emulous [ˈɛmyələs] a.
1.) Ambitiously desirous to equal or even to excel another; eager to emulate or vie with another; desirous of like excellence with another. Constructed with "of", as emulous of another's example or virtues.
2.) Vying with; rivaling; hence, contentious, envious (Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary).
Etymology: From Latin aemulus of the same meaning.
"αὐτὰρ ὃ μήνιε νηυσὶ παρήμενος ὠκυπόροισι
διογενὴς Πηλῆος υἱὸς πόδας ὠκὺς Ἀχιλλεύς:
οὔτέ ποτ᾽ εἰς ἀγορὴν πωλέσκετο κυδιάνειραν
οὔτέ ποτ᾽ ἐς πόλεμον, ἀλλὰ φθινύθεσκε φίλον κῆρ
αὖθι μένων, ποθέεσκε δ᾽ ἀϋτήν τε πτόλεμόν τε" (Ἰλιάς, Ὅμηρος, ~850 BCE).
"Meanwhile unstirring and with smoldering heart,
the godlike athlete, son of Peleus, Prince
Akhilleus waited by his racing ships.
He would not enter the assembly
of emulous men, nor ever go to war,
but felt his valor staling in his breast
with idleness, and missed the cries of battle" (The Iliad of Homer, Robert Fitzgerald (trans.), 1974).
23 comments:
on a bit of an iliad kick, are we?
We do love Edmund's Iliad kick :)
Nice word today, and love the illustration too.
almost sounds like emo :)
I am emulous of your vocabulary, but falling very short of succeeding.
Lasse - Except it doesn't.
great word of the day!
Good word. Must be related to "emulate" too.
good word, I think a lot of humanity is emulous
every time I come to your blog I feel smarter! lol.
when the world stops producing hot chicks i'll run out then.
Lol I always learn new words here "). It feels like my old english class ")
Emulous sounds like it should be a dirty/sexy word. "She became emulous at the sight of the ripped pool boy." something raunchy like that. hahah
I like how if I spell emulous the box tells me I'm spelling it wrong.
very nice
I didn't remember Latin being this unreadable since high school ;)
New word. I love learning new words, especially on a Sunday morning. Plus the picture is beautiful.
Looks like and means a portmanteau of 'emulate' and 'jealous'
In German emulous means "begierig".
I guess I'm not alone in seeing the similarities between this and emulate/jealous. Definitely a word I can use in everyday conversation!
lovely, keep it up!
re your comment about the "vampire" word: you're being sarcastic, right?
interesting word. being a very small island, i know alot of people being emulous towards one another haha! in Maltese, it is called "pika".
jos xx
nice blog. keep 'em coming man. :)
+follow
good word!
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