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.
- ὅτι τὰ ἔθνη πάντα τῆσ βασιλείασ γινώσκει, ὅτι πᾶσ ἄνθρωποσ ἢ γυνή, ὃσ εἰσελεύσεται πρὸσ τὸν βασιλέα εἰσ τὴν αὐλὴν τὴν ἐσωτέραν ἄκλητοσ, οὐκ ἔστιν αὐτῷ σωτηρία. πλὴν ᾧ ἐκτείνῃ ὁ βασιλεὺσ τὴν χρυσῆν ράβδον, οὗτοσ σωθήσεται. κἀγὼ οὐ κέκλημαι εἰσελθεῖν πρὸσ τὸν βασιλέα, εἰσὶν αὗται ἡμέραι τριάκοντα. (Septuagint, Liber Esther 4:10)
- καὶ εἶπεν Ἀμάν. οὐ κέκληκεν ἡ βασίλισσα μετὰ τοῦ βασιλέωσ οὐδένα εἰσ τὴν δοχὴν ἀλλ̓ ἢ ἐμέ, καὶ εἰσ τὴν αὔριον κέκλημαι. (Septuagint, Liber Esther 5:20)
- ἐγὼ δ’ ἐν ξεί‐ νᾳ χθονὶ δὴ κέκλημαι δού‐ λα, λιποῦσ’ Ἀσίαν, Εὐρώπασ θεραπνᾶν ἀλλά‐ ξασ’ Αἵδα θαλάμουσ. (Euripides, Hecuba, choral, antistrophe 22)
- ἀμπέλω,1 τούτῳ δεσπότασ μνοίασ κέκλημαι. (Athenaeus, The Deipnosophists, Book 15, book 15, chapter 50 10:2)
- τοῖσ πολίταισ ἄκραντα γάρ με φησίν ἔθηκε θεσπίζειν θεόσ, καὶ πρὸσ παθόντων κἀν κακοῖσι κειμένων σοφὴ κέκλημαι, πρὶν παθεῖν δὲ μαίνομαι· (Plutarch, Praecepta gerendae reipublicae, chapter, section 28 8:1)
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)
