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 ἐγένετο ἐν τῇ ἡμέρᾳ τῇ τετάρτῃ καὶ εἶπαν τῇ γυναικὶ Σαμψών. ἀπάτησον δὴ τὸν ἄνδρα σου καὶ ἀπαγγειλάτω σοι τὸ πρόβλημα, μή ποτε κατακαύσωμέν σε καὶ τὸν οἶκον τοῦ πατρόσ σου ἐν πυρί. ἦ ἐκβιάσαι ἡμᾶσ κεκλήκατε̣ (Septuagint, Liber Iudicum 14:15)
- εἰ μὲν ἐπὶ δίκην με κεκλήκατε, ὦ πολῖται, καὶ λόγον ἀπαιτεῖτε τῆσ στρατηγίασ, ἕτοιμόσ εἰμι ἀπολογήσασθαι· (Dionysius of Halicarnassus, Antiquitates Romanae, Books VII-IX, book 9, chapter 29 2:2)
- ἔσται δέ μοι ἡ διάνοια ὑμῶν ἐκ τῆσ ἀκροάσεωσ καταφανήσ, θορύβῳ τε καὶ ἡσυχίᾳ εἰκάζοντι, πότερον ἐπὶ τιμωρίαν ἢ ἐπὶ δίκην κεκλήκατέ με. (Dionysius of Halicarnassus, Antiquitates Romanae, Books VII-IX, book 9, chapter 29 3:3)
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)
