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.
- διάδοχά σοι γόνυ τίθημι γαίᾳ τοὺσ ἐμοὺσ καλοῦσα νέρθεν ἀθλίουσ ἀκοίτασ. (Euripides, The Trojan Women, episode, strophe 16)
- ‐ ’ἔργον ἐστὶν εἰσ τρίκλινον συγγενείασ εἰσπεσεῖν οὗ λαβὼν τὴν κύλικα πρῶτοσ ἄρχεται λόγου πατήρ, καὶ παραινέσασ πέπαικεν, εἶτα μήτηρ δευτέρα, εἶτα τηθὶσ παραλαλεῖ τισ, εἶτα βαρύφωνοσ γέρων, τηθίδοσ πατήρ, ἔπειτα γραῦσ καλοῦσα φίλτατον ὁ δ’ ἐπινεύει πᾶσι τούτοισ, φησὶ Μένανδροσ, πάλιν τῆσ σκιᾶσ τὴν πορφύραν πρῶτον ἐνυφαίνουσ1’, εἶτα μετὰ τὴν πορφύραν τοῦτ’ ἐστίν, οὔτε λευκὸν οὔτε πορφύρα, ἀλλ’ ὥσπερ αὐγὴ τῆσ κρόκησ κεκραμένη. (Athenaeus, The Deipnosophists, Book 2, book 2, chapter 861)
- "καὶ ὅπωσ ἐνταῦθα μὴ Φρύνην ὀνομάζωμεν, ὦ ἑταῖρε, ἢ Λαΐσ τισ ἢ Γναθαίνιον ἐφέσπερον δαίουσα λαμπτῆροσ σέλασ ἐκδεχομένη καὶ καλοῦσα παροδεύεται πολλάκισ ἐλθὼν δ’ ἐξαπίνησ ἄνεμοσ σὺν ἔρωτι πολλῷ καὶ πόθῳ ταὐτὸ τοῦτο · (Plutarch, Amatorius, section 16 2:25)
- μή μοι θεοὺσ καλοῦσα βουλεύου κακῶσ· (Aeschylus, Seven Against Thebes, choral, strophe 22)
- Πλειστοῦ τε πηγὰσ καὶ Ποσειδῶνοσ κράτοσ καλοῦσα καὶ τέλειον ὕψιστον Δία, ἔπειτα μάντισ ἐσ θρόνουσ καθιζάνω. (Aeschylus, Eumenides, episode 2:5)
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)
