zelus

See also: Zelus

Latin

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek ζῆλος (zêlos).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ˈzeː.ɫʊs]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ˈd͡zɛː.lus]

Noun

zēlus m (genitive zēlī); second declension

1. zeal, emulation
2. jealousy

Declension

Second-declension noun.

	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
• English: zealous / English: jealous
• 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, 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 and Roman Biography and Mythology, London: John Murray