Levites

A New Latin Dictionary by Charlton T. Lewis Ph.D. and Charles Short, LL. D.

Lēvītes (Lēvīta, Prud. στεφ. 2, 39; 5, 30), ae, m., a Levite: Levita de tribu sacra, Prud. στεφ. 2, 39; 5, 30.

I Transf., a deacon , Sid. Ep. 9, 2.—

II Hence,

A 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.—

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

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