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levites

levites · m

a Levite

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Where it lives

Peristephanon Liber 5 · 2.85/10k
De Corona 1 · 2.06/10k
Adversus Judaeos Liber 1 · 0.89/10k
Epistulae, Books VIII-IX 1 · 0.79/10k
Epistulae. Selections. 1 · 0.23/10k

What it meant

Lēvītes — Lewis & Short

Lēvītes (Lēvīta, Prud. stef. 2, 39; 5, 30), ae, m.,

I a Levite: Levita de tribu sacra, Prud. stef. 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.

In the wild

Levita Prudentius, Peristephanon Liber 2.39
Levitae Tertullian, Adversus Judaeos Liber 2
levites Tertullian, De Corona 9
Levitis Prudentius, Peristephanon Liber 6.15
Levites Prudentius, Peristephanon Liber 5.145
levites Sidonius Apollinaris, Epistulae, Books VIII-IX 9.II.p1

6 of 9 attestations shown.

Where it came from

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