-ites
From Wiktionary, the free dictionary
From Wiktionary, the free dictionary
From Latin -ītēs, from Ancient Greek -ῑ́της (-ī́tēs).
-ites
From Ancient Greek -ῑ́της (-ī́tēs). Adopted in Latin as part of Greek loanwords, as -ītēs, often also as -īta. Often in Biblical tribal names. Thus either Levītēs or Levīta, plural in -ītae. In medieval Latin of religious groups, such as Marcionītae, Ebiōnītae, Monophysītae, etc.
-ītēs
First-declension noun (masculine Greek-type with nominative singular in -ēs).
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