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.
- γείνατο δ’ Ἀστερίην ἐυώνυμον, ἥν ποτε Πέρσησ ἠγάγετ’ ἐσ μέγα δῶμα φίλην κεκλῆσθαι ἄκοιτιν. (Hesiod, Theogony, Book Th. 42:3)
- ἐν νεκροῖσι γὰρ δούλη κεκλῆσθαι βασιλὶσ οὖσ’ αἰσχύνομαι. (Euripides, Hecuba, episode 1:22)
- Ιὤνα δ’ αὐτόν, κτίστορ’ Ἀσιάδοσ χθονόσ, ὄνομα κεκλῆσθαι θήσεται καθ’ Ἑλλάδα. (Euripides, Ion, episode 5:10)
- ὁ δεύτεροσ Ἀχαιόσ, ὃσ γῆσ παραλίασ Ῥίου πέλασ τύραννοσ ἔσται, κἀπισημανθήσεται κείνου κεκλῆσθαι λαὸσ ὄνομ’ ἐπώνυμοσ. (Euripides, Ion, episode, iambic 3:10)
- "ἀναιρεῖν γὰρ εἶναι τὸν Ἄρην φησίν, ἀρχὰσ διδοὺσ τοῖσ τὸ μαχητικὸν ἐν ἡμῖν καὶ διάφορον καὶ θυμοειδὲσ Ἄρην κεκλῆσθαι νομίζουσιν. (Plutarch, Amatorius, section 13 2:25)
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)
