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.
- ἢ νὴ Δία περισπώμενον, φησίν, αὐτὸν εἰδὼσ συνεγνωμόνει τῷ μὴ κεκληκέναι καὶ συμπεριφερόμενοσ ἦλθεν αὐτόματοσ; (Athenaeus, The Deipnosophists, Book 5, book 5, chapter 4 2:3)
- "δι’ ἃσ ἡγοῦμαι καὶ τὴν Πυθίαν αὐτοὺσ κεκληκέναι χοινικομέτρασ. (Athenaeus, The Deipnosophists, Book 6, book 6, chapter 101 1:18)
- λαμπρὸν γὰρ αὐτὸν ποιήσαντα δεῖπνον κεκληκέναι τοὺσ υἱοὺσ αὐτοῦ πάντασ χωρὶσ Σολόμωνοσ καὶ τὸν στρατηγὸν Ιὤαβον, οἳ μετὰ κρότου καὶ παιδιᾶσ εὐωχούμενοι πολλῆσ αἰώνιον αὐτῷ συνεύχονται τὴν ἡγεμονίαν· (Flavius Josephus, Antiquitates Judaicae, Book 7 433:1)
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)
