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.
- καίτοι κέκλησαι πολλάκισ· (Euripides, Heracles, episode, anapests 2:3)
- ἐγὼ γάρ τοι πάνυ βούλομαί σου πυθέσθαι τί ποτε πράττων καλὸσ κἀγαθὸσ κέκλησαι, ἐπεὶ οὐκ ἔνδον γε διατρίβεισ οὐδὲ τοιαύτη σου ἡ ἕξισ τοῦ σώματοσ καταφαίνεται. (Xenophon, Works on Socrates, , chapter 7 3:3)
- καὶ ὁ Ἰσχόμαχοσ γελάσασ ἐπὶ τῷ τί ποιῶν καλὸσ κἀγαθὸσ κέκλησαι, καὶ ἡσθείσ, ὥσ γ’ ἐμοὶ ἔδοξεν, εἶπεν· (Xenophon, Works on Socrates, , chapter 7 4:1)
- νῦν δ’ ὑπὲρ τοῦ πρὸσ Αἰκανοὺσ καὶ Σαβίνουσ πολέμου, περὶ οὗ κέκλησαι γνώμην ἀποδειξόμενοσ, ὅ τι σοι φαίνεται λέγε καὶ παῦσαι τὰ ἔξω τοῦ πράγματοσ φλυαρῶν. (Dionysius of Halicarnassus, Antiquitates Romanae, Books X-XX, book 11, chapter 15 3:2)
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)
