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 ἐποίησεν Ἰησοῦσ μαχαίρασ πετρίνασ ἀκροτόμουσ καὶ περιέτεμε τοὺσ υἱοὺσ Ἰσραὴλ ἐπὶ τοῦ καλουμένου τόπου Βουνὸσ τῶν ἀκροβυστιῶν. (Septuagint, Liber Iosue 5:3)
- καὶ ἐπορεύθη Ἰωνάθαν μετὰ τοῦ βασιλέωσ ἕωσ τοῦ ποταμοῦ τοῦ καλουμένου Ἐλευθέρου καὶ ἐπέστρεψεν εἰσ Ἱερουσαλήμ. (Septuagint, Liber Maccabees I 11:7)
- σῴζοιτο δ̓ ἂν καὶ τοῦ βορρᾶ τὰ ὁρμοῦντα πλοῖα, ἀλλ̓ οὐ τοῦ γε ἀπαρκτίου οὐδὲ τοῦ θρᾳσκίου μὲν ἐν τῷ Πόντῳ, σκίρωνοσ δὲ ἐν τῇ Ἑλλάδι καλουμένου. (Arrian, Periplus Ponti Euxini, chapter 4 3:2)
- ἐπεὶ δὲ ἐπυθόμην Κότυν τετελευτηκέναι, τὸν βασιλέα τοῦ Βοσπόρου τοῦ Κιμμερίου καλουμένου ἐπιμελὲσ ἐποιησάμην καὶ τὸν μέχρι τοῦ Βοσπόρου πλοῦν δηλῶσαί σοι, ὡσ, εἴ τι βουλεύοιο περὶ τοῦ Βοσπόρου, ὑπάρχει σοι καὶ τόνδε τὸν πλοῦν μὴ ἀγνοοῦντι βουλεύεσθαι. (Arrian, Periplus Ponti Euxini, chapter 17 5:1)
- ἀπὸ δὲ τοῦ Ψιλοῦ καλουμένου στόματοσ τοῦ Ἴστρου ἐσ τὸ δεύτερον στόμα στάδιοι ἑξήκοντα. (Arrian, Periplus Ponti Euxini, chapter 24 1:1)
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)