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.
- τοῦ θεοῦ καλοῦμαι δοῦλοσ εἰμί τ’, ὦ γύναι. (Euripides, Ion, episode 2:3)
- ἀτὰρ οὐδέποτέ γε τὴν πατρίδα καταισχυνῶ ζῶν, ἀλλὰ καλοῦμαι Στρεψιάδην ‐ τίσ οὑτοσί; (Aristophanes, Clouds, Lyric-Scene, iambics3)
- καλοῦμαι Πισθέταιρον ὕβρεωσ ἐσ τὸν Μουνιχιῶνα μῆνα. (Aristophanes, Birds, Lyric-Scene, iambics 3:29)
- ἄν τισ ἑστιᾷ, πάρειμι πρῶτοσ, ὥστ’ ἤδη πάλαι ζωμὸσ καλοῦμαι, δεῖ τιν’ ἄρασθαι μέσον τῶν παροινούντων, παλαιστὴν νόμισον Ἀργεῖόν μ’ ὁρᾶν. (Athenaeus, The Deipnosophists, Book 6, book 6, chapter 343)
- σὺ δ’ ἔρρ’ ἀπόπτυστόσ τε κἀπάτωρ ἐμοῦ, κακῶν κάκιστε, τάσδε συλλαβὼν ἀράσ, ἅσ σοι καλοῦμαι, μήτε γῆσ ἐμφυλίου δόρει κρατῆσαι μήτε νοστῆσαί ποτε τὸ κοῖλον Ἄργοσ, ἀλλὰ συγγενεῖ χερὶ θανεῖν κτανεῖν θ’ ὑφ’ οὗπερ ἐξελήλασαι. (Sophocles, Oedipus at Colonus, episode 2:15)
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)
