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καλέω , καλέει and καλεῖ, etc., inf.
καλήμεναι, part. καλεῦντες, ipf. (ἐ）κάλει, iter. καλέεσκον, aor. (ἐ）κάλεσσα, part. καλέ（ς）σᾶς, pass. καλέονται, ipf. καλεῦντο,
iter. καλέσκετο, perf. κέκλημαι, plup. 3 pl. κεκλήατο, fut. perf. 2 sing. κεκλήσῃ, mid. aor. (ἐ）καλέσσατο, καλέσαντο: call by
name, call together, summon, invite,
mid., to or for oneself; w. cognate acc., τινὰ
ἐπώνυμον or ἐπίκλησιν
καλεῖν, call a person ‘by a name,’
Il. 9.562, Il. 18.487; freq. pass., esp. perf., ‘be
called,’ ‘pass for,’ often only a poetic
amplification of εἶναι, αἲ γὰρ ἐμοὶ
τοιόσδε πόσις κεκλημένος εἴη, Od. 6.244; often of inviting to dinner, see Od. 11.185-187; mid., Il. 24.193, Od.
21.380.
Georg Autenrieth. A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges. New York. Harper and Brothers. 1891.
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