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.
- δειπνεῖ δ’ ἄφωνοσ Τήλεφοσ, νεύων μόνον πρὸσ τοὺσ ἐπερωτῶντάσ τι, ὥστε πολλάκισ αὐτὸν ὁ κεκληκὼσ τὰ Σαμοθρᾴκι’ εὔχεται λῆξαι πνέοντα καὶ γαληνίσαι ποτέ. (Athenaeus, The Deipnosophists, Book 10, book 10, chapter 18 2:5)
- ἐτύγχανε δὲ καὶ τοὺσ Κενταύρουσ κεκληκὼσ ἐπὶ τὸ δεῖπνον. (Plutarch, chapter 30 3:2)
- εἰ δὲ δή τισ ἐφ̓ ἑστίασιν κεκληκὼσ δέκα ἀνθρώπουσ ἢ πεντεκαίδεκα, τούτουσ αὐτὸν ἐμπλῆσαι δέον, ὁ δὲ πεντακοσίοισ ἢ χιλίοισ ἑτοιμάζοι τροφήν, οὐ παντελῶσ ἐξεστάναι δόξει; (Dio, Chrysostom, Orationes, 35:2)
- ὁ δὲ κεκληκὼσ ἀναμένειν ἔφη τὸν τῆσ βουλῆσ ὑπηρέτην. (Diogenes Laertius, Lives of Eminent Philosophers, h, Kef. b'. EMPEDOKLHS 14:3)
- ἀλλ’ ὅταν κληθῇσ πορευθεὶσ ἀνάπεσε εἰσ τὸν ἔσχατον τόπον, ἵνα ὅταν ἔλθῃ ὁ κεκληκώσ σε ἐρεῖ σοι Φίλε, προσανάβηθι ἀνώτερον· (, chapter 14 11:1)
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)