Ancient Greek-English Dictionary Language

ζηλωτικός

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: ζηλωτικός ζηλωτική ζηλωτικόν

Structure: ζηλωτικ (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Etym.: from zhlwto/s

Sense

  1. emulous

Examples

  • ὁ μὲν γὰρ αὑτὸν παρασκευάζει διὰ τὸν ζῆλον τυγχάνειν τῶν ἀγαθῶν, ὁ δὲ τὸν πλησίον μὴ ἔχειν διὰ τὸν φθόνον, ἀνάγκη δὴ ζηλωτικοὺσ μὲν εἶναι τοὺσ ἀξιοῦντασ αὑτοὺσ ἀγαθῶν ὧν μὴ ἔχουσιν, <ἐνδεχομένων αὐτοῖσ λαβεῖν>· (Aristotle, Rhetoric, Book 2, chapter 11 1:3)
  • καὶ ὧν πρόγονοι ἢ συγγενεῖσ ἢ οἰκεῖοι ἢ τὸ ἔθνοσ ἢ ἡ πόλισ ἔντιμοι, ζηλωτικοὶ περὶ ταῦτα· (Aristotle, Rhetoric, Book 2, chapter 11 3:1)

Synonyms

  1. emulous

Source: Henry George Liddell. Robert Scott. "A Greek-English Lexicon". revised and augmented throughout by. Sir Henry Stuart Jones.

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