ζηλῶν (zelon)

ζηλῶν is an Ancient Greek form of ζηλόω, meaning “emulate, be jealous of”.

It can also be a form of ζῆλος, “zeal, rivalry, jealousy”. It is the genitive plural masculine noun.

It can also be a form of ζηλέω, “be eager for; envy”.

It can also be a form of Ζῆλος, “Zelos — the personification of zeal or strife, is described as a son of Pallas and Styx, and a brother…”. It is the genitive plural masculine noun or adjective.

Found 26 times in the Ancient Greek texts on Socratos.

Where it is used

Diogenes Laertius, Vitae philosophorum 7.4.167: Καὶ κατʼ ἀρχὰς μὲν φιλογράμματος ὢν παντοδαποῖς ἐπεχείρει ποιήμασιν, ἔπειτα δὲ καὶ Ἄρατον ἀπεδέχετο, ζηλῶν αὐτόν. ἀποστὰς δὲ τοῦ Ζήνωνος πρὸς τοὺς Κυρηναϊκοὺς ἀπετράπη καὶ εἴς τε τὰ χαμαιτυπεῖα εἰσῄει καὶ τἄλλʼ ἀπαρα …

Dionysius of Halicarnassus, Antiquitates Romanae 2.24.4: … ς καὶ κοινὰς τὰς μίξεις ἐποίησαν τῷ ἄρρενι πρὸς τὸ θῆλυ, ὡς ἐρωτικῶν τε οἴστρων ἐλευθερώσοντες τοὺς βίους καὶ ζήλων ἀλληλοκτόνων ἐξελούμενοι καὶ πολλῶν ἄλλων ἀπαλλάξοντες κακῶν, ἃ καταλαμβάνει τούς τε ἰδίους οἴκους καὶ τὰς πό …

Strabo, Geography 12.3.37: … τὰ ταῦτα ἡγεμόνες τῶν Ῥωμαίων τῶν δυεῖν πολιτευμάτων τούτων τὰ μὲν τοῖς Κομάνων ἱερεῦσι προσένειμαν, τὰ δὲ τῷ Ζήλων ἱερεῖ, τὰ δʼ Ἀτεπόριγι, δυνάστῃ τινὶ τοῦ τετραρχικοῦ γένους τῶν Γαλατῶν ἀνδρί· τελευτήσαντος δʼ ἐκείνου ταύτη …

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.