Levites

Latin > English (Lewis & Short)

Lēvītes: (Lēvīta, Prud. στεφ. 2, 39; 5, 30), 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, of the Levites, Prud. Psych. 502.

Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)

Lēvītēs ou Lēvīta, æ, m., lévite, ministre du temple de Jérusalem : Eccl. || diacre : Sid. Ep. 9, 2.