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 εἶπεν ἐν ἑαυτῷ. ἐγὼ ᾐτησάμην θάνατον, τί οὐ καλῶ Τωβίαν τὸν υἱόν μου, ἵνα αὐτῷ ὑποδείξω πρὶν ἀποθανεῖν με̣ (Septuagint, Liber Thobis 4:2)
- Ἄκουέ μου, Ἰακὼβ καὶ Ἰσραήλ, ὃν ἐγὼ καλῶ. ἐγώ εἰμι πρῶτοσ, καὶ ἐγώ εἰμι εἰσ τὸν αἰῶνα, (Septuagint, Liber Isaiae 48:12)
- ὅτι ἐν πόλει, ἐν ᾗ ὠνομάσθη τὸ ὄνομά μου ἐπ’ αὐτήν, ἐγὼ ἄρχομαι κακῶσαι, καὶ ὑμεῖσ καθάρσει οὐ μὴ καθαρισθῆτε, ὅτι μάχαιραν ἐγὼ καλῶ ἐπὶ πάντασ τοὺσ καθημένουσ ἐπὶ τῆσ γῆσ. (Septuagint, Liber Ieremiae 32:15)
- διὰ τοῦτο οὕτωσ εἶπε Κύριοσ. ὑμεῖσ οὐκ ἠκούσατέ μου τοῦ καλέσαι ἄφεσιν ἕκαστοσ πρὸσ τὸν πλησίον αὐτοῦ. ἰδοὺ ἐγὼ καλῶ ἄφεσιν ὑμῖν εἰσ μάχαιραν καὶ εἰσ τὸν θάνατον καὶ εἰσ τὸν λιμὸν καὶ δώσω ὑμᾶσ εἰσ διασπορὰν πάσαισ ταῖσ βασιλείαισ τῆσ γῆσ. (Septuagint, Liber Ieremiae 41:17)
- καλῶ γὰρ ἐνθύμημα μὲν ῥητορικὸν συλλογισμόν, παράδειγμα δὲ ἐπαγωγὴν ῥητορικήν· (Dionysius of Halicarnassus, Ad Ammaeum, chapter 7 1:2)
- σὺ δὲ ἀπελεύσῃ πρὸσ τοὺσ πατέρασ σου ἐν εἰρήνῃ, τραφεὶσ ἐν γήρᾳ καλῷ. (Septuagint, Liber Genesis 15:15)
- καὶ ἐκλείπων ἀπέθανεν Ἁβραὰμ ἐν γήρᾳ καλῷ πρεσβύτησ καὶ πλήρησ ἡμερῶν καὶ προσετέθη πρὸσ τὸν λαὸν αὐτοῦ. (Septuagint, Liber Genesis 25:8)
- οὐκ ἀλλάξει αὐτὸ καλὸν πονηρῷ, οὐδὲ πονηρὸν καλῷ. ἐὰν δὲ ἀλλάσσων ἀλλάξῃ αὐτὸ κτῆνοσ κτήνει, ἔσται αὐτὸ καὶ τὸ ἄλλαγμα ἅγια. (Septuagint, Liber Leviticus 27:10)
- οὐκ ἀλλάξεισ καλὸν πονηρῷ, οὐδὲ πονηρὸν καλῷ. ἐὰν δὲ ἀλλάσσων ἀλλάξῃσ αὐτό, καὶ τὸ ἄλλαγμα αὐτοῦ ἔσται ἅγιον, οὐ λυτρωθήσεται. (Septuagint, Liber Leviticus 27:33)
- καὶ ἐτελεύτησεν ἐν γήρᾳ καλῷ, πλήρησ ἡμερῶν, πλούτῳ καὶ δόξῃ, καὶ ἐβασίλευσε Σαλωμὼν υἱὸσ αὐτοῦ ἀντ̓ αὐτοῦ. (Septuagint, Liber I Paralipomenon 29:28)
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)