κακοζηλία
Ancient Greek
Etymology
From κᾰκόζηλος (kăkózēlos, “having bad taste”) + -ῐ́ᾱ (-ĭ́ā), from κᾰκός (kăkós, “bad”) + ζῆλος (zêlos, “zeal”).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /ka.koz.dɛː.lí.aː/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /ka.ko.ze̝ˈli.a/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ka.ko.ziˈli.a/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /ka.ko.ziˈli.a/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /ka.ko.ziˈli.a/
Noun
κᾰκοζηλῐ́ᾱ • (kăkozēlĭ́ā) f (genitive κᾰκοζηλῐ́ᾱς); first declension
- unhappy imitation or rivalry
- affectation of style
Inflection
| Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | ἡ κᾰκοζηλῐ́ᾱ hē kăkozēlĭ́ā |
τὼ κᾰκοζηλῐ́ᾱ tṑ kăkozēlĭ́ā |
αἱ κᾰκοζήλῐαι hai kăkozḗlĭai | ||||||||||
| Genitive | τῆς κᾰκοζηλῐ́ᾱς tês kăkozēlĭ́ās |
τοῖν κᾰκοζηλῐ́αιν toîn kăkozēlĭ́ain |
τῶν κᾰκοζηλῐῶν tôn kăkozēlĭôn | ||||||||||
| Dative | τῇ κᾰκοζηλῐ́ᾳ tēî kăkozēlĭ́āi |
τοῖν κᾰκοζηλῐ́αιν toîn kăkozēlĭ́ain |
ταῖς κᾰκοζηλῐ́αις taîs kăkozēlĭ́ais | ||||||||||
| Accusative | τὴν κᾰκοζηλῐ́ᾱν tḕn kăkozēlĭ́ān |
τὼ κᾰκοζηλῐ́ᾱ tṑ kăkozēlĭ́ā |
τᾱ̀ς κᾰκοζηλῐ́ᾱς tā̀s kăkozēlĭ́ās | ||||||||||
| Vocative | κᾰκοζηλῐ́ᾱ kăkozēlĭ́ā |
κᾰκοζηλῐ́ᾱ kăkozēlĭ́ā |
κᾰκοζήλῐαι kăkozḗlĭai | ||||||||||
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Antonyms
- εὐζηλῐ́ᾱ (euzēlĭ́ā)
References
- “κακοζηλία”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- κακοζηλία in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette