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.
- "Κλέαρχοσ ὁ Σολεὺσ οὐδενὸσ ὢν δεύτεροσ τῶν τοῦ σοφοῦ Ἀριστοτέλουσ μαθητῶν ἐν τῷ προτέρῳ περὶ Παροιμιῶν ’τὴν Λητώ,’ φησιν, ’ἐκ Χαλκίδοσ τῆσ Εὐβοίασ ἀνακομίζουσαν εἰσ Δελφοὺσ Ἀπόλλωνα καὶ Ἄρτεμιν γενέσθαι περὶ τὸ τοῦ κληθέντοσ Πύθωνοσ σπήλαιον. (Athenaeus, The Deipnosophists, Book 15, compendium in ce, chapter 62 1:3)
- ἐν δὲ τῇ ὀγδόῃ καὶ εἰκοστῇ ὁ αὐτὸσ Φύλαρχοσ Ἀντιγόνου τοῦ κληθέντοσ Ἐπιτρόπου τοὺσ Λακεδαιμονίουσ ἑλόντοσ κόλακα γενέσθαι Ἀπολλοφάνη τὸν εἰπόντα τὴν Ἀντιγόνου τύχην ἀλεξανδρίζειν. (Athenaeus, The Deipnosophists, Book 6, book 6, chapter 55 5:1)
- ἀφίκετο δ’ αὐτοῖσ παρὰ τοῦ Λατίνων τε καὶ Ἑρνίκων ἔθνουσ διπλάσιον τοῦ κληθέντοσ ἐπικουρικόν. (Dionysius of Halicarnassus, Antiquitates Romanae, Books VII-IX, book 9, chapter 5 3:2)
- οὗτοι διέμειναν οἱ χρησμοὶ μέχρι τοῦ Μαρσικοῦ κληθέντοσ πολέμου κείμενοι κατὰ γῆσ ἐν τῷ ναῷ τοῦ Καπιτωλίνου Διὸσ ἐν λιθίνῃ λάρνακι, ὑπ’ ἀνδρῶν δέκα φυλαττόμενοι. (Dionysius of Halicarnassus, Antiquitates Romanae, Books IV-VI, book 4, chapter 62 9:1)
- ἦν δ’ ὁ ταύτησ ἡγούμενοσ τῆσ γνώμησ Μάρκοσ Οὐαλέριοσ, υἱὸσ Ποπλίου Οὐαλερίου, ἑνὸσ τῶν καταλυσάντων τὴν τυραννίδα, τοῦ κληθέντοσ διὰ τὴν εἰσ τὸ δημοτικὸν εὔνοιαν Ποπλικόλα, διδάσκων αὐτούσ, ὅτι τοῖσ μὲν ὑπὲρ τῶν ἴσων ἀγωνιζομένοισ ἴσαι φιλοῦσιν ἐμφύεσθαι πρὸσ τὰ ἔργα φιλοτιμίαι, τοῖσ δὲ μηδὲν ἀπολαύειν μέλλουσιν ἀγαθὸν οὐδὲν ἐπέρχεται φρονεῖν γενναῖον· (Dionysius of Halicarnassus, Antiquitates Romanae, Books IV-VI, book 5, chapter 64 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)
