καλέω καλέσω is aor1 subj. to call, summon, Hom., etc.: Mid. to call to oneself, Hom. to call to a repast, to invite, Od.; κ. ἐπὶ δεῖπνον Hdt., Xen.; κληθέντες πρός τινα invited to his house, Dem. 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. 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. of the plaintiff, in Mid., καλεῖσθαί τινα to sue at law, Lat. vocare in jus, Ar., etc. 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 τύχοιμʼ ἄν; Aesch.:—Pass., τύμβωι δʼ ὄνομα σῶι κεκλήσεται a name shall be given to thy tomb, Eur. 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 Il. poet. Ἀλεισίου ἔνθα κολώνη κέκληται where is the hill called the hill of Aleisios, Il. foll. by a dependent clause, καλεῖ με, πλαστὸς ὡς εἴην πατρί, i. e. καλεῖ με πλαστόν, calls me a supposititious son, Soph.