Λευΐτης

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Τὰς γὰρ ἡδονὰς ὅταν προδῶσιν ἄνδρες, οὐ τίθημ' ἐγὼ ζῆν τοῦτον, ἀλλ' ἔμψυχον ἡγοῦμαι νεκρόν → But when people lose their pleasures, I do not consider this liferather, it is just a corpse with a soul

Sophocles, Antigone, 1165-7

Greek (Liddell-Scott)

Λευΐτης: -ου, ὁ, τάξις ἱερατικὴ παρ’ Ἰουδαίοις ἐκ τῶν ἀπογόνων τοῦ Λευῒ υἱοῦ τοῦ Ἰακώβ, ἐν στενωτέρᾳ δὲ σημασίᾳ Λευῖται ὠνομάζοντο οἱ βοηθοὶ ἱερέων, ὡς μὴ ὄντες ἐκ τῆς φυλῆς τοῦ Ἀαρών, ὑπηρέτουν δὲ τοὺς ἱερεῖς εἰς τὰς κατωτέρας τοῦ ναοῦ ἐργασίας, κτλ., ἴδε Κοντογόν. Ἐγχειρίδ. Ἑβρ. Ἀρχαιολ. σ. 8, 119, 310, Εὐαγγ. κ. Λουκ. ι΄, 32, Ἐκκλ.

French (Bailly abrégé)

ου (ὁ) :
lévite.
Étymologie: mot hébreu.

English (Strong)

from Λευΐ; a Levite, i.e. descendant of Levi: Levite.