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.
- μὰ Δί’ ἀλλ’ ἀπόφηνον ὅλην σαυτὴν γενναιοπρεπῶσ τοῖσιν ἐρασταῖσ ἡμῖν, οἵ σου τρυχόμεθ’ ἤδη τρία καὶ δέκ’ ἔτη, λῦσον δὲ μάχασ καὶ κορκορυγάσ, ἵνα Λυσιμάχην σε καλῶμεν. (Aristophanes, Peace, Lyric-Scene, anapests5)
- βούλεσθε τὸ μέγα τοῦτο τοὐκ Λακεδαίμονοσ Σπάρτην ὄνομα καλῶμεν αὐτήν; (Aristophanes, Birds, Lyric-Scene14)
- πότερον ἐκείνουσ δῆτα δεῦρ’ αὖθισ πάλιν καλῶμεν, ἢ ’μοὶ ταῖσδέ τ’ ἐξειπεῖν θέλεισ; (Sophocles, Trachiniae, choral 6:7)
- νὼ μὲν οὖν ὁρμώμεθον, ὑμεῖσ δ’, ὅταν καλῶμεν, ὁρμᾶσθαι ταχεῖσ. (Sophocles, Philoctetes, episode 5:27)
- τοιγαροῦν εἴ τινα φήσομεν αὐτὸν ἔχειν φανταστικὴν τέχνην, ῥᾳδίωσ ἐκ ταύτησ τῆσ χρείασ τῶν λόγων ἀντιλαμβανόμενοσ ἡμῶν εἰσ τοὐναντίον ἀποστρέψει τοὺσ λόγουσ, ὅταν εἰδωλοποιὸν αὐτὸν καλῶμεν, ἀνερωτῶν τί ποτε τὸ παράπαν εἴδωλον λέγομεν. (Plato, Cratylus, Theaetetus, Sophist, Statesman, 140:5)
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)