unhappy imitation, rivalry
unhappy imitation or rivalry, v.l. for -ζηλωσία, Plb. 10.22.10 (ap. Suid. s.v. Φιλοποίμην).
II affectation
Rhet., of style, affectation, Luc. Salt. 82, Demetr. Eloc. 189.
The corpus record
κᾰκο-ζηλία
kakozelia · ἡ
unhappy imitation
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What it meant — LSJ
Where it came from
No etymology authority pointer is recorded for this lemma yet — an honest gap, not an omission. The etymological dictionaries (Beekes, Chantraine, Frisk) are matched incrementally.