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.
- πῶσ δὲ ἔμεινεν ἄν τι, εἰ μὴ σὺ ἠθέλησασ ἢ τὸ μὴ κληθὲν ὑπὸ σοῦ διετηρήθη̣ (Septuagint, Liber Sapientiae 11:25)
- τοιαύτησ γάρ τινοσ ἐξόδου τῷ Πεισιστράτῳ γιγνομένησ, συμβῆναί φασι τὰ περὶ τὸν ἐν τῷ Ὑμηττῷ γεωργοῦντα τὸ κληθὲν ὕστερον χωρίον ἀτελέσ. (Aristotle, Athenian Constitution, work Ath. Pol., chapter 16 6:1)
- "λέγοντοσ ἠκούσατε" σχολὴν τ’ ἐκεῖ προσκατέλιπε, τὸ Ῥοδιακὸν διδασκαλεῖον κληθέν. (Plutarch, Vitae decem oratorum, , section 1 11:2)
- μαθὼν δὲ τοῦτο παρ’ αὐτῆσ ὁ Πέλοψ ῥίπτει τὸν Μυρτίλον περὶ Γεραιστὸν ἀκρωτήριον εἰσ τὸ ἀπ’ ἐκείνου κληθὲν Μυρτῷον πέλαγοσ· (Apollodorus, Library and Epitome, book E, chapter 2 8:3)
- τὸ μὲν ὀνόματα, τὸ δὲ ῥήματα κληθέν. (Plato, Cratylus, Theaetetus, Sophist, Statesman, 276:1)
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)