Lēvītes
ae, m.
I.
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, Prud. Psych. 502.