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† dĭaeta (zaeta or zēta, Lampr. Heliog. 29 fin.; 30; and in many MSS. in the foll. passages; cf. the letter D), ae, f., = δίαιτα.

  1. I. A mode of living prescribed by a physician, diet: sola diaeta curari, Cael. Aur. Tard. 2, 12, 146.
    Trop.: sed ego diaeta curari incipio, chirurgiae taedet, Cic. Att. 4, 3, 3.
  2. II. A dwelling-place, dwelling room, summer-house, etc. (post-Aug.), Plin. Ep. 2, 17, 15; Suet. Claud. 10; Stat. S. 2, 2, 83; Dig. 7, 1, 13; 32, 55, § 3; Orell. Inscr. 4373 et saep.

zēa, ae, f., = ζειἀ.

  1. I. A kind of grain, spelt: Triticum spelta, Linn. (pure Lat. alica); Plin. 18, 8, 19, § 81 sq.; Hier. in Isa. 9, 28, 25; id. in Ezech. 4, 9.
  2. II. A kind of rosemary, App. Herb. 97.

zēlanter, adv. [zelo], zealously (late Lat.), Ven. Fort. Vit. Patern. 3.

zēlātor, ōris, m. [zelo], a zealous person, a zealot, Ven. Carm. 5, 6, 12; Ambros. in Psa. 51, 15.

(zēlĭvĭra, ae, f., a false read. for caelibi, Tert. Exhort. Cast. 9.)

† zēlo, āre, v. a., = ζηλόω.

  1. I. To love with zeal or ardently (eccl. Lat.): populum summo pietatis amore, Tert. Carm. adv. Marc. 4, 36; Aug. Conf. 1, 7.
  2. II. To be jealous of: non zeles mulierem sinus tui, Vulg. Ecclus. 9, 1.
  3. III. To be zealous for: zelat zelum legis, Vulg. 1 Macc. 2, 58.
    Also in dep. form: zelatus est legem. Vulg. 1 Macc. 2, 26.
    Absol.: zelatus est pro Deo suo, Vulg. Num. 25, 13.

† zēlōtes, ae, m., = ζηλωτής, one that loves with jealousy, one that is jealous (eccl. Lat.); of God, Tert. adv. Marc. 1, 28; 4, 25; Vulg. Exod. 20, 5 al.

zēlŏtypa, ae, v. zelotypus, 2.

† zēlŏtypĭa, ae, f., = ζηλοτυπία, jealousy, Plin. 25, 7, 37, § 75; Vulg. Num. 5, 14 (in Cic. Tusc. 4, 8, 18, and Att. 10, 8, A, 1, written as Greek).

† zēlŏtypus, a, um, adj., = ζηλότυπος, jealous: larba, Juv. 5, 45: moechae, id. 6, 278.
As substt.

    1. 1. zēlŏtypus, i, m., a jealous man, Petr. 45; Quint. 4, 2, 30; Mart. 1, 93, 13.
    2. 2. zēlŏtypa, ae, f., a jealous woman, Petr. 69.

† zēlus, i, m., = ζῆλος, zeal, emulation; jealousy, Vitr. 7 praef.; Prud. Ham. 188; Aus. Epigr. 77; Hier. in Gal. 2, 4, vv. 17, 18; Vulg. Num. 25, 11.

† zĕma or zŭma, ătis, n., = ζέμα, a cooking utensil, a saucepan, Apic. 8, 1 fin.; Val. ap. Treb. Claud. 14; Serv. ad Verg. A. 3, 466.

Zēno or Zēnon, ōnis, m., = Ζἠνων, the name of several Greek philosophers.

  1. I. The founder of the Stoic school, a native of Cittium in Cyprus; form Zeno, Varr. R. R. 2, 1, 3; Cic. Fin. 3, 2, 5; 3, 4, 15; id. N. D. 2, 22, 57; Sen. Ben. 4, 39, 1; Quint. 2, 20, 7; form Zenon, Cic. Tusc. 5, 9, 27 B. and K.; Sen. Ep. 33, 7.
  2. II. An Eleatic philosopher of Elea, in Magna Grœcia, Cic. Ac. 2, 42, 129; id. Tusc. 2, 22, 52; id. N. D. 3, 33, 82.
  3. III. An Epicurean philosopher, the teacher of Cicero and Atticus, Cic. Fin. 1, 5, 16; id. N. D. 1, 21, 59; 1, 33, 93 sq.; id. Tusc. 3, 17, 38.
  4. IV. A Greek emperor in the fifth Christian century.
    Hence, Zēnōnĭānus, a, um, adj., of or pertaining to the emperor Zeno, Zenonian: lex, Just. Inst. 3, 2, 3.

