ζηλ-όω,
(ζῆλος):
__I with accusative person, vie with, emulate, τινα [[ 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 2.37, 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 553a, “Michel” 1007.29 (Teos, 2nd c.BC)] Refs 5th c.BC+]:—passive, [[ 1st c.BC: Philodemus Gadarensis Epigrammaticus “Rh.” 1.125S., etc.: c._accusative_ _of things_, 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 2.64 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; in bad sense, to be jealous of, envy, ζηλοῖ δέ τε γείτονα γείτων [[ 8th-7th c.BC: Hesiodus Epicus “Opera et Dies” 23, compare “hymnus ad Cererem” 168, 223, 3rd c.BC: Theocritus Poeta Bucolicus 6.27; τὴν αὑτοῦ γυναῖκα LXX.Sir.9.1 ] LXX+8th c.BC+]: absolutely, to be jealous, [[ NT.1Cor.13.4; ζηλώσαντες ] NT]through jealousy, [[ NT.Acts.7.9. ] NT]
__b with accusative person, to be jealous for, [[ LXX.Num.11.29. ] LXX]
__2 esteem or pronounce happy, admire, praise, τινά τινος one for a thing, [[ 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Electra” 1027, 5th-6th c.BC: Isocrates Orator 4.91; ζηλῶ σε τῆς εὐβουλίας 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Acharnenses” 1008 (Lyric poetry); τῆς εὐγλωττίας [prev. author] “Eq.” 837; τῆς εὐτυχίας τὸν πρέσβυν [prev. author] “V.” 1450 (Lyric poetry); τοῦ πλούτου 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Symposium” 4.45; τινὰ ἐπί τισι “IG” 12(5).860.47 (Tenos, 1st c.BC)] Refs 5th c.BC+]: more rarely, ζ. τινά τι [[ 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Ajax” 552 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; ζ. σε ὁθούνεκα.. [[ 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Prometheus Vinctus” 332 ] Refs 4th c.BC+]; τὴν πόλιν, ὅτι.. [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Historia Graeca (Hellenica)” 6.5.45 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; πολλά σε ζηλῶ βίου, μάλιστα δ᾽ εἰ.. [[ 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Fragmenta” 584 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]: with participle, σε ζ. θανόντα πρὶν κακῶν ἰδεῖν βάθος [[ 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Persae” 712 (troch.), compare 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Orestes” 521: iron., ζηλῶ σε] Refs 5th c.BC+] happy in your ignorance! [[ [prev. author] “Med.” 60; ὑμῶν οὐ ζηλοῦμεν τὸ ἄφρον 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 5.105 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]:—passive, to be deemed fortunate, ὑπό τινων [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Phaedrus” 232a. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]