noun

Lēvītes

gen. Lēvītae · gender masculine · decl. 1st

(, Prud. στεφ. 2, 39; 5, 30)

a Levite

a Levite: Levita de tribu sacra, Prud. στεφ. 2, 39; 5, 30.

a deacon by extension

Transf., a deacon, Sid. Ep. 9, 2.—

hence

adj., of; belonging to Levi; to the Levites, Levitical •

Lē-vītĭcus, a, um, adj., of or belonging to Levi or to the Levites, Levitical: genus Leviticum, Vulg. Deut. 17, 9: stirps, id. Ios. 3, 3.—

adj. f., of; belonging to the tribe of Levi •

Lēvītis, ĭdis, adj. f., of or belonging to the tribe of Levi: gentis Levitidis una Semper fida comes, of the Levites, Prud. Psych. 502.

Perseus ID: n26425 Key: Levites