# καλέω
## Ancient Greek
### Alternative forms

* κλέω (kléō), κάλημι (kálēmi) — Aeolic

### Etymology

From Proto-Hellenic *kəlḗyō, from Proto-Indo-European *kl̥h₁-, zero-grade of *kelh₁- (“to call”) +‎ -έω (-éō).(Can this etymology be sourced?)
Cognates include Old English hlōwan and English low (verb) (but the similarity to call is coincidental); Latin calō, clāmō, clārus, classis, and concilium; Old Irish cailech; Old Armenian աքաղաղ (akʻałał).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ka.lé.ɔː/ → /kaˈle.o/ → /kaˈle.o/
* (5th BCE Attic) IPA: /ka.lé.ɔː/
* (1st CE Egyptian) IPA: /kaˈle.o/
* (4th CE Koine) IPA: /kaˈle.o/
* (10th CE Byzantine) IPA: /kaˈle.o/
* (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA: /kaˈle.o/

### Verb

κᾰλέω • (kăléō)
* to call, summon
    Κάλει με/Κάλεσόν με. ― Kálei me/Kálesón me. ― Call me.
** to invite
** to invoke
** (law) to summon, sue
** to demand, require
* to call by name
** (passive voice) to be called, one's name is

#### Derived terms

* ἀνακαλέω (anakaléō)
* ἀντικαλέω (antikaléō)
* ἀποκαλέω (apokaléō)
* ἐγκαλέω (enkaléō)
* εἰσκαλέω (eiskaléō)
* ἐκκαλέω (ekkaléō)
* ἐπικαλέω (epikaléō)
* κατακαλέω (katakaléō)
* κέκλομαι (kéklomai)
* κικλήσκω (kiklḗskō)
* κλήδην (klḗdēn)
* κλῄζω (klḗizō)
* κλῆσις (klêsis)
* κλητέος (klētéos)
* κλητήρ (klētḗr)
* κλητός (klētós)
* μετακαλέω (metakaléō)
* παρακαλέω (parakaléō)
* προκαλέω (prokaléō)
* προσκαλέω (proskaléō)
* συγκαλέω (sunkaléō)

#### Usage notes

* The Ionic iterative imperfect forms καλέεσκον (kaléeskon) and κάλεσκε (káleske) are attested. Two other Ionic forms, κεκλέαται (kekléatai) and κεκλήατο (keklḗato), are attested.
* The Doric present forms καλέομες (kaléomes) and καλέοισι (kaléoisi) are attested.
* The Epic present form καλήμεναι (kalḗmenai), perfect form κεκλήαται (keklḗatai), and present participle form καλεῦντες (kaleûntes) are attested.
* The Poetic second singular optative form κεκλῇο (keklêio) is attested.

#### Related terms

* κλέω (kléō)

#### Descendants

* Greek: καλώ (kaló)

### References

* ↑ Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) “καλέω”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, pages 623-4

### Further reading

* “καλέω”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
* “καλέω”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
* “καλέω”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
* καλέω in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
* Bauer, Walter et al. (2001) A Greek–English Lexicon of the New Testament and Other Early Christian Literature, Third edition, Chicago: University of Chicago Press
* καλέω in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
* “καλέω”, in Slater, William J. (1969) Lexicon to Pindar, Berlin: Walter de Gruyter
* G2564 in Strong, James (1979) Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible
* καλέω, in ΛΟΓΕΙΟΝ [Logeion] Dictionaries for Ancient Greek and Latin (in English, French, Spanish, German, Dutch and Chinese), University of Chicago, since 2011