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.
- ἔστιν γὰρ οὐκ ἄσημοσ Ἑλλήνων πόλισ, τῆσ χρυσολόγχου Παλλάδοσ κεκλημένη, οὗ παῖδ’ Ἐρεχθέωσ Φοῖβοσ ἔζευξεν γάμοισ βίᾳ Κρέουσαν, ἔνθα προσβόρρουσ πέτρασ Παλλάδοσ ὑπ’ ὄχθῳ τῆσ Ἀθηναίων χθονὸσ Μακρὰσ καλοῦσι γῆσ ἄνακτεσ Ἀτθίδοσ. (Euripides, Ion, episode 2:1)
- καὶ σὴ κεκλημένη ἔμπησ ἠᾶ ῥ’ ἐν ἀθανάτοισιν, οἳ οὐρανὸν εὐρὺν ἔχουσι. (Anonymous, Homeric Hymns, , <[Ei)\s A)po/llwna Pu/qion]> 17:10)
- καὶ ἥ γε Ἶρισ ἀπὸ τοῦ εἴρειν ἐοίκεν κεκλημένη, ὅτι ἄγγελοσ ἦν. (Plato, Cratylus, Theaetetus, Sophist, Statesman, 150:3)
- γαῖα γὰρ γεννήτειρα ἂν εἰή ὀρθῶσ κεκλημένη, ὥσ φησιν Ὅμηροσ· (Plato, Cratylus, Theaetetus, Sophist, Statesman, 163:1)
- "ὀδύνη" δὲ ἀπὸ τῆσ ἐνδύσεωσ τῆσ λύπησ κεκλημένῃ ἐοίκεν. (Plato, Cratylus, Theaetetus, Sophist, Statesman, 218:3)
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)
