zelotypus Latin · revision 36308

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=borrowing|attested=before 66 AD, Petronius|origins=grc ζηλότυπος}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * Classical: [zeːˈɫɔ.ty.pʊs]^(Wiktionary)

+ * Ecclesiastical: [d͡zeˈlɔː.ti.pus]^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''zēlotypus''' (feminine zēlotypa, neuter zēlotypum, comparative zēlotypior, superlative zēlotypissimus); first/second-declension adjective^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is [[bor|grc|ζηλότυπος|tr=zēlótupos|t=jealous]].^(OLD 2012)^(Saalfeld 1874)^(Wiktionary) The first part of the Greek word is [[m|grc|ζῆλος|tr=zêlos|t=zeal, rivalry, jealousy]].^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ It first appears in Petronius' novel, in the first century AD, both as a noun for a jealous man and, in the feminine ''zēlotypa'', for a jealous woman.^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Georges 1913)^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ In the first century AD it was used of jealous husbands and lovers: Quintilian speaks of a woman who accuses a jealous man, and Martial and Juvenal use the adjective.^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Gaffiot 2016) The Vulgate has ''mulier zēlotypa'', a jealous wife,^(Georges 1913) and Ecclesiastical Latin keeps the adjective and the noun.^(Stelten 1995)

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+ In British Medieval Latin it meant sexually jealous, and as a noun a jealous husband and also a [[m|en|cuckold]].^(DMLBS)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * before 66 AD – Petronius uses it of a jealous man and a jealous woman.^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * c. 35–95 AD – Quintilian writes of a woman accusing a ''zēlotypus''.^(Georges 1913)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * c. 67–127 AD – Juvenal uses the adjective.^(Gaffiot 2016)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 390–406 AD – The Vulgate speaks of a jealous wife.^(Georges 1913)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * Middle Ages – British writers use it for a jealous husband or a cuckold.^(DMLBS)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Adjective===

+ # [[m|en|jealous|alt=Jealous]], especially in love.^(OLD 2012)^(Georges 1913)^(DMLBS)

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+ ===Noun===

+ # A jealous man; in the feminine ''zēlotypa'', a jealous woman.^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Gaffiot 2016)^(Stelten 1995)

+ # ''(Medieval Latin)'' A jealous husband; a [[m|en|cuckold]].^(DMLBS)

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+ ==Word family==

+ * [[zēlotypa]]

+ * [[zēlotypia]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}