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κᾰλέω,
Aeolic dialect κάλημι (which see), Epic dialect infinitive καλήμεναι [[ 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 10.125 ] Refs 8th c.BC+]: Ionic dialect imperfect καλέεσκον [[ 6.402 ] Refs]; 3rd.pers. singular κάλεσκε [[ 3rd c.BC: Apollonius Rhodius Epicus 4.1514 ] Refs 3rd c.BC+]: future, Ionic dialect καλέω [[ 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 3.383 ] Refs 8th c.BC+], Attic dialect καλῶ [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Symposium” 175a, 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Symposium” 1.15, etc.; later καλέσω LXX.Gen.16.11, +others, 1st c.AD: Philo Judaeus 1.69, (παρα-) 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 8.14 codices, “SIG” 656.40 (Teos, 2nd c.BC), (ἐγ-) variant in 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 19.133, compare 23.123 codices (καλέσω in 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Philoctetes” 1452 (_anapaest meter_), 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Plutus” 964, etc., is ] LXX+5th c.BC+]aorist 1 subjunctive): aorist 1 ἐκάλεσα, Epic dialect ἐκάλεσσα, κάλεσσα, [[ 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 17.379, 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 16.693 ] Refs 8th c.BC+] (late Epic dialect ἔκλησα [[ 2nd c.BC: Nicander Epicus “fragment” 86, late Prose ἐκάλησα Ps.Callisth. 3.35)] Refs 2nd c.BC+]: perfect κέκληκα [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Plutus” 260, etc.] Refs 5th c.BC+]:—middle, Attic dialect future καλοῦμαι [[ [prev. author] “Nu.” 1221, “Ec.” 864; in _passive_ sense, 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Electra” 971, 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Orestes” 1140, etc.] Refs 5th c.BC+]; later καλέσομαι (ἐκ-, ἐπι-) uncertain reading in [[ 4th c.BC: Aeschines Orator 1.174, 4th c.BC: Lycurgus Orator 17 ] Refs 4th c.BC+]: aorist 1 ἐκαλεσάμην [[ 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 7.189, 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Leges” 937a ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; Epic dialect καλεσσάμην [[ 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 1.54, _3rd.pers._ _plural_ καλέσαντο [prev. work] 270 ] Refs 8th c.BC+]:—passive, future κεκλήσομαι [[ 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 3.138, 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Septem contra Thebas” 698 (Lyric poetry), “Pr.” 840, etc.; κληθήσομαι 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Leges” 681d, LXX.Gen.48.6, variant in 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Troades” 13 ] LXX+8th c.BC+]: aorist ἐκλήθην [[ 7th c.BC: Archilochus Lyricus 78, 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Tyrannus” 1359, 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Thesmophoriazusae” 862, etc.: ] Refs 7th c.BC+]perfect κέκλημαι, Epic dialect 3rd.pers. plural κεκλήαται [[ 3rd c.BC: Apollonius Rhodius Epicus 1.1128 ] Refs 3rd c.BC+], Ionic dialect κεκλέαται [[ 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 2.164 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; Epic dialect 3rd.pers. plural pluperfect κεκλήατο [[ 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 10.195; _optative_ κεκλῄμην, κεκλῇο 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Philoctetes” 119, κεκλῄμεθα 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Lysistrata” 253: late ] Refs 8th c.BC+]perfect κεκάλεσμαι Suid. see at {κλητή}.
