Levites
English
Noun
Levites
- plural of Levite
Anagrams
Latin
Alternative forms
Etymology
Borrowed from Ancient Greek Λευῑ́της (Leuī́tēs).
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ɫeːˈwiː.teːs]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [leˈviː.t̪es]
Proper noun
Lēvītēs m (genitive Lēvītae); first declension
- a Levite
Declension
First-declension noun (masculine, Greek-type, nominative singular in -ēs).
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | Lēvītēs | Lēvītae |
| genitive | Lēvītae | Lēvītārum |
| dative | Lēvītae | Lēvītīs |
| accusative | Lēvītēn | Lēvītās |
| ablative | Lēvītē | Lēvītīs |
| vocative | Lēvītē | Lēvītae |
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.