Zēnŏbĭa, ae, f., = Ζηνοβία,

  1. I. a queen of Palmyrene, wife of Odenatus, conquered by Aurelian, Treb. Poll. XXX. Tyrann. 14, 23; 14, 29; Vop. Aurel. 22 sq.; Eutr. 9, 9.
  2. II. Daughter of Mithridates, king of Armenia, Tac. A. 12, 44; 13, 6; 13, 37.

Zĕphyrē, ēs, f., an island near Crete, Mel. 2, 7; Plin. 4, 12, 20, § 61.

Zĕphyrītis, ĭdis, f., = Ζεφυρῖτις, the Zephyritide, an appellation of Arsinoë, wife of Ptolemaeus Philadelphus, who was honored as a goddess, Cat. 66, 57 (cf. Plin. 34, 14, 42, § 148).

† zĕphyrĭus, a, um, adj., = ζεφύριος, of or belonging to a zephyr or to the west wind: ova, i. e. wind-eggs, addle-eggs, Plin. 10, 60, 80, § 167.

Zĕphyrus, i, m., = Ζέφυρος, a gentle west wind, the western breeze, zephyr (pure Lat. Favonius); personified, son of Astrœus and Aurora.

  1. I. Lit., Plin. 18, 34, 77, § 337; Hor. C. 3, 1, 24; 4, 7, 9; id. Ep. 1, 7, 13; Verg. G. 1, 44; id. A. 4, 223; Ov. M. 1, 64; 1, 108; cf. Sen. Q. N. 5, 16, 5.
  2. II. Poet., in gen., wind, Verg. A. 4, 562.

† zeros, i, m., a precious stone, otherwise unknown, Plin. 37, 9, 53, § 138 (al. leros).

Zērynthĭus, a, um, adj., = Ζηρύνθιος, of or belonging to the Thracian town of Zerynthus, Zerynthian: litora, Ov. Tr. 1, 10, 19: Apollo, Liv. 38, 41.

1. zēta, ae, f., v. diaeta init.

2. zēta, indecl. n., = ζῆτα, the Greek letter zeta, Aus. Idyll. Lit. Monos. 12, 11.

zētārĭus, a, um, = diaetarius, Paul. Sent. 3, 6, 58.

Zētes, ae, m., = Ζήτης, a brother of Calăis and son of Boreas, one of the Argonauts, Ov. M. 6, 716; Prop. 1, 20, 26.
Collat. form Zētus, i, n., Serv. ad Verg. A. 10, 350.

Zēthus, i, m., = Ζῆθος, a son of Jupiter by Antiopa, and brother of Amphion, Cic. de Or. 2, 37, 155; id. Rep. 1, 18, 30; Auct. Her. 2, 27, 43; Hor. Ep. 1, 18, 42; Hyg. Fab. 76 and 155.

Zeugĭtāna rĕgio = ἡ Ζευγιτανή, a very fruitful district in Africa, now the northern part of Tunis, Plin. 5, 4, 3, § 23; Mart. Cap. 6, § 669.
Called Zeugis, Isid. 14, 5, 8.

† zeugītes, ae, m., = ζευγίτης, a kind of reed, Plin. 16, 36, 66, § 169.

1. zeugma, ătis, n., = ζεῦγμα, a grammatical figure, according to which two nouns or two infinitives are united to a verb which is applicable to only one of them, Ascon. ad Cic. Verr. 1, 18.

2. Zeugma, ătis, n., = Ζεῦγμα, a town in Syria, on the Euphrates, now Rumkaleh, Plin. 5, 12, 13, § 67; 5, 24, 21, § 86; 34, 15, 43, § 150; Tac. A. 12, 12; Luc. 8, 237; Stat. S. 3, 2, 137.

† zēus, i m., = ζαιός, a kind of fish (pure Lat. faber), Col. 8, 16, 9; Plin. 9, 18, 32, § 68.

Zeuxis, is and ĭdis (acc. -im or -in), m., = Ξεῦξις.

  1. I. A famous Greek painter of Heraclea, Plin. 35, 10, 36, § 65 sq.; Cic. Brut. 18, 70; id. de Or. 3, 7, 26; acc. Zeuxin, id. Inv. 2, 1, 1.
  2. II. Zeuxis Blandenius (a native of Blandos, a city of Phrygia), a matricide, Cic. Q. Fr. 1, 2, 2, § 4 sq.