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.
- παρακληθέντεσ δὲ τοῖσ Ἰούδα λόγοισ πάνυ καλοῖσ καὶ δυναμένοισ ἐπ̓ ἀρετὴν παρορμῆσαι καὶ ψυχὰσ νέων ἐπανορθῶσαι, διέγνωσαν μὴ στρατοπεδεύεσθαι, γενναίωσ δὲ ἐμφέρεσθαι καὶ μετὰ πάσησ εὐανδρίασ ἐμπλακέντεσ κρῖναι τὰ πράγματα, διὰ τὸ καὶ τὴν πόλιν καὶ τὰ ἅγια καὶ τὸ ἱερὸν κινδυνεύειν. (Septuagint, Liber Maccabees II 15:17)
- ὅπερ ἀνάγκη, οἶμαι, παθεῖν καὶ τὸν ἐν οὕτω καλοῖσ ἔργοισ λόγουσ δεικνύοντα· (Lucian, De Domo, (no name) 16:1)
- Μακρὸν ἂν εἰή διηγήσασθαι, ὅπωσ μὲν ἥσθη ὁ Σόλων τῷ δώρῳ, οἱᾶ δὲ εἶπεν, ὡσ δὲ τὸ λοιπὸν συνῆσαν, ὁ μὲν παιδεύων καὶ διδάσκων τὰ κάλλιστα, ὁ Σόλων, καὶ φίλον ἅπασι ποιῶν τὸν Ἀνάχαρσιν καὶ προσάγων τοῖσ Ελλήνων καλοῖσ καὶ πάντα τρόπον ἐπιμελούμενοσ, ὅπωσ ἥδιστα διατρίψῃ ἐν τῇ Ἑλλάδι, ὁ δὲ τεθηπὼσ τὴν σοφίαν αὐτοῦ καὶ μηδὲ τὸν ἕτερον πόδα ἑκὼν εἶναι ἀπολειπόμενοσ. (Lucian, Scytha 16:1)
- κοὐκ ἐξέσται παρὰ τοῖσι καλοῖσ <καὶ τοῖσ μεγάλοισ> καταδαρθεῖν ταῖσι γυναιξὶ πρὶν <ἂν> τοῖσ αἰσχροῖσ καὶ τοῖσ μικροῖσ χαρίσωνται. (Aristophanes, Ecclesiazusae, Agon, epirrheme 1:29)
- στρατεύματοσ, ἐπὶ σημείοισ τισὶν οὐ καλοῖσ κρινομένοισ θορυβουμένῳ Σκέδασον ἐπιστῆναι κατὰ τοὺσ ὕπνουσ, θαρρεῖν κελεύοντα· (Plutarch, Amatoriae narrationes, chapter 3 22:1)
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)
