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ζῆλος

Second declension Noun; Masculine 자동번역 Transliteration:

Principal Part: ζῆλος ζήλου

Structure: ζηλ (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Etym.: prob. from ze/w

Sense

  1. eager rivalry, zealous imitation, emulation, a noble passion
  2. (with genitive) zeal for one
  3. (with genitive)

Declension

Second declension

The inflection forms above were generated by rules and some usages of them were not attested.

Due to a bug of system, some forms may display wrong accents.

Examples

  • πολλάκισ γὰρ ἐν ἀπειλαῖσ καὶ προκλήσεσι κατὰ τὰσ μάχασ γενόμενοι, καὶ κομπάσαντεσ διά τὸ ἐνάμιλλον οἱᾶ νεανιῶν πολεμικῶν φιλοτιμίαι καὶ ζῆλοι φέρουσιν, ἴδιον προσεκτήσαντο τῷ κοινῷ τὸ κατ’ ἀλλήλων ἔχθοσ. (Plutarch, Lives, chapter 22 1:3)
  • κῦμα τὸ πικρὸν Ἔρωτοσ, ἀκοίμητοί τε πνέοντεσ ζῆλοι, καὶ κώμων χειμέριον πέλαγοσ, ποῖ φέρομαι; (Unknown, Greek Anthology, book 5, chapter 1901)
  • οὐχ ὅπωσ μείζουσ ἀρχὰσ εὐνοίασ ἔχων πρὸσ ἐμὲ μείζονα τὰ δίκαιά μοι τῆσ εὐνοίασ ἐσφέρει καὶ ἐπιδίδωσιν, ἢ τό γε ἔλαττον ἐμὲ μιμεῖται καὶ ζηλοῖ τοῦ φίλτρου· (Lucian, Abdicatus, (no name) 18:10)
  • ζηλοῖ δέ τε γείτονα γείτων εἰσ ἄφενοσ σπεύδοντ’· (Hesiod, Works and Days, Book WD 4:9)
  • οὐδὲ γὰρ τοὺσ προγόνουσ ὑπολαμβάνω τὰ δικαστήρια ταῦθ’ ὑμῖν οἰκοδομῆσαι, ἵνα τοὺσ τοιούτουσ ἐν αὐτοῖσ μοσχεύητε, ἀλλὰ τοὐναντίον ἵν’ ἀνείργητε καὶ κολάζητε καὶ μηδεὶσ ζηλοῖ μηδ’ ἐπιθυμῇ κακίασ. (Demosthenes, Speeches 21-30, 56:6)

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