ζηλωτάς (zelotas)

ζηλωτάς is an Ancient Greek form of ζηλωτός, meaning “enviable, admirable”.

It can also be a form of ζηλωτής, “zealous follower, enthusiast”. It is the accusative plural masculine noun or adjective.

Found 26 times in the Ancient Greek texts on Socratos.

Where it is used

Diogenes Laertius, Vitae philosophorum 2.11.113: … τείδου, Δίφιλον δὲ τὸν Βοσποριανὸν Εὐφάντου καὶ Μύρμηκα τὸν Ἐξαινέτου παραγενομένους ὡς ἐλέγξοντας ἀμφοτέρους ζηλωτὰς ἔσχε.

All forms of ζηλωτός (declension table)

Source: Socratos (socratos.org), a free reader for Ancient Greek and Latin. Grammar from the Perseus Treebank and Morpheus; dictionary entries from Liddell-Scott-Jones, A Greek-English Lexicon (Perseus Digital Library, CC BY-SA). Counts are from the texts on Socratos.