Levites

See also: levites, lévités, levités, and lévites

English

Noun

Levites

plural of Levite

Anagrams

evilest, lievest, veilest, velites

Latin

Alternative forms

Lēvīta

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek Λευῑ́της (Leuī́tēs).

Pronunciation

(Classical) IPA^(key): /leˈu̯iː.teːs/, [ɫ̪eˈu̯iːt̪eːs̠]

(modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /leˈvi.tes/, [leˈviːt̪es]

Proper noun

Levītēs m (genitive Levītae); first declension

a Levite

Declension

First-declension noun (masculine Greek-type with nominative singular in -ēs).

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	Levītēs	Levītae
Genitive	Levītae	Levītārum
Dative	Levītae	Levītīs
Accusative	Levītēn	Levītās
Ablative	Levītē	Levītīs
Vocative	Levītē	Levītae

References

“Levites”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
Levites in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.

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