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κα^λέω , Aeol. κάλημι (q.v.), Ep. inf.
A.καλήμεναιIl.10.125: Ion. impf. “καλέεσκον6.402; 3sg.“κάλεσκεA.R.4.1514: fut., Ion. “καλέωIl.3.383, Att. “καλῶPl.Smp.175a, X.Smp.1.15, etc.; later “καλέσωLXX Ge.16.11, al., Ph.1.69, (παρα-) D.8.14 codd., SIG656.40 (Teos, ii B.C.), (ἐγ-) v.l. in D.19.133, cf. 23.123 codd. (καλέσω in S.Ph.1452 (anap.), Ar.Pl. 964, etc., is aor. 1 subj.): aor. 1 ἐκάλεσα, Ep. ἐκάλεσσα, κάλεσσα, Od. 17.379, Il.16.693 (late Ep. “ἔκλησαNic.Fr.86, late Prose ἐκάλησα Ps.Callisth. 3.35): pf. “κέκληκαAr.Pl.260, etc.:—Med., Att. fut. “καλοῦμαιId.Nu.1221, Ec.864; in pass. sense, S.El.971, E.Or.1140, etc.; later καλέσομαι ἐκ-, ἐπι-) dub.l. in Aeschin.1.174, Lycurg.17: aor.1 “ἐκαλεσάμηνHdt.7.189, Pl.Lg.937a; Ep. “καλεσσάμηνIl.1.54, 3pl. καλέσαντο ib.270:—Pass., fut. “κεκλήσομαιIl.3.138, A.Th.698 (lyr.), Pr. 840, etc.; “κληθήσομαιPl.Lg.681d, LXXGe.48.6, v.l. in E.Tr.13: aor. “ἐκλήθηνArchil.78, S.OT1359, Ar.Th.862, etc.: pf.κέκλημαι, Ep.3pl. “κεκλήαταιA.R.1.1128, Ion. “κεκλέαταιHdt.2.164; Ep. 3pl. plpf. “κεκλήατοIl.10.195; opt. “κεκλῄμην, κεκλῇοS.Ph.119, “κεκλῄμεθαAr.Lys. 253: late pf. κεκάλεσμαι Suid.s.v. κλητή.
2. call to one's house or to a repast, invite (not in Il.), Od.10.231, 17.382, al., 1 Ep.Cor.10.27; later usu. with a word added, “κ. ἐπὶ δεῖπνονHdt.9.16 (Pass.), X.Cyr.2.1.30, etc.; “ἐς ἔρανονPi.O.1.37; “ἐς θοίνηνE.Ion1140; “ὑπὸ σοῦ κεκλημένοςPl.Smp.174d, etc.; κληθέντες πρός τινα invited to his house, D.19.196; κεκλημένος the guest, Damox.2.26.
3. invoke, “ΔίαHdt.1.44, cf. Pi.O.6.58, A.Th.223; at sacrifices, Sch.Ar.Ra.482; “μάρτυρας κ. θεούςS.Tr.1248, cf. D.18.141:—Med., “τοὺς θεοὺς καλούμεθαA.Ch. 201, cf. 216; also “μαρτύριά τε καὶ τεκμήρια καλεῖσθεId.Eu.486; but ἀράς, ἅς σοι καλοῦμαι which I call down on thee, S.OC1385:—Pass., of the god, to be invoked, A.Eu.417.
b. of the plaintiff in Med., καλεῖσθαί τινα to sue at law, bring before the court, Ar.Nu.1221, al., D.23.63; “κ. τινὰ ὕβρεωςAr.Av.1046; “κ. τινὰ πρὸς τὴν ἀρχήνPl. Lg.914c; καλεσάμενος the plaintiff, PHal.1.224 (iii B.C.).
5. with an abstract subject, demand, require, καλεῖ τάξις c. inf., CPHerm.25ii7 (iii A.D.).
6. metaph. in Pass., καλουμένης τῆς δυνάμεως πρὸς τὴν συναναληψίαν called forth, summoned, Sor.1.29.
II. call by name, name, “ὃν Βριάρεων καλέουσι θεοίIl.1.403, cf. Od.5.273, etc.; “κοτύλην δέ τέ μιν καλέουσιIl.5.306; “ὥς σφας καλοῦμεν ΕὐμενίδαςS.OC486, cf. A.Pr.86, etc.; ὄνομα καλεῖν τινα call him by a name, “εἴπ᾽ ὄνομ᾽ ὅττι σε κεῖθι κάλεονOd.8.550, cf. E.Ion259, Pl.Cra.383b, etc. (in Pass., “οὔνομα καλέεσθαιHdt.1.173, cf. Pi.O.6.56): without ὄνομα, τί νιν καλοῦσα τύχοιμ᾽ ἄν; A.Ag.1232; “τοῦτο αὐτὴν κάλεονCall. Fr.66b; “τούτοις τὸ ὄνομα "ἱμάτια" ἐκαλέσαμενPl.Plt.279e (Pass., τύμβῳ δ᾽ ὄνομα σῷ κεκλήσεται shall be given to thy tomb, E.Hec.1271); κ. ὄνομα ἐπί τινι give a name to something, Pl.Prm.147d; but call (a man) a name because of some function, Id.Sph.218c; “κ. τινὰ ἐπὶ τῷ ὀνόματι τοῦ πατρόςEv.Luc.1.59; “ἐπ᾽ ὀνόματος καλεῖν τιναPlb.35.4.11:—Pass., to be named or called, “Μυρμιδόνες δὲ καλεῦντοIl.2.684; “εἰ τόδ᾽ αὐτῷ φίλον κεκλημένῳA.Ag.161 (lyr.); καλούμενος the socalled, “ἐν τῇ Θεράπνῃ καλεομένῃHdt.6.61; “ κ. θάνατοςPl.Phd.86d; οἱ "τῶν ὁμοτίμων" κ. X.Cyr.2.1.9; κεκλημένος τινός called from or after him, Pi.P.3.67; “καλεῖσθαι ἐπί τινιLXXGe.48.6; “κέκληνται δέ σφιν ἕδραιPi.O.7.76.
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