The corpus record

ζήλ-ωσις

zelosis · ἡ

emulation, imitation

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Where it lives

Works and Days 1 · 1.73/10k
Sapientia Salomonis 1 · 1.45/10k
Numeri 3 · 1.3/10k
Isaias 1 · 0.38/10k
History 2 · 0.13/10k
Republic 1 · 0.11/10k

What it meant — LSJ

emulation, imitation

emulation, imitation, τῶν βαρβάρων Th. 1.132; μεγάλων συγγραφέων μίμησις καὶ ζ. Longin. 13.2, cf. Max.Tyr. 7.9.

II zealous pursuit, custom, fashion

zealous pursuit, αἱ πολύτροποι τοῦ βίου ζ. Ph. 1.362; custom, fashion, ἀρχαιότροποι ζ. ib. 468.

III jealousy

jealousy, LXX Nu. 5.14.

In the wild

ζηλώσει · zēlōsei Works and Days 312
ζηλώσῃ · zēlōsēi Plato, Republic 8.561 (DIORISIS sentence 5090)
ζηλώσει · zēlōsei Septuaginta, Isaias 11
ζηλώσεως · zēlōseōs Septuaginta, Numeri 5
ζηλώσεως · zēlōseōs Septuaginta, Numeri 5
ζηλώσεως · zēlōseōs Septuaginta, Numeri 5

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Where it came from

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