Levita

Latin

Etymology

From Lēvī (Biblical Hebrew לֵוִי‎ (Lēwī)) with the Greek suffix Ancient Greek -ῑ́της (-ī́tēs, “relational suffix”) or borrowed all-together from Ancient Greek Λευῑ́της (Leuī́tēs)

Pronunciation
  • (Classical) IPA(key): /leːˈu̯iː.ta/, [ɫ̪eːˈu̯iːt̪ä]
  • (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /leˈvi.ta/, [leˈviːt̪ä]

Proper noun

Lēvītēs or Lēvīta m sg (genitive Lēvītae); first declension

  1. A Levite, a member of the tribe of Levi

Declension

First-declension noun (masculine Greek-type with nominative singular in -ēs or non-Greek-type), singular only.

Case Singular
Nominative Lēvītēs
Lēvīta
Genitive Lēvītae
Dative Lēvītae
Accusative Lēvītēn
Lēvītam
Ablative Lēvītē
Lēvītā
Vocative Lēvīta

Descendants
  • Italian: levita
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