The corpus record

ζηλοτῠπ-έω

zelotupeo

to be jealous of

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Where it lives

Symposium 1 · 0.57/10k
Meditations 1 · 0.34/10k
Discourses 2 · 0.27/10k

What it meant — LSJ

to be jealous of, emulate

to be jealous of, c. acc., ζηλοτυπῶν με καὶ φθονῶν Pl. Smp. 213d; τὴν αὑτοῦ γυναῖκα Ath. 12.532a, cf. POxy. 472.11 (ii A.D.); ζ. δούλην ἐπὶ τῷ ἀνδρί in regard to her husband, Plu. Aet.Gr. 2.267d: c. dat., emulate, ζ. τινὶ ἐπαινουμένῳ Demetr. Eloc. 292:—Pass., ἡ -ουμένη μεμοιχεῦσθαι Ph. 1.141.

2 envy

envy, Cic. Att. 13.18.2 (Pass., ib. 13.1); ζ. τινά τινος Jul. Or. 5.167c.

II regard with jealous anger

c. acc. rei, regard with jealous anger, τὰ γιγνόμενα Aeschin. 1.58.

2 pretend to, affect, imitate, follow

pretend to, affect, κάθαρμα ζηλοτυποῦν ἀρετήν Id. 3.211; imitate, follow, τὴν Θάλητος δόξαν Suid. s.v. Φερεκύδης :—Pass., ἡ ζηλοτυπουμένη τυραννίς Plu. Arat. 25.

In the wild

ζηλοτυπεῖς · zēlotypeis Epictetus, Discourses 2.17 (DIORISIS sentence 2959)
ζηλοτυπῆσαι · zēlotypēsai Epictetus, Discourses 2.19 (DIORISIS sentence 3137)
ζηλοτυπεῖν · zēlotypein Marcus Aurelius, Meditations 6.16.4 (DIORISIS sentence 785)
ζηλοτυπῶν · zēlotypōn Plato, Symposium 213 (DIORISIS sentence 804)

Where it came from

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