zelotes
See also: zélotes
Gothic edit
Romanization edit
zēlōtēs
- Romanization of 𐌶𐌴𐌻𐍉𐍄𐌴𐍃
Latin edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Ancient Greek ζηλωτής (zēlōtḗs).
Pronunciation edit
- (Classical) IPA(key): /zeːˈloː.teːs/, [d̪͡z̪eːˈɫ̪oːt̪eːs̠]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /d͡zeˈlo.tes/, [d̪͡z̪eˈlɔːt̪es]
Noun edit
zēlōtēs m (genitive zēlōtae); first declension
- a person who loves with jealousy; a jealous person
- 405 CE, Jerome, Vulgate Exodus.20.5:
- Nōn adōrābis ea, neque colēs: ego sum Dominus Deus tuus fortis, zēlōtēs, vīsitāns inīquitātem patrum in fīliōs, in tertiam et quārtam generātiōnem eōrum quī ōdērunt mē.
- Thou shalt not bow down thyself to them, nor serve them: for I the LORD thy God am a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children unto the third and fourth generation of them that hate me.
- Nōn adōrābis ea, neque colēs: ego sum Dominus Deus tuus fortis, zēlōtēs, vīsitāns inīquitātem patrum in fīliōs, in tertiam et quārtam generātiōnem eōrum quī ōdērunt mē.
Declension edit
First-declension noun (masculine Greek-type with nominative singular in -ēs).
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | zēlōtēs | zēlōtae |
| Genitive | zēlōtae | zēlōtārum |
| Dative | zēlōtae | zēlōtīs |
| Accusative | zēlōtēn | zēlōtās |
| Ablative | zēlōtē | zēlōtīs |
| Vocative | zēlōtē | zēlōtae |
Related terms edit
Descendants edit
References edit
- “zelotes”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- zelotes 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)
- zelotes in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.