Close Browse lexicon entries __I call, summon, εἰς ἀγορὴν καλέσαντα [[ 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 1.90; ἐς Ὄλυμπον 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 1.402 ] Refs 8th c.BC+]; ἀγορήνδε, θάλαμόνδε, θάνατόνδε, [[ 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 20.4, 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 2.348, 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 16.693: with _accusative_ only, κεκλήατο (for -ηντο) βουλήν] Refs 8th c.BC+] they had been summoned to the council, [[ 10.195: followed by ] Refs]infinitive, αὐτοὶ γὰρ κάλεον συμμητιάασθαι[[ [prev. work] 197; καιρὸς καλεῖ.. 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Philoctetes” 466; κἄμ᾽ ὑπηρετεῖν καλεῖς [prev. author] “El.” 996 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; κ. τινὰ εἰς ἕ, ἐπὶ οἷ, [[ 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 23.203, 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 17.330, etc.; εἰς μαρτυρίαν κληθείς 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Leges” 937a; ἐμὲ νῦν ἤδη καλεῖ ἡ εἱμαρμένη [prev. author] “Phd.” 115a ] Refs 8th c.BC+]; demand, require, ἡ ἡμέρα 'κείνη εὔνουν καὶ πλούσιον ἄνδρα ἐκάλει [[ 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 18.172: ] Refs 4th c.BC+]aorist middle, καλέσασθαί τινα call to oneself, frequently in Epic dialect, [[ 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 1.270, 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 8.43, etc.; φωνῇ 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 3.161; ἀγορήνδε λαόν 1.54 ] Refs 8th c.BC+]; call a witness, [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Lg.” [prev. cited] ] Refs 5th c.BC+]
__I.2 call to one's house or to a repast, invite (not in [[ 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad”), 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 10.231, 17.382, +others, NT.1Cor.10.27 ] NT+8th c.BC+]; later usually with a word added, κ. ἐπὶ δεῖπνον [[ 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 9.16 (_passive_), 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Institutio Cyri (Cyropaedia)” 2.1.30, etc.; ἐς ἔρανον 5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “O.” 1.37; ἐς θοίνην 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Ion” 1140; ὑπὸ σοῦ κεκλημένος 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Symposium” 174d, etc.] Refs 5th c.BC+]; κληθέντες πρός τινα invited to his house, [[ 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 19.196 ] Refs 4th c.BC+]; ὁ κεκλημένος the guest, [[ 4th-3rd c.BC: Damoxenus Comicus 2.26. ] Refs 4th c.BC+]
__I.3 invoke, Δία [[ 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.44, compare 5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “O.” 6.58, 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Septem contra Thebas” 223; at sacrifices, Scholia 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Ranae” 482; μάρτυρας κ. θεούς 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Trachiniae” 1248, compare 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 18.141 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]:—middle, τοὺς θεοὺς καλούμεθα [[ 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Choephori” 201, compare 216; also μαρτύριά τε καὶ τεκμήρια καλεῖσθε [prev. author] “Eu.” 486 ] Refs 4th c.BC+]; but ἀράς, ἅς σοι καλοῦμαι which I call down on thee, [[ 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Coloneus” 1385 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]:—passive, of the god, to be invoked, [[ 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Eumenides” 417. ] Refs 4th c.BC+]
__I.4 as law-term, summon, of the judge, καλεῖν τινας εἰς τὸ δικαστήριον cite or summon before the court, [[ 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 19.211, etc.] Refs 4th c.BC+]; simply καλεῖν [[[prev. work]212, 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Vespae” 851, etc.; ἐὰν μὲν καλέσῃ 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 21.56 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; also ὁ ἄρχων τὴν δίκην καλεῖ calls on the case, [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Vespae” 1441 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]:—passive, ἡ πατροκτόνος δίκη κεκλῇτ᾽ ἂν αὐτῷ [[ 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Fragmenta” 696 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; πρὶν τὴν ἐμὴν [δίκην] καλεῖσθαι before it is called on, [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Nubes” 780; καλουμένης τῆς γραφῆς 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 58.43 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; but,
__I.4.b of the plaintiff in middle, καλεῖσθαί τινα to sue at law, bring before the court, [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Nubes” 1221, +others, 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 23.63; κ. τινὰ ὕβρεως 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Aves” 1046; κ. τινὰ πρὸς τὴν ἀρχήν 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Leges” 914c ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; ὁ καλεσάμενος the plaintiff, [[ PHal. 1.224 (3rd c.BC). ] Refs 3rd c.BC+]
__I.5 with an abstract subject, demand, require, καλεῖ ἡ τάξις with infinitive, [[ “CPHerm.” 