The corpus record

ζήλ-ωμα

zeloma · τό

that which is emulated: object of envy

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Where it lives

Iphigenia in Tauris 1 · 1.21/10k

What it meant — LSJ

that which is emulated: object of envy, ambition, high fortune

that which is emulated: object of envy or ambition, Phld. Rh. 2.27S.: in pl., high fortune, E. IT 379; ζ. τυραννικά D.H. 7.55.

II emulous efforts, rivalries

in pl. also, emulous efforts, rivalries, νέων ζ. Aeschin. 1.191, AP 7.219 (Pomp.Jun.), cf. D. 19.260.

2 emulation

emulation, ζήλωμα τῆς τῶν Ῥωμαίων ἀρετῆς App. BC 5.113: pl., Lyc. 355, Max.Tyr. 7.7.

In the wild

ζηλωμάτων · zēlōmatōn Euripides, Iphigenia in Tauris (DIORISIS sentence 159)

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.

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