ζῆλον (zelon)

ζῆλον is an Ancient Greek form of ζῆλος, meaning “zeal, rivalry, jealousy”. It is the accusative singular masculine noun.

Found 147 times in the Ancient Greek texts on Socratos.

Where it is used

Diogenes Laertius, Vitae philosophorum 7.1.111: … έθη δὲ καὶ ἡ ἀκολασία ὁμοίως καὶ τἄλλα. Καὶ τὴν μὲν λύπην εἶναι συστολὴν ἄλογον· εἴδη δʼ αὐτῆς ἔλεον, φθόνον, ζῆλον, ζηλοτυπίαν, ἄχθος, ἐνόχλησιν, ἀνίαν, ὀδύνην, σύγχυσιν. ἔλεον μὲν οὖν εἶναι λύπην ὡς ἐπʼ ἀναξίως κακοπαθοῦντι …

Plutarch, Pericles 1.4: ταῦτα δὲ ἔστιν ἐν τοῖς ἀπʼ ἀρετῆς ἔργοις, ἃ καὶ ζῆλόν τινα καὶ προθυμίαν ἀγωγὸν εἰς μίμησιν ἐμποιεῖ τοῖς ἱστορήσασιν· ἐπεὶ τῶν γʼ ἄλλων οὐκ εὐθὺς ἀκολουθεῖ τῷ θαυμ …

Hesiod, Theogony 384: Ζῆλον καὶ Νίκην καλλίσφυρον ἐν μεγάροισιν·

All forms of ζῆλος (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.