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.
- ΚΑΤΑΒΗΘΙ, κάθισον ἐπὶ τὴν γῆν, παρθένοσ, θυγάτηρ Βαβυλῶνοσ, εἴσελθε εἰσ τὸ σκότοσ, θυγάτηρ Χαλδαίων, ὅτι οὐκέτι προστεθήσῃ κληθῆναι ἁπαλὴ καὶ τρυφερά. (Septuagint, Liber Isaiae 47:1)
- καὶ εἶπέ μοι. μέγα σοί ἐστι τοῦ κληθῆναί σε παῖδά μου τοῦ στῆσαι τὰσ φυλὰσ Ἰακὼβ καὶ τὴν διασπορὰν τοῦ Ἰσραὴλ ἐπιστρέψαι. ἰδοὺ δέδωκά σε εἰσ διαθήκην γένουσ, εἰσ φῶσ ἐθνῶν τοῦ εἶναί σε εἰσ σωτηρίαν ἕωσ ἐσχάτου τῆσ γῆσ. ‐ (Septuagint, Liber Isaiae 49:6)
- Ἡρόδοτοσ τοῦτ̓ ἐκεῖνο ἥκειν οἱ νομίσασ τὸν καιρόν, οὗ μάλιστα ἐγλίχετο, πλήθουσαν τηρήσασ τὴν πανήγυριν, ἁπανταχόθεν ἤδη τῶν ἀρίστων συνειλεγμένων, παρελθὼν ἐσ τὸν ὀπισθόδομον οὐ θεατήν, ἀλλ̓ ἀγωνιστὴν παρεῖχεν ἑαυτὸν Ὀλυμπίων ᾅδων τὰσ ἱστορίασ καὶ κηλῶν τοὺσ παρόντασ, ἄχρι τοῦ καὶ Μούσασ κληθῆναι τὰσ βίβλουσ αὐτοῦ, ἐννέα καὶ αὐτὰσ οὔσασ. (Lucian, Herodotus 3:1)
- ἐκεῖνο δὲ πῶσ οὐ μέγα ἐν τοῖσ ἄλλοισ τὸ τόλμημα τοῦ Ἀλεξάνδρου, τὸ αἰτῆσαι παρὰ τοῦ αὐτοκράτοροσ μετονομασθῆναι τὸ τοῦ Ἀβώνου τεῖχοσ καὶ Ιὠνόπολιν κληθῆναι, καὶ νόμισμα καινὸν κόψαι ἐγκεχαραγμένον τῇ μὲν τοῦ Γλύκωνοσ, κατὰ θάτερα δὲ Ἀλεξάνδρου, στέμματὰ τε τοῦ πάππου Ἀσκληπιοῦ καὶ τὴν ἁρ́πην ἐκείνην τοῦ πατρομήτοροσ Περσέωσ ἔχοντοσ ; (Lucian, Alexander, (no name) 58:1)
- ὁ δ̓ οὖν Θουκυδίδησ εὖ μάλα τοῦτ̓ ἐνομοθέτησε καὶ διέκρινεν ἀρετὴν καὶ κακίαν συγγραφικήν, ὁρῶν μάλιστα θαυμαζόμενον τὸν Ἡρόδοτον, ἄχρι τοῦ καὶ Μούσασ κληθῆναι αὐτοῦ τὰ βιβλία· (Lucian, Quomodo historia conscribenda sit, chapter 421)
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)
