-ites

From Latin -ītēs, from Ancient Greek -ῑ́της (-ī́tēs).

-ites

1. (taxonomy) Used to form taxonomic names, normally masculine.

From Ancient Greek -ῑ́της (-ī́tēs). Adopted in Latin as part of Greek loanwords, as -ītēs, often also as -īta. Often in Biblical tribal names. Thus either Levītēs or Levīta, plural in -ītae. In medieval Latin of religious groups, such as Marcionītae, Ebiōnītae, Monophysītae, etc.

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [iː.teːs]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [i.t̪es]

-ītēs m (genitive -ītae); first declension

1. adjective-forming suffix, especially of nominalized adjectives identifying groups of people as "those belonging to"

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

• English: -ite
• French: -ite
• German: -it