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 Latin) IPA^(key): /leːˈu̯iː.ta/, [ɫ̪eːˈu̯iːt̪ä]
• (modern Italianate 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.

	singular
nominative	Lēvītēs Lēvīta
genitive	Lēvītae
dative	Lēvītae
accusative	Lēvītēn Lēvītam
ablative	Lēvītē Lēvītā
vocative	Lēvīta

Descendants

• Italian: levita