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.
- νῦν δ’ ἐπειδὴ τίνοσ τέχνησ ἐπιστήμων ἐστίν, τίνα ἂν καλοῦντεσ αὐτὸν ὀρθῶσ καλοῖμεν; (Plato, Euthydemus, Protagoras, Gorgias, Meno, 9:2)
- ὀρθῶσ ἄρ’ ἂν καλοῖμεν θείουσ τε οὓσ νυνδὴ ἐλέγομεν χρησμῳδοὺσ καὶ μάντεισ καὶ τοὺσ ποιητικοὺσ ἅπαντασ· (Plato, Euthydemus, Protagoras, Gorgias, Meno, 179:6)
- ἆρ’ οὖν οὐκ ὀρθῶσ ἂν τοὺσ τοιούτουσ ἀπίστουσ καλοῖμεν; (Plato, Republic, book 9 105:1)
- ἆρ’ οὖν καὶ τὴν ἡδονὴν αὐτοῦ καὶ φιλίαν εἰ φαῖμεν εἶναι τοῦ κέρδουσ, μάλιστ’ ἂν εἰσ ἓν κεφάλαιον ἀπερειδοίμεθα τῷ λόγῳ, ὥστε τι ἡμῖν αὐτοῖσ δηλοῦν, ὁπότε τοῦτο τῆσ ψυχῆσ τὸ μέροσ λέγοιμεν, καὶ καλοῦντεσ αὐτὸ φιλοχρήματον καὶ φιλοκερδὲσ ὀρθῶσ ἂν καλοῖμεν; (Plato, Republic, book 9 233:1)
- φιλομαθὲσ δὴ καὶ φιλόσοφον καλοῦντεσ αὐτὸ κατὰ τρόπον ἂν καλοῖμεν; (Plato, Republic, book 9 242:1)
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)
