See also: Zelus

Latin

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Etymology

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From Ancient Greek ζῆλος (zêlos).

Pronunciation

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Noun

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zēlus m (genitive zēlī); second declension

  1. zeal, emulation
  2. jealousy

Declension

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Second-declension noun.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative zēlus zēlī
Genitive zēlī zēlōrum
Dative zēlō zēlīs
Accusative zēlum zēlōs
Ablative zēlō zēlīs
Vocative zēle zēlī
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Descendants

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  • Albanian: zell
  • Catalan: zel
  • English: zeal
  • French: zèle
  • Italian: zelo
  • Portuguese: cio, zelo, ciúme
  • Romanian: zel
  • Spanish: celo

References

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  • 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