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.
- καὶ καλοῦσιν ἀλλόφυλοι τοὺσ ἱερεῖσ καὶ τοὺσ μάντεισ καὶ τοὺσ ἐπαοιδοὺσ αὐτῶν λέγοντεσ. τί ποιήσωμεν τῇ κιβωτῷ Κυρίου̣ γνωρίσατε ἡμῖν ἐν τίνι ἀποστελοῦμεν αὐτὴν εἰσ τὸν τόπον αὐτῆσ. (Septuagint, Liber I Samuelis 6:2)
- καὶ ἐκ τοῦ οἴκου Σαοὺλ ἦν παῖσ, καὶ ὄνομα αὐτῷ Σιβά, καὶ καλοῦσιν αὐτὸν πρὸσ Δαυίδ. καὶ εἶπε πρὸσ αὐτὸν ὁ βασιλεὺσ. σὺ εἶ Σιβά̣ καὶ εἶπεν. ἐγὼ δοῦλοσ σόσ. (Septuagint, Liber II Samuelis 9:2)
- τοὺσ σοφοὺσ καὶ συνετοὺσ φαύλουσ καλοῦσιν, οἱ δὲ γλυκεῖσ ἐν λόγῳ πλείονα ἀκούσονται. (Septuagint, Liber Proverbiorum 16:17)
- ὁ μὲν δὴ πολὺσ ὅμιλοσ, οὓσ ἰδιώτασ οἱ σοφοὶ καλοῦσιν, Ὁμήρῳ τε καὶ Ἡσιόδῳ καὶ τοῖσ ἄλλοισ μυθοποιοῖσ περὶ τούτων πειθόμενοι καὶ νόμον θέμενοι τὴν ποίησιν αὐτῶν, τόπον τινα ὑπὸ τῇ γῇ βαθὺν Αἳδην ὑπειλήφασιν, μέγαν δὲ καὶ πολύχωρον τοῦτον εἶναι καὶ ζοφερὸν καὶ ἀνήλιον, οὐκ οἶδ’ ὅπωσ αὐτοῖσ φωτίζεσθαι δοκοῦντα πρὸσ τὸ καὶ καθορᾶν τῶν ἐνόντων ἕκαστον βασιλεύειν δὲ τοῦ χάσματοσ ἀδελφὸν τοῦ Διὸσ Πλούτωνα κεκλημένον, ὥσ μοι τῶν τὰ τοιαῦτα δεινῶν τισ ἔλεγε, διὰ τὸ πλουτεῖν τοῖσ νεκροῖσ τῇ προσηγορίᾳ τετιμημένον. (Lucian, (no name) 2:1)
- ἐπεὶ μέντοι πολλοὺσ τῶν ἀθλητῶν ἑώρα κακομαχοῦντασ καὶ παρὰ τὸν νόμον τὸν ἐναγώνιον ἀντὶ τοῦ παγκρατιάζειν δάκνοντασ, Οὐκ ἀπεικότωσ, ἔφη, τοὺσ νῦν ἀθλητὰσ οἱ παρομαρτοῦντεσ λέοντασ καλοῦσιν. (Lucian, (no name) 49:1)
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)
