εὐζηλία

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From εὔζηλος (eúzēlos, “having good taste”) +‎ -ῐ́ᾱ (-íā), from εὖ (eû, “good”) + ζῆλος (zêlos, “zeal”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /eu̯z.dɛː.lí.aː/ → /eβ.ziˈli.a/ → /ev.ziˈli.a/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /eu̯z.dɛː.lí.aː/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ew.ze̝ˈli.a/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /eβ.ziˈli.a/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ev.ziˈli.a/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ev.ziˈli.a/

Noun

εὐζηλῐ́ᾱ • (euzēlíā) f (genitive εὐζηλῐ́ᾱς); first declension

1. good, correct style

Inflection

First declension of ἡ εὐζηλῐ́ᾱ; τῆς εὐζηλῐ́ᾱς (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ εὐζηλῐ́ᾱ hē euzēlíā	τὼ εὐζηλῐ́ᾱ tṑ euzēlíā	αἱ εὐζήλῐαι hai euzḗliai
Genitive	τῆς εὐζηλῐ́ᾱς tês euzēlíās	τοῖν εὐζηλῐ́αιν toîn euzēlíain	τῶν εὐζηλῐῶν tôn euzēliôn
Dative	τῇ εὐζηλῐ́ᾳ têi euzēlíāi	τοῖν εὐζηλῐ́αιν toîn euzēlíain	ταῖς εὐζηλῐ́αις taîs euzēlíais
Accusative	τὴν εὐζηλῐ́ᾱν tḕn euzēlíān	τὼ εὐζηλῐ́ᾱ tṑ euzēlíā	τᾱ̀ς εὐζηλῐ́ᾱς tā̀s euzēlíās
Vocative	εὐζηλῐ́ᾱ euzēlíā	εὐζηλῐ́ᾱ euzēlíā	εὐζήλῐαι euzḗliai
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Antonyms

• κᾰκοζηλῐ́ᾱ (kakozēlíā)

References

• “εὐζηλία”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• εὐζηλία in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette