"ζῆλος" meaning in Ancient Greek

See ζῆλος in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /zdɛ̂ː.los/, /ˈzi.los/, /ˈzi.los/, /zdɛ̂ː.los/ (note: 5ᵗʰ BCE Attic), /ˈze̝.los/ (note: 1ˢᵗ CE Egyptian), /ˈzi.los/ (note: 4ᵗʰ CE Koine), /ˈzi.los/ (note: 10ᵗʰ CE Byzantine), /ˈzi.los/ (note: 15ᵗʰ CE Constantinopolitan)
Etymology: From Proto-Indo-European *yeh₂- (“to go, travel, search, inquire”). Related to Ζητήρ (Zētḗr). Etymology templates: {{der|grc|ine-pro|*yeh₂-|t=to go, travel, search, inquire}} Proto-Indo-European *yeh₂- (“to go, travel, search, inquire”) Head templates: {{grc-noun|ζήλου|m|second}} ζῆλος • (zêlos) m (genitive ζήλου); second declension Inflection templates: {{grc-decl|ζῆλος|ου}} Forms: zêlos [romanization], ζήλου [genitive], Attic declension-2 [table-tags], ὁ ζῆλος [nominative, singular], τὼ ζήλω [dual, nominative], οἱ ζῆλοι [nominative, plural], τοῦ ζήλου [genitive, singular], τοῖν ζήλοιν [dual, genitive], τῶν ζήλων [genitive, plural], τῷ ζήλῳ [dative, singular], τοῖν ζήλοιν [dative, dual], τοῖς ζήλοις [dative, plural], τὸν ζῆλον [accusative, singular], τὼ ζήλω [accusative, dual], τοὺς ζήλους [accusative, plural], ζῆλε [singular, vocative], ζήλω [dual, vocative], ζῆλοι [plural, vocative]
  1. eager rivalry, zealous imitation, emulation, a noble passion
    (with genitive) zeal for one
    Tags: with-genitive
    Sense id: en-ζῆλος-grc-noun-ln6uCVhA Categories (other): Ancient Greek masculine nouns in the second declension, Ancient Greek second-declension nouns without gender specified Disambiguation of Ancient Greek masculine nouns in the second declension: 22 22 22 23 11 Disambiguation of Ancient Greek second-declension nouns without gender specified: 22 22 22 24 11
  2. eager rivalry, zealous imitation, emulation, a noble passion
    (with genitive)
    Tags: with-genitive
    Sense id: en-ζῆλος-grc-noun-sHD02qji Categories (other): Ancient Greek masculine nouns in the second declension, Ancient Greek second-declension nouns without gender specified Disambiguation of Ancient Greek masculine nouns in the second declension: 22 22 22 23 11 Disambiguation of Ancient Greek second-declension nouns without gender specified: 22 22 22 24 11
  3. eager rivalry, zealous imitation, emulation, a noble passion
    Sense id: en-ζῆλος-grc-noun-sHD02qji1 Categories (other): Ancient Greek masculine nouns in the second declension, Ancient Greek second-declension nouns without gender specified Disambiguation of Ancient Greek masculine nouns in the second declension: 22 22 22 23 11 Disambiguation of Ancient Greek second-declension nouns without gender specified: 22 22 22 24 11
  4. (passive voice) the object of emulation or desire, happiness, bliss, honour, glory
    Sense id: en-ζῆλος-grc-noun-UQtAFgNS Categories (other): Ancient Greek masculine nouns in the second declension, Ancient Greek second-declension nouns without gender specified Disambiguation of Ancient Greek masculine nouns in the second declension: 22 22 22 23 11 Disambiguation of Ancient Greek second-declension nouns without gender specified: 22 22 22 24 11
  5. (of the style of Asiatic Orators) extravagance, fierceness
    Sense id: en-ζῆλος-grc-noun-atVzWlCV Categories (other): Ancient Greek entries with incorrect language header, Ancient Greek masculine nouns in the second declension, Ancient Greek second-declension nouns without gender specified, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Ancient Greek entries with incorrect language header: 18 18 18 14 31 Disambiguation of Ancient Greek masculine nouns in the second declension: 22 22 22 23 11 Disambiguation of Ancient Greek second-declension nouns without gender specified: 22 22 22 24 11 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 11 11 11 9 58 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 8 8 8 6 70
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms (eager rivalry): φθόνος (phthónos) Derived forms: ζηλοτυπία (zēlotupía), ζηλότυπος (zēlótupos), ζηλόω (zēlóō), ζηλωτής (zēlōtḗs), χᾰμαίζηλος (khamaízēlos)
Disambiguation of 'eager rivalry': 32 32 32 3 0
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      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "zēlótupos",
      "word": "ζηλότυπος"
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  "etymology_text": "From Proto-Indo-European *yeh₂- (“to go, travel, search, inquire”). Related to Ζητήρ (Zētḗr).",
  "forms": [
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      "form": "zêlos",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    },
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      "form": "ζήλου",
      "tags": [
        "genitive"
      ]
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      "form": "ὁ ζῆλος",
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      "source": "inflection",
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        "singular"
      ]
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      "form": "τὼ ζήλω",
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        "nominative"
      ]
    },
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      "form": "οἱ ζῆλοι",
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        "plural"
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      "form": "τοῦ ζήλου",
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        "singular"
