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ζῆλος , ου, ὁ, later εος, τό, Ep.Phil.3.6 codd. opt.; Dor. ζᾶλος IG12 (5).891, etc.:—
A.jealousy (= φθόνος), Hes.Op.195, S.OT1526: coupled with φθόνος by Democr.191, Lys.2.48, Pl.Phlb.47e, 50c, Lg. 679c(pl.); “εἰς ζῆλον ἰέναι” Id.R.550e: more usu. in good sense, eager rivalry, emulation, Id.Mx.242a, Arist.Rh.1388a30.
2. c. gen. pers., zeal for one, “ξυναίμων” S.OC943; κατὰ ζῆλον Ἡρακλέους in emulation of him, Plu.Thes.25; “ζ. πρός τινα” Luc.Dem.Enc.57: abs., passion, PGrenf.1.1.13 (ii B.C.).
3. c. gen. rei, ζῆλον . . γάμων ἔχουσα causing rivalry for my hand, E.Hec.352; “ζ. ἀζήλων καὶ φόβον ἀφόβων” Phld.Oec.p.66J.; ζ. τῶν ἀρίστων emulous desire for . . , opp. φυγὴ τῶν χειρόνων, Luc.Ind.17; “ἀνδραγαθίας” Plu.Cor.4; so “ζ. πρός τι” Phld.Rh.2.53S., Plu.Per.2; “ζ. περὶ τὰ στρατιωτικά” Str.14.2.27: pl., ambitions, Phld.Rh.2.54S.
4. fervour, zeal, LXX 4 Ki.19.31, al., 1 Ep.Cor.14.1,al.; indignation, “ζ. πυρός” Ep.Hebr.10.27.
5. personified as son of Styx, brother of Βία, Κράτος, Νίκη, Hes.Th. 384.
II. pride, honour, glory, S.Aj.503; “ζ. καὶ χαρά” D.18.217; τὸν αὐτὸν ἔχει ζῆλον ὁ στέφανος, ib.120; “ζῆλον καὶ τιμὴν φέρει τῇ πόλει” Id.23.64, cf. 18.273, 60.33.
III. spirit, “τῆς πολιτείας” Plb.4.27.8: pl., tastes, interests, τοῖς ἀπὸ διαφόρων ἐπιτηδευμάτων, βίων, ζήλων, ἡλικιῶν, Longin.7.4.
2. esp. in Lit. Crit., style, “τοῦ Ἀσιανοῦ λεγομένου ζήλου” Str.14.1.41, cf. Plu.Ant.2.
Henry George Liddell. Robert Scott. A Greek-English Lexicon. revised and augmented throughout by. Sir Henry Stuart Jones. with the assistance of. Roderick McKenzie. Oxford. Clarendon Press. 1940.

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