zelus

See also: Zelus

Latin

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ζῆλος (zêlos).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈzeː.lus/, [ˈd̪͡z̪eːɫ̪ʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈd͡ze.lus/, [ˈd̪͡z̪ɛːlus]

Noun

zēlus m (genitive zēlī); second declension

1. zeal, emulation
2. 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 and Roman Biography and Mythology, London: John Murray