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Zelus
Zelus
See also: zelus
Translingual
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Proper noun
Zelus m
- A taxonomic genus within the family Reduviidae – certain assassin bugs.
zelus
zelus
See also: Zelus
Latin
Noun
zēlus m (genitive zēlī); second declension
Inflection
Second declension.
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | zēlus | zēlī |
| genitive | zēlī | zēlōrum |
| dative | zēlō | zēlīs |
| accusative | zēlum | zēlōs |
| ablative | zēlō | zēlīs |
| vocative | zēle | zēlī |
Related terms
Descendants
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