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.
- καὶ οὐκ ἔσται εἶναι καὶ μὴ εἶναι τὸ αὐτὸ ἀλλ’ ἢ καθ’ ὁμωνυμίαν, ὥσπερ ἂν εἰ ὃν ἡμεῖσ ἄνθρωπον καλοῦμεν, ἄλλοι μὴ ἄνθρωπον καλοῖεν· (Aristotle, Metaphysics, Book 4 75:2)
- ὁπότε μὲν γὰρ οἱ ὕπατοι καλοῖεν τὸ πλῆθοσ ὡσ ἀποδείξοντεσ τοὺσ μετιόντασ τὴν ἀρχὴν ὑπάτουσ, οἱ δήμαρχοι τοῦ κωλύειν ὄντεσ κύριοι διέλυον τὰ ἀρχαιρέσια, ὁπότε δ’ αὖ πάλιν ἐκεῖνοι καλοῖεν ὡσ ἀρχαιρεσιάσοντα τὸν δῆμον, οὐκ ἐπέτρεπον οἱ ὕπατοι τὴν ἐξουσίαν ἔχοντεσ τοῦ συγκαλεῖν τοὺσ λόχουσ καὶ τὰσ ψήφουσ ἀναδιδόναι. (Dionysius of Halicarnassus, Antiquitates Romanae, Books VII-IX, book 8, chapter 90 3:1)
- οἱ δὲ τὰ κράτιστα τῇ Πελοποννήσῳ βουλευόμενοι ἔπεισαν τὸ κοινὸν τῶν Ἀρκάδων πέμψαντασ πρέσβεισ εἰπεῖν τοῖσ Θηβαίοισ μὴ ἰέναι σὺν ὅπλοισ εἰσ τὴν Ἀρκαδίαν, εἰ μή τι καλοῖεν. (Xenophon, Hellenica, , chapter 4 46:2)
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)
