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.
- καὶ συνήχθησαν τοῦ οἰκοδομεῖν τὴν πόλιν καὶ ἤγγισε τοῦ τείχουσ τοῦ χειμάρρου τοῦ ἐξ ἀπηλιώτου, καὶ ἐπεσκεύασαν τὸ καλούμενον Χαφεναθά. (Septuagint, Liber Maccabees I 12:37)
- καὶ ὑπεδέξατο αὐτοὺσ ὁ τοῦ Ἀβούβου εἰσ τὸ ὀχυρωμάτιον τὸ καλούμενον Δὼκ μετὰ δόλου, ὃ ᾠκοδόμησε, καὶ ἐποίησεν αὐτοῖσ πότον μέγαν καὶ ἐνέκρυψεν ἐκεῖ ἄνδρασ. (Septuagint, Liber Maccabees I 16:15)
- "τρίτη ἐπὶ τούτοισ ἀποδημία εἰσ Αἴγυπτον παρὰ τὸν Ἀγαθόβουλον, ἵναπερ τὴν θαυμαστὴν ἄσκησιν διησκεῖτο, ξυρόμενοσ μὲν τῆσ κεφαλῆσ τὸ ἥμισυ, χριόμενοσ δὲ πηλῷ τὸ πρόσωπον, ἐν πολλῷ δὲ τῶν περιεστώτων δήμῳ ἀναφλῶν τὸ αἰδοῖον καὶ τὸ ἀδιάφορον δὴ τοῦτο καλούμενον ἐπιδεικνύμενοσ, εἶτα παίων καὶ παιόμενοσ νάρθηκι εἰσ τὰσ πυγὰσ καὶ ἄλλα πολλὰ νεανικώτερα θαυματοποιῶν. (Lucian, De morte Peregrini, (no name) 9:39)
- οὕτω καλούμενον, καί τι καὶ Ἀθηνᾶσ ἱερόν ἐστιν αὐτόθι Ἑλληνικόν, ὅθεν μοι δοκεῖ καὶ τὸ ὄνομα εἶναι τοῦτο τῷ χωρίῳ. (Arrian, Periplus Ponti Euxini, chapter 4 2:1)
- καὶ ἔστιν Στενότατον ταύτῃ τὸ στόμα τοῦ Πόντου καλούμενον, καθ̓ ὅ τι ἐσβάλλει ἐσ τὴν Προποντίδα. (Arrian, Periplus Ponti Euxini, chapter 12 3:3)
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)