The corpus record — Latin

zelo

zelo · v. a

To love with zeal

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Where it lives

Ad Uxorem 1 · 2.41/10k
De Bello Alexandrino 2 · 1.92/10k
Epistulae. Selections. 2 · 0.43/10k
Historiam ecclesiasticam gentis Anglorum 3 · 0.43/10k
Adversus Marcionem 2 · 0.24/10k
Epistulae. Selections. 1 · 0.23/10k
De Architectura 1 · 0.17/10k

What it meant

zēlo — Lewis & Short

zēlo, āre, v. a., = zhlo/w.

I To love with zeal or ardently (eccl. Lat.): populum summo pietatis amore, Tert. Carm. adv. Marc. 4, 36; Aug. Conf. 1, 7.—

II To be jealous of: non zeles mulierem sinus tui, Vulg. Ecclus. 9, 1.—

III To be zealous for: zelat zelum legis, Vulg. 1 Macc. 2, 58.—Also in dep. form: zelatus est legem. Vulg. 1 Macc. 2, 26.—Absol.: zelatus est pro Deo suo, Vulg. Num. 25, 13.

In the wild

6 of 12 attestations shown.

Where it came from

No etymology authority pointer is recorded for this lemma yet — an honest gap, not an omission.

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