zelivira

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Latin

Etymology

zēlō (“I love ardently”) + vir (“a man”) + -a (first-declension feminine case ending)

Pronunciation

(Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /zeːˈli.u̯i.ra/,
(modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /d͡zeˈli.vi.ra/,

Noun

zēlivira f (genitive zēlivirae); first declension

(Late Latin) a jealous woman
(Can we find and add a quotation of Tertullian to this entry?)

Declension

First-declension noun.

	singular	plural
nominative	zēlivira	zēlivirae
genitive	zēlivirae	zēlivirārum
dative	zēlivirae	zēlivirīs
accusative	zēliviram	zēlivirās
ablative	zēlivirā	zēlivirīs
vocative	zēlivira	zēlivirae

References

“zēlĭvĭra”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
zēlĭvĭra in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette, page 1,700/3.

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