ζηλῶ (zelo)

ζηλῶ is an Ancient Greek form of ζηλόω, meaning “emulate, be jealous of”. It is the 1st person singular present active indicative.

It can also be a form of ζῆλος, “zeal, rivalry, jealousy”.

Found 61 times in the Ancient Greek texts on Socratos.

Where it is used

Euripides, Alcestis 866: ζηλῶ φθιμένους, κείνων ἔραμαι,

Plutarch, Lycurgus 4.2: … ῶν πολὺ τὸ κόσμιον ἐχόντων καὶ καταστατικόν, ὧν ἀκροώμενοι κατεπραΰνοντο λεληθότως τὰ ἤθη καὶ συνῳκειοῦντο τῷ ζήλῳ τῶν καλῶν ἐκ τῆς ἐπιχωριαζούσης τότε πρὸς ἀλλήλους κακοθυμίας, ὥστε τρόπον τινὰ τῷ Λυκούργῳ προοδοποιεῖν τὴν …

All forms of ζηλόω (conjugation 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.