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 νῦν συνάγαγε τὸ κατάλοιπον τοῦ λαοῦ καὶ παρέμβαλε ἐπὶ τὴν πόλιν καὶ προκαταλαβοῦ αὐτήν, ἵνα μὴ προκαταλάβωμαι ἐγὼ τὴν πόλιν καὶ κληθῇ τὸ ὄνομά μου ἐπ’ αὐτήν. (Septuagint, Liber II Samuelis 12:28)
- δείλησ εἰσπορεύεται καὶ πρὸσ ἡμέραν ἀποτρέχει εἰσ τὸν γυναικῶνα τὸν δεύτερον, οὗ Γαί̈ ὁ εὐνοῦχοσ τοῦ βασιλέωσ ὁ φύλαξ τῶν γυναικῶν, καὶ οὐκέτι εἰσπορεύεται πρὸσ τὸν βασιλέα, ἐὰν μὴ κληθῇ ὀνόματι. (Septuagint, Liber Esther 2:14)
- ἀμέλει δὲ κἄν που κληθῇ εἰσ Ἡράκλειον, ῥίψασ τὸ ἱμάτιον τὸν βοῦν αἴρεσθαι, ἵνα τραχηλίσῃ· (Theophrastus, Characters, 5:1)
- τὸ γὰρ νεάζον ἐν τοιοῖσδε βόσκεται χώροισιν αὑτοῦ, καί νιν οὐ θάλποσ θεοῦ οὐδ’ ὄμβροσ οὐδὲ πνευμάτων οὐδὲν κλονεῖ, ἀλλ’ ἡδοναῖσ ἄμοχθον ἐξαίρει βίον ἐσ τοῦθ’ ἑώσ τισ ἀντὶ παρθένου γυνὴ κληθῇ λάβῃ τ’ ἐν νυκτὶ φροντίδων μέροσ, ἤτοι πρὸσ ἀνδρὸσ ἢ τέκνων φοβουμένη. (Sophocles, Trachiniae, episode3)
- ὅτι, ἂν μὲν μὴ κληθῇ, ὀδυνᾶται, ἂν δὲ κληθῇ, ὡσ δοῦλοσ παρὰ κυρίῳ δειπνεῖ μεταξὺ προσέχων, μή τι μωρὸν εἴπῃ ἢ ποιήσῃ. (Epictetus, Works, book 4, 48:2)
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)