σε καὶ ἐρεῖσ. λάλει, Κύριε, ὅτι ἀκούει ὁ δοῦλόσ σου. καὶ ἐπορεύθῃ Σαμουὴλ καὶ ἐκοιμήθη ἐν τῷ τόπῳ αὐτοῦ. (Septuagint, Liber I Samuelis 3:9)
- μὴ μὴ καλέσῃ πρὸσ τῶν θεῶν· (Aristophanes, Wasps, Episode, lyric 4:4)
- ἡμῶν δ’ ἢν τινά τισ καλέσῃ θύων ἐπὶ δεῖπνον, ἀχθόμεθ’ ἢν ἔλθῃ καὶ ὑποβλέπομεν παρεόντα χὤττι τάχιστα θύραζ’ ἐξελθεῖν βουλόμεθ’ αὐτόν. (Athenaeus, The Deipnosophists, Book 8, book 8, chapter 66 2:4)
- καὶ ἄλλα δὲ τοιαῦτα ἐπιλέγει ὁ τοῦ Ἐπιχάρμου παράσιτοσ, ὁ δὲ παρὰ τῷ Διφίλῳ τάδε φησίν ὅταν με καλέσῃ πλούσιοσ δεῖπνον ποιῶν, οὐ κατανοῶ τὰ τρίγλυφ’ οὐδὲ τὰσ στέγασ, οὐδὲ δοκιμάζω τοὺσ Κορινθίουσ κάδουσ, ἀτενὲσ δὲ τηρῶ τοῦ μαγείρου τὸν καπνόν. (Athenaeus, The Deipnosophists, Book 6, book 6, chapter 291)
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)
