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.
- εἶτά σοι αὐτόματοσ ἥξω καλοῦντοσ μηδενόσ. (Lucian, Cataplus, (no name) 8:5)
- ἐμοῦ καλοῦντοσ οὐ καταβήσει Μυρρίνη; (Aristophanes, Lysistrata, Lyric-Scene 1:7)
- οἱ δὲ νῦν αὐλικοί, πρακτικοὶ δοκοῦντεσ εἶναι, μηδενὸσ καλοῦντοσ ὠθοῦνται δι’ αὑτῶν ἐπὶ τράχηλον εἰσ αὐλὰσ καὶ προπομπὰσ καὶ θυραυλίασ ἐπιπόνουσ, ἵν’ ἵππου τινὸσ ἢ πόρπησ ἢ τοιαύτησ τινὸσ εὐημερίασ τύχωσι. (Plutarch, An vitiositas ad infelicitatem sufficia, section 1 1:3)
- εἶναι, μηδενὸσ καλοῦντοσ ὠθοῦνται δι’ αὑτῶν ἐπὶ τράχηλον εἰσ αὐλὰσ καὶ προπομπὰσ καὶ θυραυλίασ ἐπιπόνουσ, ἵν’ ἵππου τινὸσ ἢ πόρπησ ἢ τοιαύτησ τινὸσ εὐημερίασ τύχωσι. (Plutarch, An vitiositas ad infelicitatem sufficia, section 1 4:1)
- καὶ οὔτε νόμου καλοῦντοσ οὔτ’ ἀστρατείασ δεδοικότα γραφὴν ἀλλὰ φύσει φεύγοντα τὸ κρατεῖσθαι μέχρι τῶν ἐσχάτων ἐγκαρτερεῖ καὶ διαφυλάττει τὸ ἀήττητον οὐ γὰρ ἡττᾶται κρατούμενα τοῖσ σώμασιν οὔδ’ ἀπαγορεύει ταῖσ ψυχαῖσ ἀλλὰ ταῖσ μάχαισ ἐναποθνήσκει. (Plutarch, Bruta animalia ratione uti, chapter, section 4 3:1)
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)