Translingual

Zelus renardii

Etymology

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Proper noun

Zelus m

1. A taxonomic genus within the family Reduviidae – certain assassin bugs.

English

Proper noun

Zelus

1. (Greek mythology) The god and personification of zeal.

Translations

Latin

Noun

zēlus m ‎(genitive zēlī); second declension

1. zeal, emulation
2. jealousy

Inflection

Second declension.

Related terms

Descendants

• Albanian: zell
• English: zeal
• French: zèle
• Italian: zelo
• Portuguese: cio, zelo, ciúme
• Spanish: celo

References

• zelus in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• ZELUS in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
• Félix Gaffiot (1934), “zelus”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.
• zelus in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
• zelus in William Smith, editor (1848) A Dictionary of Greek Biography and Mythology, London: John Murray