zelus
See also: Zelus
Latin
Etymology
From Ancient Greek ζῆλος (zêlos).
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈzeː.lus/, [ˈd̪͡z̪eːɫ̪ʊs̠]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈd͡ze.lus/, [ˈd̪͡z̪ɛːlus]
Noun
zēlus m (genitive zēlī); second declension
- zeal, emulation
- jealousy
Declension
Second-declension noun.
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | zēlus | zēlī |
| Genitive | zēlī | zēlōrum |
| Dative | zēlō | zēlīs |
| Accusative | zēlum | zēlōs |
| Ablative | zēlō | zēlīs |
| Vocative | zēle | zēlī |
Related terms
- zēlanter
- zēlātor
- zēlō
- zēlōsus
- zēlōtes
- zēlotypa
- zēlotypia
- zēlotypus
Descendants
- Albanian: zell
- Catalan: zel
- English: zeal
- French: zèle
- Italian: zelo
- Portuguese: cio, zelo, ciúme
- Romanian: zel
- Spanish: celo
References
- “zelus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- zelus in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
- zelus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette
- “zelus”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
- “zelus”, in William Smith, editor (1848) A Dictionary of Greek Biography and Mythology, London: John Murray