s lot

sors, tis (nom. sortis, Plaut. Cas. 2, 6, 28; abl. sorti. C. I. L. 198, 54; 200, 16; Plaut. Cas. 2, 7, 5; Liv. 4, 37, 6; 28, 45, 11; 29, 20, 4; cf. Neue, Formenl. 1, 241; but sorti is dat., Verg. G. 4, 165 Forbig. ad loc.; Sil. 7, 3, 65), f. [2. sero; cf.: fors, fero], any thing used to determine chances.

Lit., a lot:

aut populna sors aut abiegna,

Plaut. Cas. 2, 6, 32:

coniciam sortes in sitellam,

id. ib. 2, 5, 34 sq.:

tot in hydriam sortes conicerentur,

Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 51, § 127:

ponere in sitellam,

Liv. 41, 18, 8;

and simply conicere,

Plaut. Cas. 2, 6, 34 sq.; Cic. Lig. 7, 21:

deicere,

Caes. B. C. 1, 6 fin.; Verg. A. 5, 490; cf.:

cum dejecta in id sors esset,

lots were cast for it, Liv. 21, 42:

miscere,

Cic. Div. 2, 41, 86:

ducere,

id. ib. 2, 41, 86; id. Verr. 2, 4, 64, § 143:

cum de consularibus mea prima sors exisset,

id. Att. 1, 19, 3:

ut cujusque sors exciderat,

Liv. 21, 42, 3:

sortem in sitellam latam,

id. 41, 18, 8 Weissenb.:

et Caere sortes extenuatas (creditum est), as an omen of ill,

id. 21, 62, 5 and 8:

sortes suā sponte adtenuatas,

id. 22, 1, 11.—Of chances or tickets in a lottery, Suet. Aug. 75 fin.; Lampr. Heliog. 21 fin. —

Transf.

Abstr., a casting or drawing of lots, decision by lot, lot:

quaestor quem sors dedit,

Cic. Q. Fr. 1, 1, 3, § 11:

res revocatur ad sortem,

id. Verr. 2, 2, 51, § 127:

sorti sum victus,

Plaut. Cas. 2, 7, 5:

ei sorte provincia Sicilia obvenit,

Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 6, § 17; cf.:

cui Sicilia provincia sorte evenisset,

Liv. 29, 20;

for which: cui ea provincia sorti evenit,

id. 4, 37, 6:

Q. Caecilio sorte evenit, ut in Bruttiis adversum Hannibalem bellum gereret,

id. 28, 45, 11:

sorte ductus,

Cic. Rep. 1, 34, 51; Sall. Fragm. ap. Serv. Verg. A. 2, 201:

sorte ducti e primoribus civitatis unus et viginti,

Tac. A. 1, 54; 13, 29: sorte in provinciam proficisci, S. C. ap. Cic. Fam. 8, 8, 8:

sorte agros legionibus assignare, Brut. ib., 11, 20, 3 et saep.: de se ter sortibus consultum dicebat,

Caes. B. G. 1, 53 fin.:

jubet extra sortem Theomnastum renuntiari,

Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 51, § 127:

extra sortem agrum Campanum dividere,

Suet. Caes. 20. —

A lot, share, the duty assigned by lot, esp. of the prætors, who divided by lot the duties of their office:

praetores, Q. Fulvius Flaccus urbanam, M. Valerius Laevinus peregrinam sortem in juris dictione habuit,

Liv. 23, 30, 18; 22, 35, 5; cf.:

urbana, peregrina (sc. sors),

id. 27, 36, 10; 28, 10, 9 al.:

urbana et peregrina (provinciae), quae duorum ante sors fuerat,

id. 25, 3, 2; 24, 44, 2; [p. 1733] cf. id. 35, 41, 6:

comitia suae sortis esse,

i.e. had by lot been assigned to him, id. 35, 6, 2;

hence, numquam ex urbe afuit nisi sorte,

i.e. on official duty, Cic. Planc. 27, 67.—

In gen., an oracular response (which was often written on a little tablet or lot), a prophecy (cf. responsum):

cum (Spartiatae) oraculum ab Jove Dodonaeo petivissent legatique illud, in quo inerant sortes, collocavissent: simia et sortis ipsas et cetera quae erant ad sortem parata, disturbavit,

Cic. Div. 1, 34, 76:

ut interpres egeat interprete et sors ipsa ad sortis referenda sit,

id. ib. 2, 56, 115:

Italiam Lyciae jussere capessere sortes,

i.e. the oracles of the Lycian Apollo, Verg. A. 4, 346; 4, 377; so,

Phoebeae,

Ov. M. 3, 130:

faticinae,

id. ib. 15, 436:

sacrae,

id. ib. 1, 368;

11, 412: edita oraculo,

Curt. 3, 1, 16; 5, 4, 11; 6, 9, 18; Val. Max. 1, 6, 3:

neque responsa sortium ulli alii committere ausus,

Liv. 1, 56: conjecturam postulat, ut se edoceret, Quo sese vertant tantae sortes somniūm, Enn. ap. Cic. Div. 1, 21, 42 (Trag. v. 64 Vahl.).—

