The corpus record

ζηλ-ωτέος

zeloteos

to be emulated

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Where it lives

Lives of Eminent Philosophers 1 · 0.09/10k

What it meant — LSJ

to be emulated

to be emulated, D.L. 5.74.

II one must emulate, copy

ζηλωτέον one must emulate or copy, Plb. 4.27.8, Plu. Lib.educ. 2.12a; νέοις ζ. τοὺς γέροντας id. fr. 210 Sandbach.

2 one must strive after

one must strive after, πραότητι Ath. Med. ap. Orib. inc. 21.18.

In the wild

ζηλωτέος · zēlōteos Diogenes Laertius, Lives of Eminent Philosophers 5.4 (DIORISIS sentence 4452)

Where it came from

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