zealous
From LSJ
ἄλογον δὴ τὸ μήτε μάχης ἄρξασθαι μήτε τοὺς φίλους φυλάξαι, ἐὰν ὑπό γε τῶν βαρβάρων ἀδικῆσθε → It is irrational neither to begin battle nor to guard the friends, if you are ever wronged by the foreigners
English > Greek (Woodhouse)
adjective
earnest: P. and V. σπουδαῖος (Sophocles, Fragment), ἔντονος, σύντονος.
eager: P. and V. πρόθυμος, ὀξύς; see eager.
be zealous: P. and V. σπεύδειν, σπουδάζειν, προθυμεῖσθαι, ὁρμᾶσθαι, V. μαίεσθαι, ἐκπροθυμεῖσθαι.
be zealous for: P. and V. σπουδάζειν (acc.), σπεύδειν (acc.); see desire.
zealous for: use also V. λελιμμένος (gen.), μαιμῶν (gen.).
