zelotes

See also: zélotes

Gothic

Romanization

zēlōtēs

  1. romanization of 𐌶𐌴𐌻𐍉𐍄𐌴𐍃

Latin

Etymology

    Borrowed from Ancient Greek ζηλωτής (zēlōtḗs).

    Pronunciation

    Noun

    zēlōtēs m (genitive zēlōtae); first declension

    1. a person who loves with jealousy; a jealous person
    2. a zealot or one who is zealous for a cause
      • 405 CE, Jerome, Vulgate Exodus.20.5:
        Nōn adōrābis ea, neque colēs: ego sum Dominus Deus tuus fortis, zēlōtēs, vīsitāns inīquitātem patrum in fīliōs, in tertiam et quārtam generātiōnem eōrum quī ōdērunt mē.
        Thou shalt not bow down thyself to them, nor serve them: for I the LORD thy God am a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children unto the third and fourth generation of them that hate me.

    Declension

    First-declension noun (masculine, Greek-type, nominative singular in -ēs).

    singular plural
    nominative zēlōtēs zēlōtae
    genitive zēlōtae zēlōtārum
    dative zēlōtae zēlōtīs
    accusative zēlōtēn zēlōtās
    ablative zēlōtē zēlōtīs
    vocative zēlōtē zēlōtae

    Descendants

    • → German: Zelot
    • → Middle Dutch: zelote
    • → Middle English: zelote
    • → Translingual: Zelotes

    References

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