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.
- εἰ δὲ μὴ τὸ αὐτὸ εἶδοσ, ὁμώνυμα ἂν εἰή, καὶ ὅμοιον ὥσπερ ἂν εἴ τισ καλοῖ ἄνθρωπον τόν τε Καλλίαν καὶ τὸ ξύλον, μηδεμίαν κοινωνίαν ἐπιβλέψασ αὐτῶν. (Aristotle, Metaphysics, Book 1 204:2)
- ὁμώνυμα ἂν εἰή, καὶ ὅμοιον ὥσπερ ἂν εἴ τισ καλοῖ ἄνθρωπον τόν τε Καλλίαν καὶ τὸ ξύλον, μηδεμίαν κοινωνίαν ἐπιβλέψασ αὐτῶν. (Aristotle, Metaphysics, Book 13 72:1)
- ἐπιθυμίασ κατεμάνθανεν, ὅπῃ τε προσελθεῖν χρὴ καὶ ὅπῃ ἅψασθαι αὐτοῦ, καὶ ὁπότε χαλεπώτατον ἢ πρᾳότατον καὶ ἐκ τίνων γίγνεται, καὶ φωνὰσ δὴ ἐφ’ οἷσ ἑκάστασ εἰώθεν φθέγγεσθαι, καὶ οἱάσ αὖ ἄλλου φθεγγομένου ἡμεροῦταί τε καὶ ἀγριαίνει, καταμαθὼν δὲ ταῦτα πάντα συνουσίᾳ τε καὶ χρόνου τριβῇ σοφίαν τε καλέσειεν καὶ ὡσ τέχνην συστησάμενοσ ἐπὶ διδασκαλίαν τρέποιτο, μηδὲν εἰδὼσ τῇ ἀληθείᾳ τούτων τῶν δογμάτων τε καὶ ἐπιθυμιῶν ὅτι καλὸν ἢ αἰσχρὸν ἢ ἀγαθὸν ἢ κακὸν ἢ δίκαιον ἢ ἄδικον, ὀνομάζοι δὲ πάντα ταῦτα ἐπὶ ταῖσ τοῦ μεγάλου ζῴου δόξαισ, οἷσ μὲν χαίροι ἐκεῖνο ἀγαθὰ καλῶν, οἷσ δὲ ἄχθοιτο κακά, ἄλλον δὲ μηδένα ἔχοι λόγον περὶ αὐτῶν, ἀλλὰ τἀναγκαῖα δίκαια καλοῖ καὶ καλά, τὴν δὲ τοῦ ἀναγκαίου καὶ ἀγαθοῦ φύσιν, ὅσον διαφέρει τῷ ὄντι, μήτε ἑωρακὼσ εἰή μήτε ἄλλῳ δυνατὸσ δεῖξαι. (Plato, Republic, book 6 199:1)
- καὶ ἐνυπνιάσθη τὸ δεύτερον, καὶ ἰδοὺ ἑπτὰ στάχυεσ ἀνέβαινον ἐν τῷ πυθμένι ἑνὶ ἐκλεκτοὶ καὶ καλοί. (Septuagint, Liber Genesis 41:5)
- καὶ εἶδον πάλιν ἐν τῷ ὕπνῳ μου, καὶ ὥσπερ ἑπτὰ στάχυεσ ἀνέβαινον ἐν πυθμένι ἑνὶ πλήρεισ καὶ καλοί. (Septuagint, Liber Genesis 41:22)
- αἱ ἑπτὰ βόεσ αἱ καλαὶ ἑπτὰ ἔτη ἐστί, καὶ οἱ ἑπτὰ στάχυεσ οἱ καλοὶ ἑπτὰ ἔτη ἐστί. τὸ ἐνύπνιον Φαραὼ ἕν ἐστι, (Septuagint, Liber Genesis 41:26)
- ὡσ καλοὶ οἱ οἶκοί σου Ἰακώβ, αἱ σκηναί σου Ἰσραήλ! (Septuagint, Liber Numeri 24:5)
- οἱ ἀδελφοί μου καλοὶ καὶ μεγάλοι, καὶ οὐκ εὐδόκησεν ἐν αὐτοῖσ ὁ Κύριοσ. (Septuagint, Liber Psalmorum 150:10)
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)
