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.
- ὦ τῶν ἐμῶν παίδων, οἱ μὲν ἄγαμοι, οἱ δὲ γήμαντεσ ἀνόνητοι. οὐκ ὄψομαι ὑμῶν τέκνα, οὐδὲ μάμμη κληθεῖσα μακαρισθήσομαι. (Septuagint, Liber Maccabees IV 16:9)
- ἢ τὰ περὶ τῆσ Ἀρτέμιδόσ σοι πιθανὰ ἔδοξεν, ὡσ ἐκείνη μεμψίμοιροσ οὖσα ἠγανάκτησεν οὐ κληθεῖσα ἐφ’ ἑστίασιν ὑπὸ τοῦ Οἰνέωσ, καὶ διὰ τοῦτο σῦν τινα ὑπερφυᾶ καὶ ἀνυπόστατον τὴν ἀλκὴν ἐπαφῆκεν ἐπὶ τὴν χώραν αὐτοῦ; (Lucian, Juppiter trageodeus, (no name) 40:8)
- ὡσ δὲ καὶ τούτων ἡ Κάτωνοσ ἀρετὴ καὶ δόξα περιῆν, ὑπ’ αἰδοῦσ τῶν πολλῶν ἐν δεινῷ πολλῷ τιθεμένων ἀποδόσθαι Κάτωνα ταῖσ ψήφοισ, ὃν καλῶσ εἶχε πρίασθαι τῇ πόλει στρατηγόν, ἥ τε πρώτη κληθεῖσα τῶν φυλῶν ἐκεῖνον ἀπέδειξεν, ἐξαίφνησ ὁ Πομπήϊοσ βροντῆσ ἀκηκοέναι ψευσάμενοσ αἴσχιστα διέλυσε τὴν ἐκκλησίαν, εἰθισμένων ἀφοσιοῦσθαι τὰ τοιαῦτα καὶ μηδὲν ἐπικυροῦν διοσημίασ γενομένησ. (Plutarch, Cato the Younger, chapter 42 3:1)
- καὶ πόλισ ἀπ’ ἐκείνησ Ἀστερία πρότερον κληθεῖσα, ὕστερον δὲ Δῆλοσ. (Apollodorus, Library and Epitome, book 1, chapter 4 1:2)
- ὅτι Κρότων πόλισ ἐν Ἰταλίᾳ ἐστὶ καὶ Σύβαρισ ἀπὸ τοῦ παραρρέοντοσ ποταμοῦ οὕτωσ κληθεῖσα. (Dionysius of Halicarnassus, Antiquitates Romanae, Books X-XX, book 19, chapter 1 1:1)
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)
