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.
- ἐκαλοῦντο δὲ οἱ χρησμοὶ οὗτοι αὐτόφωνοι, καὶ οὐ πᾶσιν ἐδίδοντο οὐδὲ ἀνέδην, ἀλλὰ τοῖσ εὐπαρύφοισ καὶ πλουσίοισ καὶ μεγαλοδώροισ. (Lucian, Alexander, (no name) 26:4)
- καὶ νόμον δὲ ἐπεποίητο, ὑπὲρ τὰ ὀκτωκαίδεκα ἔτη μηδένα τῷ αὐτοῦ στόματι δεξιοῦσθαι μηδὲ φιλήματι ἀσπάζεσθαι, ἀλλὰ τοῖσ ἄλλοισ προτείνων τὴν χεῖρα κύσαι μόνουσ τοὺσ ὡραίουσ κατεφίλει, καὶ ἐκαλοῦντο οἱ ἐντὸσ τοῦ φιλήματοσ. (Lucian, Alexander, (no name) 41:4)
- ἐκαλοῦντο δὲ δαιτυμόνεσ οἱ παράσιτοι τότε. (Lucian, De parasito sive artem esse parasiticam, (no name) 10:10)
- ἐκαλοῦντο δ’ Ἱππὼ καὶ Μιλητία, ἤ, ὥσ τινεσ, Θεανὼ καὶ Εὐξίππη. (Plutarch, Amatoriae narrationes, chapter 3 1:2)
- κορωνισταὶ δὲ ἐκαλοῦντο οἱ τῇ κορώνῃ ἀγείροντεσ, ὥσ φησι Πάμφιλοσ ὁ Ἀλεξανδρεὺσ ἐν τοῖσ περὶ ὀνομάτων καὶ τὰ ᾀδόμενα δὲ ὑπ’ αὐτῶν κορωνίσματα καλεῖται, ὡσ ἱστορεῖ Ἁγνοκλῆσ ὁ Ῥόδιοσ ἐν Κορωνισταῖσ. (Athenaeus, The Deipnosophists, Book 8, book 8, chapter 59 4:1)
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)