Levites
From LSJ
Πολλοῖς ὁ Δαίμων, οὐ κατ' εὔνοιαν φέρων, / Μεγάλα δίδωσιν εὐτυχήματ' ... (Euripides) → God brings great good fortune to many, not out of good will,...
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.
