zelus
See also: Zelus
Latin
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Ancient Greek ζῆλος (zêlos).
Pronunciation
[edit]- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /ˈzeː.lus/, [ˈd̪͡z̪eːɫ̪ʊs̠]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈd͡ze.lus/, [ˈd̪͡z̪ɛːlus]
Noun
[edit]zēlus m (genitive zēlī); second declension
Declension
[edit]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
[edit]Descendants
[edit]- Albanian: zell
- Catalan: zel
- English: zeal
- French: zèle
- Italian: zelo
- Portuguese: cio, zelo, ciúme
- Romanian: zel
- Spanish: celo
References
[edit]- “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