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.
- καὶ εἴ γε μὴ κληθεὶσ ἑώθεν ἔπιέ τε πάντων ὁρώντων καὶ λαβὼν ταραντινίδιον ἐκυμβάλισε καὶ προσωρχήσατο, ἀπολώλει ἂν ὡσ οὐχ ἡδόμενοσ τῷ βίῳ τοῦ βασιλέωσ, ἀλλ’ ἀντισοφιστὴσ ὢν καὶ ἀντίτεχνοσ τῆσ Πτολεμαίου τρυφῆσ. (Lucian, Calumniae non temere credundum, (no name) 16:2)
- "ἐπεὶ δὲ τινά φασιν αὐτῶν μαλακῶσ ἔχοντα οὐχ οἱο͂́ν τε εἶναι συνδειπνεῖν μεθ’ ἡμῶν, σὺ ἀντ’ ἐκείνου ἧκε λουσάμενοσ, ἢν μὴ ὅ γε κληθεὶσ αὐτὸσ εἴπῃ ἀφίξεσθαι, ὡσ νῦν γε ἀμφίβολόσ ἐστιν. (Lucian, Gallus, (no name) 9:4)
- ὃ καὶ θαυμάζω, ὅτι τὴν μὲν ἀποφράδα ἐδυσχέρανασ ἀκούσασ, ἐπ’ ἐκείνοισ δὲ τοῖσ ὀνόμασιν οὐκ ἠγανάκτεισ, ἐν Συρίᾳ μὲν Ῥοδοδάφνη κληθείσ, ἐφ’ ᾧ δέ, νὴ τὴν Ἀθηνᾶν, αἰσχύνομαι διηγεῖσθαι, ὥστε τό γε ἐπ’ ἐμοὶ ἀσαφὲσ ἔτι ἔστω· (Lucian, Pseudologista, (no name) 23:4)
- ἐσ δεκάτην γάρ ποτε παιδαρίου κληθεὶσ ὑπέπινον ἐν ἄστει, κἄρτι καθηῦδον, καὶ πρὶν δειπνεῖν τοὺσ ἄλλουσ οὗτοσ ἄρ’ ᾖσεν· (Aristophanes, Birds, Agon, epirrheme28)
- φησὶ δὲ καὶ ὅτι ὁ Χάρμοσ εἰσ ἕκαστον τῶν παρατιθεμένων ἔχων τι πρόχειρον, ὡσ προείρηται, ἐδόκει τοῖσ Μεσσηνίοισ πεπαιδευμένοσ εἶναι ὡσ καὶ Καλλιφάνησ ὁ τοῦ Παραβρύκοντοσ κληθεὶσ ἀρχὰσ ποιημάτων πολλῶν καὶ λόγων ἐκγραψάμενοσ ἀνειλήφει μέχρι τριῶν καὶ τεσσάρων στίχων, πολυμαθείασ δόξαν προσποιούμενοσ. (Athenaeus, The Deipnosophists, book 1, chapter 6 1:5)
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)