ζῆλος: Difference between revisions

|Definition=-ου, ὁ, later εος, τό, ''Ep.Phil.''3.6 codd. opt.; Dor. [[ζᾶλος]] ''IG''12 (5).891, etc.:—<br><span class="bld">A</span> [[jealousy]] (= [[φθόνος]]), Hes.''Op.''195, [[Sophocles|S.]]''[[Oedipus Tyrannus|OT]]''1526: coupled with [[φθόνος]] by Democr.191, Lys.2.48, Pl.''Phlb.''47e, 50c, ''Lg.'' 679c(pl.); εἰς ζῆλον ἰέναι Id.''R.''550e: more usually in good sense, [[eager rivalry]], [[emulation]], Id.''Mx.''242a, Arist.''Rh.''1388a30.<br><span class="bld">2</span> c. gen. pers., [[zeal for]] one, ξυναίμων S.''OC''943; [[κατὰ ζῆλον]] Ἡρακλέους = in [[emulation]] of him, Plu.''Thes.''25; ζῆλος πρός τινα Luc.''Dem.Enc.''57: abs., [[passion]], PGrenf.1.1.13 (ii B.C.).<br><span class="bld">3</span> c. gen. rei, <b class="b3">ζῆλον… γάμων ἔχουσα</b> causing [[rivalry]] for my [[hand]], E.''Hec.''352; ζῆλον ἀζήλων καὶ φόβον ἀφόβων Phld.''Oec.''p.66J.; <b class="b3">ζῆλος τῶν ἀρίστων</b> [[emulous desire]] for... opp. <b class="b3">φυγὴ τῶν χειρόνων</b>, Luc.''Ind.''17; ἀνδραγαθίας Plu.''Cor.''4; so ζ. πρός τι Phld.''Rh.''2.53S., Plu.''Per.''2; ζῆλος περὶ τὰ στρατιωτικά Str.14.2.27: pl., [[ambition]]s, Phld.''Rh.''2.54S.<br><span class="bld">4</span> [[fervour]], [[zeal]], [[LXX]] ''4 Ki.''19.31, al., ''1 Ep.Cor.''14.1,al.; [[indignation]], ζῆλος πυρός ''Ep.Hebr.''10.27.<br><span class="bld">5</span> personified as son of [[Styx]], [[brother]] of [[Βία]], [[Κράτος]], [[Νίκη]], Hes.''Th.'' 384.<br><span class="bld">II</span> [[pride]], [[honour]], [[glory]], [[Sophocles|S.]]''[[Ajax|Aj.]]''503; ζῆλος 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.<br><span class="bld">III</span> [[spirit]], τῆς πολιτείας Plb.4.27.8: pl., [[taste]]s, [[interest]]s, <b class="b3">τοῖς ἀπὸ διαφόρων ἐπιτηδευμάτων, βίων, ζήλων, ἡλικιῶν</b>, Longin.7.4.<br><span class="bld">2</span> especially in Lit. Crit., [[style]], τοῦ Ἀσιανοῦ λεγομένου ζήλου Str.14.1.41, cf. Plu.''Ant.''2.