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.
- διοίσει μὲν οὐδὲν ἤν τε Εὔφορβον ἢ ^ Πυθαγόραν, ἤν τε Ἀσπασίαν καλῇσ ἢ Κράτητα· (Lucian, Gallus, (no name) 20:8)
- ὅταν δὲ φίλουσ ἔτι καλῇσ, ὦ Μηνύκιε, τοὺσ ἐξελάσαντάσ με καὶ πατρίδα τὴν ἀπαρνησαμένην, φύσεώσ τε νόμουσ ἀνακαλῇ καὶ περὶ τῶν ὁσίων διαλέγῃ, φαίνῃ μοι τὰ κοινότατα καὶ ὑπὸ μηδενὸσ ἀγνοούμενα μόνοσ ἀγνοεῖν· (Dionysius of Halicarnassus, Antiquitates Romanae, Books VII-IX, book 8, chapter 34 1:1)
- ὅταν δὲ καλῇσ τὸν παῖδα, ἐνθυμοῦ, ὅτι δύναται μὴ ὑπακοῦσαι καὶ ὑπακούσασ μηδὲν ποιῆσαι ὧν θέλεισ· (Epictetus, Works, chapter 12 2:5)
- οὐ τοίνυν τοῦτο λέγεισ ὅταν καλῇσ κολακείαν τὴν ῥητορικὴν ᾗ ταῦτα ἀνάκειται; (Aristides, Aelius, Orationes, 68:19)
- Καὶ ἄνθρωποσ, ὃσ ἂν ἁγιάσῃ τὴν οἰκίαν αὐτοῦ ἁγίαν τῷ Κυρίῳ, καὶ τιμήσεται αὐτὴν ὁ ἱερεύσ, ἀνὰ μέσον καλῆσ καὶ ἀνὰ μέσον πονηρᾶσ. ὡσ ἂν τιμήσηται αὐτὴν ὁ ἱερεύσ, οὕτω σταθήσεται. (Septuagint, Liber Leviticus 27:14)
- καὶ εἶπεν αὐτῷ. ὑγιαίνων ἔλθοισ, ἀδελφέ, καὶ μή μοι ὀργισθῇσ, ὅτι ἐζήτησα τὴν φυλήν σου καὶ τὴν πατριάν σου ἐπιγνῶναι. καὶ σὺ τυγχάνεισ ἀδελφόσ μου ἐκ τῆσ καλῆσ καὶ ἀγαθῆσ γενεᾶσ. ἐπεγίνωσκον γὰρ ἐγὼ Ἀνανίαν καὶ Ἰωνάθαν τοὺσ υἱοὺσ Σεμεί̈ τοῦ μεγάλου, ὡσ ἐπορευόμεθα κοινῶσ εἰσ Ἱεροσόλυμα προσκυνεῖν, ἀναφέροντεσ τὰ πρωτότοκα καὶ τὰσ δεκάτασ τῶν γεννημάτων, καὶ οὐκ ἐπλανήθησαν ἐν τῇ πλάνῃ τῶν ἀδελφῶν ἡμῶν. ἐκ ρίζησ καλῆσ εἶ, ἀδελφέ, (Septuagint, Liber Thobis 5:14)
- ἐγὼ μήτηρ τῆσ ἀγαπήσεωσ τῆσ καλῆσ, καὶ φόβου καὶ γνώσεωσ καὶ τῆσ ὁσίασ ἐλπίδοσ, δίδομαι οὖν πᾶσι τοῖσ τέκνοισ μου, ἀειγενὴσ τοῖσ λεγομένοισ ὑπ’ αὐτοῦ]. (Septuagint, Liber Sirach 24:18)
- αὕτη θυγάτηρ μέν ἐστι Λήδασ ἐκείνησ τῆσ καλῆσ ἐφ’ ἣν ὁ Ζεὺσ κατέπτη κύκνοσ γενόμενοσ. (Lucian, Dearum judicium, (no name) 14:1)
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)