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      "form": "τοῖν ζήλοιν",
      "roman": "toîn zḗloin",
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        "genitive"
      ]
    },
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      "form": "τῶν ζήλων",
      "roman": "tôn zḗlōn",
      "source": "inflection",
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        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τῷ ζήλῳ",
      "roman": "tôi zḗlōi",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τοῖν ζήλοιν",
      "roman": "toîn zḗloin",
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        "dual"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τοῖς ζήλοις",
      "roman": "toîs zḗlois",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τὸν ζῆλον",
      "roman": "tòn zêlon",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τὼ ζήλω",
      "roman": "tṑ zḗlō",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "dual"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τοὺς ζήλους",
      "roman": "toùs zḗlous",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ζῆλε",
      "roman": "zêle",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
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      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ζῆλοι",
      "roman": "zêloi",
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      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
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        "2": "m",
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      },
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      "name": "grc-noun"
    }
  ],
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        "1": "ζῆλος",
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  "pos": "noun",
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        {
          "text": "406 BCE, Sophocles, Oedipus at Colonus 943"
        },
        {
          "text": "46 CE – 120 CE, Plutarch, Theseus 25"
        },
        {
          "text": "125 CE – 200 CE, Lucian, Demonax 57"
        }
      ],
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        "eager rivalry, zealous imitation, emulation, a noble passion",
        "zeal for one"
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        ],
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        ],
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          "emulation",
          "emulation"
        ],
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          "noble",
          "noble"
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          "passion",
          "passion"
        ],
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          "zeal",
          "zeal"
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        "(with genitive) zeal for one"
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        {
          "text": "424 BCE, Euripides, Hecuba 352"
        },
        {
          "text": "125 CE – 200 CE, Lucian, The Ignorant Book-Collector 17"
        },
        {
          "text": "46 CE – 120 CE, Plutarch, Coriolanus 4"
        },
        {
          "text": "46 CE – 120 CE, Plutarch, Pericles 2"
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        "(with genitive)"
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    },
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          "_dis": "22 22 22 23 11",
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          "_dis": "22 22 22 24 11",
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      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "386 BCE – 367 BCE, Plato, Menexenus 242A"
        },
        {
          "text": "384 BCE – 322 BCE, Aristotle, Rhetoric 2.11.1"
        },
        {
          "text": "750 BCE – 650 BCE, Hesiod, Works and Days 193"
        },
        {
          "text": "445 BCE – 380 BCE, Lysias, Collected Works 195.13"
        },
        {
          "text": "428 BCE – 347 BCE, Plato, Philebus 47E"
        },
        {
          "text": "428 BCE – 347 BCE, Plato, Philebus 50B"
        },
        {
          "text": "428 BCE – 347 BCE, Plato, Laws 679C"
        },
        {
          "text": "380 BCE, Plato, The Republic 550E"
        }
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          "noble",
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          "passion",
          "passion"
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        },
        {
          "_dis": "22 22 22 24 11",
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      ],
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        {
          "text": "497 BCE – 405 BCE, Sophocles, Ajax 503"
        },
        {
          "text": "330 BCE, Demosthenes, On the Crown 217"
        },
        {
          "text": "330 BCE, Demosthenes, On the Crown 120"
        },
        {
          "text": "384 BCE – 322 BCE, Demosthenes, Against Aristocrates 64, (Compare On the Crown 273, Funeral Speech 33)"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "the object of emulation or desire, happiness, bliss, honour, glory"
      ],
      "id": "en-ζῆλος-grc-noun-UQtAFgNS",
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        [
