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.
- ἡ δ’ ἐκείνασ μὲν ἀπιέναι καὶ θαρρεῖν ἐκέλευσεν, αὐτὴ δὲ τῶν περὶ τὸ χρυσίον τεχνιτῶν οἷσ ἐπίστευε μάλιστα καλέσασα καὶ καθείρξασα, ποιεῖν ἐκέλευεν ἄρτουσ τε χρυσοῦσ καὶ πέμματα παντοδαπὰ καὶ ὀπώρασ, καὶ ὅσοισ δὴ μάλιστα. (Plutarch, Mulierum virtutes, 1:2)
- ἦ ῥά με Σιμαίθα τόσον ἔφθασασ, ὅσσον ἐγώ θην πρᾶν ποκα τὸν χαρίεντα τρέχων ἔφθασσα Φιλῖνον, ἐσ τὸ τεὸν καλέσασα τόδε στέγοσ ἤ με παρῆμεν. (Theocritus, Idylls, 84)
- Τειρεσίαν τόκα μάντιν ἀλαθέα πάντα λέγοντα Ἀλκμήνα καλέσασα τέρασ κατέλεξε νεοχμόν, καί νιν ὑποκρίνεσθαι, ὅπωσ τελέεσθαι ἔμελλεν, ἠνώγει. (Theocritus, Idylls, 39)
- οὔτ’ οὖν ἀγγελίῃ ἔτι πείθομαι, εἴ ποθεν ἔλθοι, οὔτε θεοπροπίησ ἐμπάζομαι, ἥν τινα μήτηρ ἐσ μέγαρον καλέσασα θεοπρόπον ἐξερέηται. (Homer, Odyssey, Book 1 40:3)
- ἡ δ’ ἐπὶ οἷ καλέσασα προσηύδα δῖον ὑφορβόν· (Homer, Odyssey, Book 17 73:3)
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)