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.
- "ἀλλὰ μὴν καὶ τοὺσ στεφάνουσ τοὺσ περικειμένουσ τῷ στήθει ὑποθυμίδασ οἱ ποιηταὶ κεκλήκασιν ἀπὸ τῆσ τῶν ἀνθῶν ἀναθυμιάσεωσ, οὐκ ἀπὸ τοῦ τὴν ψυχὴν θυμὸν καλεῖσθαι, ὥσ τινεσ ἀξιοῦσιν. (Athenaeus, The Deipnosophists, Book 15, book 15, chapter 36 4:4)
- "φασιανὸν δὲ οὗτοι κεκλήκασιν αὐτὸν καὶ οὐ φασιανικόν. (Athenaeus, The Deipnosophists, Book 9, book 9, chapter 3724)
- ὄνομα δ’ οὐδὲν ἴδιον κεῖται τῷ τοιούτῳ χυμῷ, πλὴν εἴ πού τινεσ ἢ ξυστικὸν ἢ ὀξώδη κεκλήκασιν αὐτόν, ὅτι καὶ δριμὺσ ὁμοίωσ ὄξει γίγνεται καὶ ξύει γε τὸ σῶμα τοῦ ζῳού καὶ τὴν γῆν, εἰ κατ’ αὐτῆσ ἐκχυθείη, καί τινα μετὰ πομφολύγων οἱο͂ν ζύμωσίν τε καὶ ζέσιν ἐργάζεται, σηπεδόνοσ ἐπικτήτου προσελθούσησ ἐκείνῳ τῷ κατὰ φύσιν ἔχοντι χυμῷ τῷ μέλανι. (Galen, On the Natural Faculties., B, section 967)
- ὃ καὶ ἄλλοθι καὶ ἐκεῖνοσ καὶ ἄλλοι πολλοὶ τῶν ποιητῶν Τάρταρον κεκλήκασιν. (Plato, Euthyphro, Apology, Crito, Phaedo, 899:1)
- οἵ γε τὸν δεῖνα μὲν Ὀλύμπιον κεκλήκασιν οὐδὲ φύσει πολίτην ἑαυτῶν, Φοίνικα δὲ ἄνθρωπον οὐκ ἀπὸ Τύρου καὶ Σιδῶνοσ, ἀλλ’ ἀπὸ κώμησ τινὸσ ἢ τῆσ ἠπείρου, καὶ ταῦτα πιττούμενον τοὺσ βραχίονασ καὶ περιδήματα φοροῦντα· (Dio, Chrysostom, Orationes, 152:3)
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)
