zelosus

Latin

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *yeh₂-der.

Ancient Greek ζῆλος (zêlos)der.

Latin zēlus

Proto-Indo-European *h₃ed-

Proto-Indo-European *-os

Proto-Indo-European *h₃édosder.?

Proto-Italic *-ŏ̄dsos?

Old Latin -ōssus

Latin -ōsus

Latin zēlōsus

From zēlus + -ōsus.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [zeːˈɫoː.sʊs]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [d͡zeˈlɔː.s̬us]

Adjective

zēlōsus (feminine zēlōsa, neuter zēlōsum); first/second-declension adjective (Late Latin)

1. jealous
2. zealous

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

	singular				plural
	masculine	feminine	neuter		masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	zēlōsus	zēlōsa	zēlōsum		zēlōsī	zēlōsae	zēlōsa
genitive	zēlōsī	zēlōsae	zēlōsī		zēlōsōrum	zēlōsārum	zēlōsōrum
dative	zēlōsō	zēlōsae	zēlōsō		zēlōsīs
accusative	zēlōsum	zēlōsam	zēlōsum		zēlōsōs	zēlōsās	zēlōsa
ablative	zēlōsō	zēlōsā	zēlōsō		zēlōsīs
vocative	zēlōse	zēlōsa	zēlōsum		zēlōsī	zēlōsae	zēlōsa

Descendants

• Catalan: gelós
• Dutch: jaloers
• English: zealous, jealous
• French: jaloux
• Italian: geloso
• Luxembourgish: jalous
• Portuguese: cioso
• Romanian: zelos, gelos
• Spanish: celoso

References

• "zelosus", in Charles du Fresne du Cange, Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
• “zelosus”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• zelosus in Ramminger, Johann (16 July 2016 (last accessed)), Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700‎^[1], pre-publication website, 2005-2016