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.
- Τὸ μὲν στενὸν τοῦτο, ἔνθα ἡ παῖσ κατηνέχθη, Ἑλλήσποντοσ ἀπ̓ αὐτῆσ καλείσθω· (Lucian, Dialogi Marini, poseidon and nereides, chapter 11)
- ἄνελ’ οὖν ἐκ μέσου μοι Πασικλέα, καὶ σὸσ μὲν υἱὸσ ἀντὶ δεσπότου καλείσθω, ἐμὸσ δ’ ἀντίδικοσ βούλεται γὰρ ἀντ’ ἀδελφοῦ. (Demosthenes, Speeches 41-50, 125:3)
- ὃσ ἂν τολμήσῃ πατέρα ἢ μητέρα ἢ τούτων πατέρασ ἢ μητέρασ τύπτειν μὴ μανίαισ ἐχόμενοσ, πρῶτον μὲν ὁ προστυγχάνων καθάπερ ἐν τοῖσ ἔμπροσθεν βοηθείτω, καὶ ὁ μὲν μέτοικοσ ἢ ξένοσ εἰσ προεδρίαν τῶν ἀγώνων καλείσθω βοηθῶν, μὴ βοηθήσασ δὲ ἀειφυγίαν ἐκ τῆσ χώρασ φευγέτω· (Plato, Laws, book 9 183:2)
- ἐὰν δέ τισ ἐπαιτιᾶται τῶν αὑτοῦ χρημάτων ἔχειν τινὰ πλέον ἢ καὶ σμικρότερον, ὁ δὲ ὁμολογῇ μὲν ἔχειν, μὴ τὸ ἐκείνου δέ, ἂν μὲν ἀπογεγραμμένον ᾖ παρὰ τοῖσ ἄρχουσιν τὸ κτῆμα κατὰ νόμον, τὸν ἔχοντα καλείσθω πρὸσ τὴν ἀρχήν, ὁ δὲ καθιστάτω. (Plato, Laws, book 11 9:2)
- τὰ δὲ παρὰ ταῦτα τετράπλευρα τραπέζια καλείσθω. (Euclid, Elements, book 1, type Def24)
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)