zelivira

Latin

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /zeːˈli.u̯i.ra/, [d̪͡z̪eːˈlʲiu̯ɪrä]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /d͡zeˈli.vi.ra/, [d̪͡z̪eˈliːvirä]

Noun

zēlivira f (genitive zēlivirae); first declension

1. (Late Latin) a jealous woman

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Declension

First-declension noun.

Case	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.