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.
- ἐλέησον λαόν, Κύριε, κεκλημένον ἐπ̓ ὀνόματί σου καὶ Ἰσραήλ, ὃν πρωτογόνῳ ὡμοίωσασ. (Septuagint, Liber Sirach 36:11)
- ὁ μὲν δὴ πολὺσ ὅμιλοσ, οὓσ ἰδιώτασ οἱ σοφοὶ καλοῦσιν, Ὁμήρῳ τε καὶ Ἡσιόδῳ καὶ τοῖσ ἄλλοισ μυθοποιοῖσ περὶ τούτων πειθόμενοι καὶ νόμον θέμενοι τὴν ποίησιν αὐτῶν, τόπον τινα ὑπὸ τῇ γῇ βαθὺν Αἳδην ὑπειλήφασιν, μέγαν δὲ καὶ πολύχωρον τοῦτον εἶναι καὶ ζοφερὸν καὶ ἀνήλιον, οὐκ οἶδ’ ὅπωσ αὐτοῖσ φωτίζεσθαι δοκοῦντα πρὸσ τὸ καὶ καθορᾶν τῶν ἐνόντων ἕκαστον βασιλεύειν δὲ τοῦ χάσματοσ ἀδελφὸν τοῦ Διὸσ Πλούτωνα κεκλημένον, ὥσ μοι τῶν τὰ τοιαῦτα δεινῶν τισ ἔλεγε, διὰ τὸ πλουτεῖν τοῖσ νεκροῖσ τῇ προσηγορίᾳ τετιμημένον. (Lucian, (no name) 2:1)
- πολλοὺσ δὲ καὶ ἄλλουσ τῶν ἡρώων εἰπεῖν ἔχων τοῖσ αὐτοῖσ ἐγγεγυμνασμένουσ καὶ τέχνην τὸ πρᾶγμα πεποιημένουσ, ἱκανὸν ἡγοῦμαι τὸν Νεοπτόλεμον, Ἀχιλλέωσ μὲν παῖδα ὄντα, πάνυ δὲ διαπρέψαντα ἐν τῇ ὀρχηστικῇ καὶ εἶδοσ τὸ κάλλιστον αὐτῇ προστεθεικότα, Πυρρίχιον ἀπ’ αὐτοῦ κεκλημένον καὶ ὁ Ἀχιλλεύσ, ταῦτα ὑπὲρ τοῦ παιδὸσ πυνθανόμενοσ, μᾶλλον ἔχαιρεν, οἶμαι, ἢ ἐπὶ τῷ κάλλει καὶ τῇ ἄλλῃ ἀλκῇ αὐτοῦ. (Lucian, De saltatione, (no name) 9:1)
- "ἐκεῖνον ἐπὶ τὸ σύνδειπνον κεκλημένον. (Athenaeus, The Deipnosophists, Book 8, book 8, chapter 68 2:1)
- μαρτυρομένου δὲ Βρούτου μὴ κεκλημένον αὐτόν ἥκειν καὶ κελεύοντοσ ἀπάγειν ἐπὶ τὴν ἀνωτάτω κλίνην, βίᾳ παρελθὼν εἰσ τὴν μέσην κατεκλίθη· (Plutarch, Brutus, chapter 34 4:4)
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)