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.
- περιρρεῖσθαι δὲ τὴν χώραν αὐτοῦ ποταμοῖσ μεγάλοισ τε καὶ φοβεροῖσ καὶ ἐκ μόνων τῶν ὀνομάτων Κωκυτοὶ γὰρ καὶ Πυριφλεγέθοντεσ καὶ τὰ τοιαῦτα κέκληνται. (Lucian, (no name) 3:1)
- αὗται κέκληνται διὰ τὸ ῥᾳδίωσ φαίνεσθαι. (Athenaeus, The Deipnosophists, Book 2, book 2, chapter 482)
- ῥᾷον δ’ οἱ πολλοὶ κακοῦργοι φησίν ὄντεσ δεξιοὶ κέκληνται ἢ ἀμαθεῖσ ἀγαθοί, καὶ τῷ μὲν αἰσχύνονται, ἐπὶ δὲ τῷ ἀγάλλονται· (Dionysius of Halicarnassus, , chapter 32 1:1)
- οἱ μὲν ἰούλοι κέκληνται, μέλανεσ, γαιηφάγοι, ἔντερα γαίησ. (Athenaeus, The Deipnosophists, Book 7, book 7, chapter 70 2:1)
- οὔτινοσ δοῦλοι κέκληνται φωτὸσ οὐδ’ ὑπήκοοι. (Aeschylus, Persians, episode, trochees 1:13)
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)