καλέω
Etym. καλέσω is aor1 subj.
I. "to call, summon", Hom., etc.: Mid. "to call to oneself", id=Hom.
2. "to call to a repast, to invite", Od.; κ. ἐπὶ δεῖπνον Hdt., Xen.; κληθέντες πρός τινα "invited" to his house, Dem.
3. "to call on, invoke", τοὺς θεούς Hdt., attic; so in Mid., Aesch., etc.:—but ἀράς, ἅς σοι καλοῦμαι curses, which "I call down" on thee, Soph.:—in Pass., of the god, "to be invoked", Aesch.
4. as law-term, of the judge, "to cite or summon" before the court, Ar., Dem.; πρὶν τὴν ἐμὴν [δίκην] καλεῖσθαι before it "is called on", Ar.
b. of the plaintiff, in Mid., καλεῖσθαί τινα "to sue" at law, Lat. vocare in jus, id=Ar., etc.
II. "to call by name, to call, name", Il., Trag.:— ὄνομα καλεῖν τινά "to call" him a name (i. e. by name), Od.; so, without ὄνομα, τί νιν καλοῦσα τύχοιμ᾽ ἄν; Aesch.:—Pass., τύμβωι δ᾽ ὄνομα σῶι κεκλήσεται a name "shall be given" to thy tomb, Eur.
2. in perf. pass. κέκλημαι, "to have received a name, to bear it", often = εἰμί, "to be", οὕνεκα σὴ παράκοιτις κέκλημαι because "I am" thy wife, Il.; πόσις κεκλημένος εἴη "were to be" my spouse, Od.;—rarely in pres., ἐμὸς γαμβρὸς καλέεσθαι id=Il.
3. poet. Ἀλεισίου ἔνθα κολώνη κέκληται where "is" the hill "called" the hill of Aleisios, Il.
b. foll. by a dependent clause, καλεῖ με, πλαστὸς ὡς εἴην πατρί, i. e. καλεῖ με πλαστόν, calls me "a supposititious" son, Soph.