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.
- "ἂν καλῶσιν ἡμᾶσ; (Plutarch, Brutus, chapter 10 2:2)
- "διὰ τί γὰρ Θεσπιεῦσι μὲν παρήγγελται τρίτην ἡμέραν ταύτην ἐν τοῖσ ὅπλοισ εἶναι προσέχειν, ὅταν οἱ Σπαρτιατῶν ἡγεμόνεσ καλῶσιν; (Plutarch, De genio Socratis, section 17 7:7)
- ὁ δέ, "οὔκουν σοί γε," ἦ δ’ ὅσ, "ὄνομα Ἑρμογένησ, οὐδὲ ἂν πάντεσ καλῶσιν ἄνθρωποι. (Plato, Cratylus, Theaetetus, Sophist, Statesman, 3:7)
- καὶ τάδε μὲν ἀθρόωσ ἐγίνετο, ὁ δ’ ἴδιοσ αὐτοῦ Πομπηίου στρατὸσ ἦν ἐν Ἰβηρίᾳ καὶ παρασκευῆσ εἶχεν ὡσ ὁρμήσων, ὅπῃ ποτ’ ἂν αἱ χρεῖαι καλῶσιν. (Appian, The Civil Wars, book 2, chapter 6 1:6)
- "τί δ’, ἂν ἡμᾶσ καλῶσιν ὡσ στρατηγούσ, τί ποιήσομεν, ὦ ἀγαθὲ Βροῦτε"; (Appian, The Civil Wars, book 2, chapter 16 8:4)
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)