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.
- ἐπυθόμην γὰρ ἥτισ καλοῖτο καὶ τὸ γένοσ. (Lucian, Dialogi Marini, triton, amymone, and poseidon, chapter 15)
- οὐδὲ τοὔνομα ἐπύθου σύ γε ἥτισ καλοῖτο ; (Lucian, Imagines, (no name) 2:4)
- ὁ Κυνικὸσ δὲ Ἀλκιδάμασ, ἐπεπώκει γὰρ ἤδη, πυθόμενοσ ἥτισ ἡ γαμουμένη παῖσ καλοῖτο σιωπὴν παραγγείλασ μεγάλῃ τῇ φωνῇ ἀποβλέψασ ἐσ τὰσ γυναῖκασ, Προπίνω σοι ἔφη, ὦ Κλεανθί, Ἡρακλέουσ ἀρχηγέτου. (Lucian, Symposium, (no name) 16:1)
- διὰ ταῦτα δικελλίτησ καὶ διφθερίασ, ὡσ ὁρᾷσ, ἀπολιπὼν ὑπ’ αἰσχύνησ τὸ ἄστυ μισθοῦ γεωργεῖ μελαγχολῶν τοῖσ κακοῖσ, ὅτι οἱ πλουτοῦντεσ παρ’ αὐτοῦ μάλα ὑπεροπτικῶσ παρέρχονται οὐδὲ τοὔνομα, εἰ Τίμων καλοῖτο, εἰδότεσ. (Lucian, Timon, (no name) 8:4)
- "ἀναγκαία ἂν καλοῖτο; (Athenaeus, The Deipnosophists, Book 12, book 12, chapter 4 1:9)
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)
