Levites
θεωρεῖται δὲ ἀνοησίᾳ κρείττονι νοήσεως → it is grasped only by means of an ignorance superior to intellection, it may be immediately cognised only by means of a non-intellection superior to intellection
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.
Latin > German (Georges)
Lēvītēs u. Lēvīta, ae, m., I) der Levit, Prud. perist. 2, 39; 5, 30. – II) übtr., der Diakonus, Sidon. epist. 9, 2, 1. – Dav.: a) Lēvīticus, a, um, levitisch, genus, Vulg.: stirps, Vulg. – b) Lēvītis, tidis, f., aus dem Stamme Levi, gens, die Leviten, Prud. psych. 502.
