English → Latin
“zeal” in Latin
studiumstudy; eagerness, zeal; desire, fancyindustriaenergetic activity, industry, application, diligence; purposefulness, purposeārdorflame, fire, heat; brightness, brilliancy (of the eyes); ardour, eagerness, ardent desirefervorboiling heat; fermenting; ardour, passion, furyassiduitāsconstant presence with someone; continuance, duration, constancy of something; frequency or repetition of somethingalacritāscheerfulness, liveliness, gaiety, animation; alacrity, eagerness, persistence, zeal, fervour, ardour; joy, rejoicing, ex
The English word zeal itself goes back to Latin zēlus.
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
zeal
studium: industria (unwearied activity). Burning, fiery zeal, studium ardens: ardor: fervor: constant zeal, assiduitas: stirring, active zeal, alacritas: studium acerrimum: to apply one’s zeal to a thing, omne studium ad rem conferre: to pursue one’s studies with zeal, studia urgere: studia concelebrare (of several; Cic., Invent., 1, 3, 4): to pursue them with less zeal (than formerly), studia remittere: to have a zeal for anything, studio alicujus rei teneri: to have great zeal, to burn with zeal for anything, studio alicujus rei flagrare, ardere, incensum esse: zeal is excited, studium incitatur, inflammatur, incenditur: to kindle, awaken zeal in a person for anything, alicujus studium aliquid faciendi commovere: with zeal, studio: studiose: with great zeal, summo studio: studiosissime.
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for zeal?
- The usual Latin words for “zeal” are studium, industria, ārdor; also fervor, assiduitās, alacritās. The right choice depends on the sense; see the distinctions below.
Entry from J. E. Riddle & T. K. Arnold, A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon (rev. C. Anthon, New York: Harper, 1864), digitised by Fergus J. P. Walsh, CC BY-SA 4.0; Latin markup adapted by latindictionary.co.