25ii7 (3rd c.AD). ] Refs 3rd c.AD+]
__I.6 metaphorically in passive, καλουμένης τῆς δυνάμεως πρὸς τὴν συναναληψίαν called forth, summoned, [[ 2nd c.AD: Soranus Medicus 1.29. ] Refs 2nd c.AD+]
__II call by name, name, ὃν Βριάρεων καλέουσι θεοί [[ 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 1.403, compare 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 5.273, etc.; κοτύλην δέ τέ μιν καλέουσι 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 5.306; ὥς σφας καλοῦμεν Εὐμενίδας 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Coloneus” 486, compare 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Prometheus Vinctus” 86, etc.] Refs 8th c.BC+]; ὄνομα καλεῖν τινα call him by a name, εἴπ᾽ ὄνομ᾽ ὅττι σε κεῖθι κάλεον [[ 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 8.550, compare 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Ion” 259, 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Cratylus” 383b, etc.] Refs 8th c.BC+] (in passive, οὔνομα καλέεσθαι [[ 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.173, compare 5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “O.” 6.56): without ὄνομα, τί νιν καλοῦσα τύχοιμ᾽ ἄ; 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Agamemnon” 1232; τοῦτο αὐτὴν κάλεον 3rd c.BC: Callimachus Epicus “Fragmenta” 66b; τούτοις τὸ ὄνομα ἱμάτια ἐκαλέσαμεν 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Politicus” 279e (_passive_, τύμβῳ δ᾽ ὄνομα σῷ κεκλήσεται] Refs 5th c.BC+] shall be given to thy tomb, [[ 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Hecuba” 1271)] Refs 5th c.BC+]; κ. ὄνομα ἐπί τινι give a name to something, [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Parmenides” 147d ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; but call (a man) a name because of some function, [[ [prev. author] “Sph.” 218c; κ. τινὰ ἐπὶ τῷ ὀνόματι τοῦ πατρός NT.Luke.1.59; ἐπ᾽ ὀνόματος καλεῖν τινα 2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 35.4.11 ] NT+2nd c.BC+]:—passive, to be named or called, Μυρμιδόνες δὲ καλεῦντο [[ 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 2.684; εἰ τόδ᾽ αὐτῷ φίλον κεκλημένῳ 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Agamemnon” 161 (Lyric poetry)] Refs 8th c.BC+]; ὁ καλούμενος the socalled, ἐν τῇ Θεράπνῃ καλεομένῃ [[ 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 6.61; ὁ κ. θάνατος 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Phaedo” 86d ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; οἱ τῶν ὁμοτίμων κ. [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Institutio Cyri (Cyropaedia)” 2.1.9 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; κεκλημένος τινός called from or after him, [[ 5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “P.” 3.67; καλεῖσθαι ἐπί τινι LXX.Gen.48.6; κέκληνται δέ σφιν ἕδραι 5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “O.” 7.76. ] LXX+5th c.BC+]
__II.2 passive, to be called, almost ={εἰμί}, especially with words expressing kinship or status, ἐμὸς γαμβρὸς καλέεσθαι [[ 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 7.313, compare 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Persae” 2 (_anapaest meter_); ἀφνειοὶ καλέονται 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 15.433 ] Refs 8th c.BC+]; especially in perfect passive κέκλημαι, οὕνεκα σὴ παράκοιτις κέκλημαι because I am thy wife, [[ 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 4.61; φίλη κεκλήσῃ ἄκοιτις 3.138; αἲ γὰρ ἐμοὶ τοιόσδε πόσις κεκλημένος εἴη 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 6.244; ἠγάγετ᾽ ἐς μέγα δῶμα φίλην κεκλῆσθαι ἄκοιτιν 8th-7th c.BC: Hesiodus Epicus “Theogonia” 410; σὴ κεκλημένη.. ἦα “hymnus ad Apollinem” 324; μηδ᾽ ἔτι Τηλεμάχοιο πατὴρ κεκλημένος εἴην 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 2.260; οὔτινος δοῦλοι κέκληνται 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Persae” 242, compare 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Electra” 366, etc. ] Refs 8th c.BC+]
__II.3 special constructions, a. Ἀλησίου ἔνθα κολώνη κέκληται where is the hill called the hill of Alesios, [[ 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 11.758; ἵνα κριοῦ καλέονται εὐναί 3rd c.BC: Apollonius Rhodius Epicus 4.115; ἔνθα ἡ Τριπυργία καλεῖται 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Historia Graeca (Hellenica)” 5.1.10, etc.: -so in ] Refs 8th c.BC+]active, ἔνθα Ῥέας πόρον ἄνθρωποι καλέοισιν where is the ford men call the ford of Rhea, [[ 5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “N.” 9.41, compare κικλήσκω, κλῄζω, κλέω. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]
__II.3.b folld by a dependent clause, ἐκάλεσσέ νιν ἰσώνυμον ἔμμεν said that his name should be the same, [[ [prev. author] “O.” 9.63 ] Refs]; καλεῖ με πλαστὸς ὡς εἴην πατρί, i.e. καλεῖ με πλαστόν [[ 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Tyrannus” 780 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; καλοῦμέν γε παραδιδόντα μὲν διδάσκειν we say that one who delivers teaches, [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Theaetetus” 198b, compare “Smp.” 205d; τὰς ἀμπέλους τραγᾶν καλοῦσιν 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Historia Animalium” 546a3. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]
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