Λευΐτης

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Δυσαμένη δὲ κάρηνα βαθυκνήμιδος ἐρίπνης / Δελφικὸν ἄντρον ἔναιε φόβῳ λυσσώδεος Ἰνοῦς (Nonnus, Dionysiaca 9.273f.) → Having descended from the top of a deep-greaved cliff, she dwelt in a cave in Delphi, because of her fear of raving/raging Ino.

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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.