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ζηλωτός

First/Second declension Adjective; 자동번역 Transliteration:

Principal Part: ζηλωτός ζηλωτή ζηλωτόν

Structure: ζηλωτ (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Etym.: zhlo/w

Sense

  1. to be emulated, worthy of imitation
  2. to be deemed happy, to be envied
  3. enviable, blessed

Examples

  • υἱὸσ ηὐξημένοσ Ἰωσήφ, υἱὸσ ηὐξημένοσ μου ζηλωτόσ, υἱόσ μου νεώτατοσ. πρόσ με ἀνάστρεψον. (Septuagint, Liber Genesis 49:22)
  • ὁ γὰρ σοφὸσ Ὅμηροσ τὸν τοῦ παρασίτου βίον θαυμάζων ὡσ ἄρα μακάριοσ καὶ ζηλωτὸσ εἰή μόνοσ, οὕτω φησίν· (Lucian, De parasito sive artem esse parasiticam, (no name) 10:1)
  • "οὐδὲν γὰρ ὅτι μὴ ἐργάτησ ἔσῃ τῷ σώματι πονῶν κἀν τούτῳ τὴν ἅπασαν ἐλπίδα τοῦ βίου τεθειμένοσ, ἀφανὴσ μὲν αὐτὸσ ὤν, ὀλίγα καὶ ἀγεννῆ λαμβάνων, ταπεινὸσ τὴν γνώμην, εὐτελὴσ δὲ τὴν πρόοδον, οὔτε φίλοισ ἐπιδικάσιμοσ οὔτε ἐχθροῖσ φοβερὸσ οὔτε τοῖσ πολίταισ ζηλωτόσ, ἀλλ’ αὐτὸ μόνον ἐργάτησ καὶ τῶν ἐκ τοῦ πολλοῦ δήμου εἷσ, ἀεὶ τὸν προὔχοντα ὑποπτήσσων καὶ τὸν λέγειν δυνάμενον θεραπεύων, λαγὼ βίον ζῶν καὶ τοῦ κρείττονοσ ἑρ́μαιον ὤν· (Lucian, Somnium sive vita Luciani, (no name) 7:16)
  • "καὶ ὁ νῦν πένησ ὁ τοῦ δεῖνοσ, ὁ βουλευσάμενὸσ τι περὶ ἀγεννοῦσ οὕτω τέχνησ, μετ’ ὀλίγον ἅπασι ζηλωτὸσ καὶ ἐπίφθονοσ ἔσῃ, τιμώμενοσ καὶ ἐπαινούμενοσ καὶ ἐπὶ τοῖσ ἀρίστοισ εὐδοκιμῶν καὶ ὑπὸ τῶν γένει καὶ πλούτῳ προὐχόντων ἀποβλεπόμενοσ, ἐσθῆτα μὲν τοιαύτην ἀμπεχόμενοσ," ‐ δείξασα τὴν ἑαυτῆσ· (Lucian, Somnium sive vita Luciani, (no name) 7:24)
  • ἐμέμνητο γοῦν τινοσ τῶν πολυχρύσων, ὃσ ἐλθὼν Ἀθήναζε μάλ’ ἐπίσημοσ καὶ φορτικὸσ ἀκολούθων ὄχλῳ καὶ ποικίλῃ ἐσθῆτι καὶ χρυσῷ αὐτὸσ μὲν ᾤετο ζηλωτὸσ εἶναι πᾶσι τοῖσ Ἀθηναίοισ καὶ ὡσ ἂν εὐδαίμων ἀποβλέπεσθαι· (Lucian, Nigrinus, Nigrinou Fiaosofia 13:1)

Synonyms

  1. to be deemed happy

  2. enviable

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Derived

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

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