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.
- διὰ τοῦτο ἐπεκλήθησαν αἱ ἡμέραι αὗται Φρουραὶ διὰ τοὺσ κλήρουσ, ὅτι τῇ διαλέκτῳ αὐτῶν καλοῦνται Φρουραί, διὰ τοὺσ λόγουσ τῆσ ἐπιστολῆσ ταύτησ καὶ ὅσα πεπόνθασι διὰ ταῦτα καὶ ὅσα αὐτοῖσ ἐγένετο, (Septuagint, Liber Esther 9:26)
- καλοῦνται δὲ Ἐγούσιαι αἵδε αἱ κύνεσ, ἀπὸ ἔθνουσ Κελτικοῦ τὴν ἐπωνυμίαν ἔχουσαι, οὗ πρῶτον, ὥσ γέ μοι δοκεῖ, ἔφυσάν τε καὶ ηὐδοκίμησαν. (Arrian, Cynegeticus, chapter 3 4:4)
- αἱ δὲ ποδώκεισ κύνεσ αἱ Κελτικαὶ καλοῦνται μὲν οὐέρτραγοι φωνῇ τῇ Κελτῶν, οὐκ ἀπὸ ἔθνουσ οὐδενόσ, καθάπερ αἱ Κρητικαὶ ἢ Καρικαὶ ἢ Λάκαιναι, ἀλλ̓ ὡσ τῶν Κρητικῶν αἱ διάπονοι ἀπὸ τοῦ φιλοπονεῖν καὶ αἱ ἰταμαὶ ἀπὸ τοῦ ὀξέοσ καὶ αἱ μικταὶ ἀπ̓ ἀμφοῖν, οὕτω δὲ καὶ αὗται ἀπὸ τῆσ ὠκύτητοσ. (Arrian, Cynegeticus, chapter 3 6:2)
- ἐν δὲ Λιβύῃ ἀφ̓ ἵππων τῶν Λιβυκῶν, οἳ δὴ Νομάδεσ καλοῦνται, οἵ τε ἄνδρεσ αὐτοὶ καὶ οἱ ἵπποι, ἀπὸ τούτων τῶν ἵππων μὴ ὅτι ἐλάφουσ αἱροῦσιν ἢ δορκάδασ ‐ ταῦτα μὲν γὰρ οὐδὲ διὰ πολλοῦ ἀγῶνοσ, οὐδὲ ἀγαθοὶ ἵπποι δοκοῦσιν οἱ τοιοῦτόν τι ἑλόντεσ ‐ ἀλλὰ καὶ τοὺσ ὄνουσ τοὺσ ἀγρίουσ, οἳ δὴ ὠκύτητι διαφέροντέσ εἰσιν καὶ τῷ ἐπὶ μήκιστον ἀντέχειν θέοντεσ. (Arrian, Cynegeticus, chapter 24 1:1)
- καὶ ἤν τε εἰσφέρειν δέῃ, μόνοι καλοῦνται, ἤν τε ἐπεξιέναι, προκινδυνεύουσι στρατηγοῦντεσ ἢ ἱππαρχοῦντεσ· (Lucian, Gallus, (no name) 21:4)
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)
