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)
- ἔστι δὲ καὶ περὶ τὴν ὀργὴν ὑπερβολὴ καὶ ἔλλειψισ καὶ μεσότησ, σχεδὸν δὲ ἀνωνύμων ὄντων αὐτῶν τὸν μέσον πρᾶον λέγοντεσ τὴν μεσότητα πραότητα καλέσωμεν· (Aristotle, Nicomachean Ethics, Book 2 83:3)
- ἐπεὶ δὲ διέτριβον, Βούλει, ἔφη, ὦ Ὄτυ, καὶ ἡμεῖσ δεῦρο καλέσωμεν αὐτόν; (Xenophon, Hellenica, , chapter 1 14:2)
- ἔφη ὁ Ὑρκάνιοσ, ἐπειδὰν Καδούσιοι ἔλθωσι καὶ Σάκαι καὶ οἱ ἐμοὶ πολῖται, καλέσωμεν καὶ τούτων, ἵνα κοινῇ βουλευσώμεθα πάντεσ ὅσοισ προσήκει πῶσ ἂν συμφορώτατα χρῴμεθα τῷ φρουρίῳ; (Xenophon, Cyropaedia, , chapter 3 27:2)
- καὶ οὐκ ἐκ τῶν Βάκιδοσ χρησμῶν οὐδ’ Ἀμφιλύτου μαθεῖν δεῖ με, ἀλλ’ αὐτὸσ εὖ εἰδὼσ ὑμῖν προλέγω Συρακοσίουσ καὶ Σελινουντίουσ καὶ πάντασ τοὺσ ἐκεῖθεν πολεμίουσ δεῦρ’ ἥξοντασ, ἂν αὐτοὺσ καλέσωμεν. (Aristides, Aelius, Orationes, 11:8)
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)