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.
- οἱ δὲ εἶπαν. καλέσωμεν τὴν παῖδα καὶ ἐρωτήσωμεν τὸ στόμα αὐτῆσ. (Septuagint, Liber Genesis 24:57)
- ἐὰν οὖν καλέσῃ ὑμᾶσ Φαραὼ καὶ εἴπῃ ὑμῖν. τί τὸ ἔργον ὑμῶν ἐστίν̣ (Septuagint, Liber Genesis 46:33)
- καὶ εἶπεν ἡ ἀδελφὴ αὐτοῦ τῇ θυγατρὶ Φαραώ. θέλεισ καλέσω σοι γυναῖκα τροφεύουσαν ἐκ τῶν Ἑβραίων καὶ θηλάσει σοι τὸ παιδίον̣ (Septuagint, Liber Exodus 2:7)
- ὁ δὲ εἶπε ταῖσ θυγατράσιν αὐτοῦ. καὶ ποῦ ἐστι̣ καὶ ἱνατί οὕτωσ καταλελοίπατε τὸν ἄνθρωπον̣ καλέσατε οὖν αὐτόν, ὅπωσ φάγῃ ἄρτον. (Septuagint, Liber Exodus 2:20)
- κατέσπευδε δὲ Φαραὼ καλέσαι Μωυσῆν καὶ Ἀαρὼν λέγων. ἡμάρτηκα ἐναντίον Κυρίου τοῦ Θεοῦ ὑμῶν καὶ εἰσ ὑμᾶσ. (Septuagint, Liber Exodus 10:16)
- ἰήιον δὲ καλέω Παιᾶνα, μή τινασ ἀντιπνόουσ Δανα‐ οῖσ χρονίασ ἐχενῇδασ ἀ‐ πλοίασ τεύξῃ, σπευδομένα θυσίαν ἑτέραν ἄνομόν τιν’, ἄδαιτον νεικέων τέκτονα σύμφυτον, οὐ δεισήνορα. (Aeschylus, Agamemnon, choral, epode 1:2)
- τὴν πολιὴν καλέω Νέμεσιν πόθου, ὅττι δικάζει ἔννομα, ταῖσ σοβαραῖσ θᾶσσον ἐπερχομένη, τὴν πρὶν ἐνεσφρήγισσεν Ἔρωσ < θρασὺσ> εἰκόνα μορφῆσ ἡμετέρησ θερμῷ βένθεϊ σῆσ κραδίησ, φεῦ φεῦ, νῦν ἀδόκητοσ ἀπέπτυσασ· (Unknown, Greek Anthology, book 5, chapter 273 1:2)
- τοῦτον ἔγωγε ἄγριον οὐ καλέω, τὸν δὲ φύσει θάνατον. (Unknown, Greek Anthology, Volume II, book 7, chapter 579 1:1)
- ἀλλά μιν ἠθεῖον καλέω καὶ νόσφιν ἐόντα. (Homer, Odyssey, Book 14 14:15)
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)
