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.
- στείχων δ’ ἄνακτοσ προυξερευνητὰσ ὁδοῦ ἀνιστόρησα Θρῃκίοισ προσφθέγμασι, Τίσ ὁ στρατηγὸσ καὶ τίνοσ κεκλημένοσ στείχει πρὸσ ἄστυ Πριαμίδαισι σύμμαχοσ; (Euripides, Rhesus, episode 1:7)
- εἶτα δῆτ’ ὀγκούμεθα, ὃ μέν τισ ἡμῶν πλουσίοισ ἐν δώμασιν, ὃ δ’ ἐν πολίταισ τίμιοσ κεκλημένοσ. (Euripides, Hecuba, episode 7:6)
- σὸσ γάρ ἐστι νῦν δοῦλοσ, πάροιθε δεσπότησ κεκλημένοσ. (Euripides, episode9)
- οὗ ταὐτὸν ὄνομα παῖσ πατρὸσ κεκλημένοσ, Καδμεῖοσ οὐκ ὤν, ἀλλ’ ἀπ’ Εὐβοίασ μολών, κτείνει Κρέοντα καὶ κτανὼν ἄρχει χθονόσ, στάσει νοσοῦσαν τήνδ’ ἐπεσπεσὼν πόλιν. (Euripides, Heracles, episode 2:2)
- Μακραὶ δὲ χῶρόσ ἐστ’ ἐκεῖ κεκλημένοσ; (Euripides, Ion, episode 1:14)
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)