          "happiness",
          "happiness"
        ],
        [
          "bliss",
          "bliss"
        ],
        [
          "honour",
          "honour"
        ],
        [
          "glory",
          "glory"
        ]
      ],
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        "(passive voice) the object of emulation or desire, happiness, bliss, honour, glory"
      ]
    },
    {
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          "_dis": "18 18 18 14 31",
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          "_dis": "22 22 22 24 11",
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          "text": "64 BCE – 24 CE, Strabo, Geography 648"
        },
        {
          "text": "46 CE – 120 CE, Plutarch, Mark Antony 2"
        },
        {
          "text": "New Testament, Epistle to the Hebrews 10:27"
        }
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        "(of the style of Asiatic Orators) extravagance, fierceness"
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  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/zdɛ̂ː.los/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈzi.los/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈzi.los/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/zdɛ̂ː.los/",
      "note": "5ᵗʰ BCE Attic"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈze̝.los/",
      "note": "1ˢᵗ CE Egyptian"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈzi.los/",
      "note": "4ᵗʰ CE Koine"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈzi.los/",
      "note": "10ᵗʰ CE Byzantine"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈzi.los/",
      "note": "15ᵗʰ CE Constantinopolitan"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "_dis1": "32 32 32 3 0",
      "roman": "phthónos",
      "sense": "eager rivalry",
      "word": "φθόνος"
    }
  ],
  "word": "ζῆλος"
}
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    "Ancient Greek entries with incorrect language header",
    "Ancient Greek lemmas",
    "Ancient Greek masculine nouns",
    "Ancient Greek masculine nouns in the second declension",
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      "roman": "zēlotupía",
      "word": "ζηλοτυπία"
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      "roman": "zēlótupos",
      "word": "ζηλότυπος"
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      "roman": "zēlóō",
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      "form": "zêlos",
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      "form": "Second declension",
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    },
    {
      "form": "ὁ ζῆλος",
      "roman": "ho zêlos",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τὼ ζήλω",
      "roman": "tṑ zḗlō",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "nominative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "οἱ ζῆλοι",
      "roman": "hoi zêloi",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τοῦ ζήλου",
      "roman": "toû zḗlou",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τοῖν ζήλοιν",
      "roman": "toîn zḗloin",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "genitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τῶν ζήλων",
      "roman": "tôn zḗlōn",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τῷ ζήλῳ",
      "roman": "tôi zḗlōi",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τοῖν ζήλοιν",
      "roman": "toîn zḗloin",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "dual"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τοῖς ζήλοις",
      "roman": "toîs zḗlois",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τὸν ζῆλον",
      "roman": "tòn zêlon",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τὼ ζήλω",
      "roman": "tṑ zḗlō",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "dual"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τοὺς ζήλους",
      "roman": "toùs zḗlous",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ζῆλε",
      "roman": "zêle",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ζήλω",
      "roman": "zḗlō",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ζῆλοι",
      "roman": "zêloi",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ζήλου",
        "2": "m",
        "3": "second"
      },
      "expansion": "ζῆλος • (zêlos) m (genitive ζήλου); second declension",
      "name": "grc-noun"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ζῆλος",
        "2": "ου"
      },
      "name": "grc-decl"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Ancient Greek",
  "lang_code": "grc",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "406 BCE, Sophocles, Oedipus at Colonus 943"
        },
        {
          "text": "46 CE – 120 CE, Plutarch, Theseus 25"
        },
        {
          "text": "125 CE – 200 CE, Lucian, Demonax 57"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "eager rivalry, zealous imitation, emulation, a noble passion",
        "zeal for one"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "eager",
          "eager"
        ],
        [
          "rivalry",
          "rivalry"
        ],
        [
          "zealous",
          "zealous"
        ],
        [
          "imitation",
          "imitation"
        ],
        [
          "emulation",
