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.
- ΚΑΙ ἐβόησεν ἀνὴρ Ἐφραίμ, καὶ παρῆλθαν εἰσ βορρᾶν καὶ εἶπαν πρὸσ Ἰεφθάε. διατὶ παρῆλθεσ παρατάξασθαι ἐν υἱοῖσ Ἀμμὼν καὶ ἡμᾶσ οὐ κέκληκασ πορευθῆναι μετὰ σοῦ̣ τὸν οἶκόν σου ἐμπρήσομεν ἐπὶ σὲ ἐν πυρί. (Septuagint, Liber Iudicum 12:1)
- καὶ ἔδραμε πρὸσ Ἡλὶ καὶ εἶπεν. ἰδοὺ ἐγώ, ὅτι κέκληκάσ με. καὶ εἶπεν. οὐ κέκληκά σε, ἀνάστρεφε, κάθευδε. καὶ ἀνέστρεψε καὶ ἐκάθευδε. (Septuagint, Liber I Samuelis 3:5)
- καὶ προσέθετο Κύριοσ καὶ ἐκάλεσε. Σαμουὴλ Σαμουήλ. καὶ ἐπορεύθη πρὸσ Ἡλὶ τὸ δεύτερον καὶ εἶπεν. ἰδοὺ ἐγώ, ὅτι κέκληκάσ με. καὶ εἶπεν. οὐ κέκληκά σε, ἀνάστρεφε, κάθευδε. (Septuagint, Liber I Samuelis 3:6)
- καὶ προσέθετο Κύριοσ καλέσαι Σαμουὴλ ἐν τρίτῳ. καὶ ἀνέστη καὶ ἐπορεύθη πρὸσ Ἡλὶ καὶ εἶπεν. ἰδοὺ ἐγώ, ὅτι κέκληκάσ με. καὶ ἐσοφίσατο Ἡλὶ ὅτι Κύριοσ κέκληκε τὸ παιδάριον, (Septuagint, Liber I Samuelis 3:8)
- "ὡσ εἰσῆλθε γάρ, εὐθὺσ μ’ ἐπηρώτησε προσβλέψασ μέγα ’ πόσουσ κέκληκασ μέροπασ ἐπὶ δεῖπνον; (Athenaeus, The Deipnosophists, Book 9, book 9, chapter 28 3:6)
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)