          "emulation"
        ],
        [
          "noble",
          "noble"
        ],
        [
          "passion",
          "passion"
        ],
        [
          "zeal",
          "zeal"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "eager rivalry, zealous imitation, emulation, a noble passion",
        "(with genitive) zeal for one"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "with-genitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "424 BCE, Euripides, Hecuba 352"
        },
        {
          "text": "125 CE – 200 CE, Lucian, The Ignorant Book-Collector 17"
        },
        {
          "text": "46 CE – 120 CE, Plutarch, Coriolanus 4"
        },
        {
          "text": "46 CE – 120 CE, Plutarch, Pericles 2"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "eager rivalry, zealous imitation, emulation, a noble passion"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "eager",
          "eager"
        ],
        [
          "rivalry",
          "rivalry"
        ],
        [
          "zealous",
          "zealous"
        ],
        [
          "imitation",
          "imitation"
        ],
        [
          "emulation",
          "emulation"
        ],
        [
          "noble",
          "noble"
        ],
        [
          "passion",
          "passion"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "eager rivalry, zealous imitation, emulation, a noble passion",
        "(with genitive)"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "with-genitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "386 BCE – 367 BCE, Plato, Menexenus 242A"
        },
        {
          "text": "384 BCE – 322 BCE, Aristotle, Rhetoric 2.11.1"
        },
        {
          "text": "750 BCE – 650 BCE, Hesiod, Works and Days 193"
        },
        {
          "text": "445 BCE – 380 BCE, Lysias, Collected Works 195.13"
        },
        {
          "text": "428 BCE – 347 BCE, Plato, Philebus 47E"
        },
        {
          "text": "428 BCE – 347 BCE, Plato, Philebus 50B"
        },
        {
          "text": "428 BCE – 347 BCE, Plato, Laws 679C"
        },
        {
          "text": "380 BCE, Plato, The Republic 550E"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "eager rivalry, zealous imitation, emulation, a noble passion"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "eager",
          "eager"
        ],
        [
          "rivalry",
          "rivalry"
        ],
        [
          "zealous",
          "zealous"
        ],
        [
          "imitation",
          "imitation"
        ],
        [
          "emulation",
          "emulation"
        ],
        [
          "noble",
          "noble"
        ],
        [
          "passion",
          "passion"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "497 BCE – 405 BCE, Sophocles, Ajax 503"
        },
        {
          "text": "330 BCE, Demosthenes, On the Crown 217"
        },
        {
          "text": "330 BCE, Demosthenes, On the Crown 120"
        },
        {
          "text": "384 BCE – 322 BCE, Demosthenes, Against Aristocrates 64, (Compare On the Crown 273, Funeral Speech 33)"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "the object of emulation or desire, happiness, bliss, honour, glory"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "happiness",
          "happiness"
        ],
        [
          "bliss",
          "bliss"
        ],
        [
          "honour",
          "honour"
        ],
        [
          "glory",
          "glory"
        ]
      ],
      "qualifier": "passive voice",
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(passive voice) the object of emulation or desire, happiness, bliss, honour, glory"
      ]
    },
    {
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "64 BCE – 24 CE, Strabo, Geography 648"
        },
        {
          "text": "46 CE – 120 CE, Plutarch, Mark Antony 2"
        },
        {
          "text": "New Testament, Epistle to the Hebrews 10:27"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "extravagance, fierceness"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "extravagance",
          "extravagance"
        ],
        [
          "fierceness",
          "fierceness"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(of the style of Asiatic Orators) extravagance, fierceness"
      ],
      "raw_tags": [
        "of the style of Asiatic Orators"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/zdɛ̂ː.los/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈzi.los/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈzi.los/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/zdɛ̂ː.los/",
      "note": "5ᵗʰ BCE Attic"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈze̝.los/",
      "note": "1ˢᵗ CE Egyptian"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈzi.los/",
      "note": "4ᵗʰ CE Koine"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈzi.los/",
      "note": "10ᵗʰ CE Byzantine"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈzi.los/",
      "note": "15ᵗʰ CE Constantinopolitan"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "roman": "phthónos",
      "sense": "eager rivalry",
      "word": "φθόνος"
    }
  ],
  "word": "ζῆλος"
}

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