In partic., oracular sayings, verses, or sentences at the opening of a book, selected for the purpose:

sortes Vergilii or Vergilianae,

Lampr. Alex. Sev. 14, 5; Spart. Had. 2, 8:

sacrae,

Tib. 1, 3, 11:

sanctorum,

Isid. Orig. 8, 9, 28:

sortes tollere,

Tib. 1. 1.:

ducere,

Juv. 6, 583:

de paginis poëtae cujusdam sortem consulere,

Aug. Conf. 4, 3:

de paginis evangelicis sortes legere,

id. Ep. 119.—

In gen., like the Engl. lot, for fate, destiny, chance, fortune, condition, share, part (esp. freq. after the Aug. per.; cf.

fors, casus, fortuna): nescia mens hominum fati sortisque futurae,

Verg. A. 10, 501:

ferrea sors vitae,

Ov. Tr. 5, 3, 28:

vires ultra sortemque senectae,

Verg. A. 6, 114:

iniqua,

id. ib. 6, 332; Liv. 38, 23:

qui fit, ut nemo, quam sibi sortem Seu ratio dederit seu fors objecerit, illa Contentus vivat,

Hor. S. 1, 1, 1:

sperat infestis, metuit secundis Alteram sortem,

id. C. 2, 10, 14:

sors mea fuit irrequieta,

Ov. M. 2, 386:

sors querenda, Non celanda foret,

id. ib. 3, 551:

aliena,

Liv. 21, 43, 2:

sunt quibus ad portas cecidit custodia sorti,

to whose lot, Verg. G. 4, 165; Sil. 7, 368:

homines ultimae sortis,

Suet. Aug. 19; cf.: non tuae sortis juvenem, of your rank or condition, Hor. C. 4, 11, 22:

sors tua mortalis,

Ov. M. 2, 56:

nec cedit nisi sorte mihi,

id. ib. 5, 529:

dilectos inter sors prima sodales,

id. Tr. 4, 5, 1:

huic sortem concede priorem,

id. A. A. 1, 581:

quattuor ille quidem juvenes totidemque crearat Femineae sortis,

i. e. of the female sex, id. M. 6, 680; so,

feminea,

id. ib. 13, 651:

altera,

id. ib. 9, 676; cf. id. ib. 3, 329:

Saturni sors ego prima fui,

i. e. the first child, id. F. 6, 30:

suae sortis oblitus,

Curt. 3, 2, 11:

ultima,

id. 9, 2, 6:

nec pars nec sors in sermone isto,

Vulg. Act. 8, 21.—With gen.:

cujus mali sors incidit Remis,

Hirt. B. G. 8, 12, 3:

incommodi,

id. ib. 8, 1 fin.:

nobis quoniam prima animi ingenique negata sors est, secundam ac mediam teneamus,

Liv. 22, 29, 9:

puer post avi mortem in nullam sortem bonorum natus (opp. omnium heredi bonorum),

to no share of the property, id. 1, 34, 3:

praedae mala sors,

Ov. M. 13, 485:

utrius vitae sortem legant,

Just. 1, 6, 6:

servitutis,

id. 6, 5, 1.—

In partic., in mercant. lang. (prop. fortune, money; hence), capital bearing interest, principal:

et sors et fenus,

Plaut. Most. 3, 1, 122; 5, 2, 38; 3, 1, 34; 3, 1, 64; 3, 1, 70; 3, 1, 84; Ter. Ad. 2, 2, 35; Cic. Att. 6, 1, 3; Liv. 6, 14; 6, 15; Plin. praef. § 23; Mart. 5, 42, 3; Dig. 33, 2, 24; Inscr. Orell. 4405; cf. Varr. L. L. 6, § 65, and id. ib. 5, § 183 Müll.—

A rank, class, order (late Lat.):

ex turbā imae sortis,

Amm. 14, 6, 25.

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sortĭor, ītus, 4, v. dep. n. and a. [sors].

Neutr., to cast or draw lots:

coniciam sortes in sitellam et sortiar Tibi et Chalino,

Plaut. Cas. 2, 5, 34:

cum praetores designati sortirentur et M. Metello obtigisset, ut is de pecuniis repetundis quaereret,

drew lots for the judges, appointed the judges by lot, Cic. Verr. 1, 8, 21; Quint. 3, 10, 1: consules comparare inter se aut sortiri jussi, to draw lots for the provinces, Liv. 38, 35, 9:

sortiti nocte singuli per ordinem intrārunt,

Quint. 4, 2, 72:

dum legiones de ordine agminis sortiuntur,

Tac. H. 2, 41:

de altero consulatu,

Suet. Claud. 7.—Hence, Sor-tĭentes, The Lot-drawers (a transl. of the Gr. Klêroumenoi), the name of a comedy by Diphilus, Plaut. Cas. prol. 32.—

Act., to draw or cast lots for, to fix, assign, or appoint by lot, to allot; also esp. in the perfect tenses, to obtain or receive by lot (freq. and class.).

With acc.:

tribus,

Cic. Agr. 2, 8, 21:

provinciam,

id. Fam. 1, 9, 25:

provincias,

id. Att. 1, 13, 5:

duas Gallias,

id. ib. 1, 19, 2:

ut consules inter se provincias compararent sortirenturve,

Liv. 42, 31:

judices,

Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 17, § 42; 2, 2, 18, § 44:

judices per praetorem urbanum,

id. Q. Fr. 2, 1, 2:

aliquos ad ignominiam,

id. Clu. 46, 129:

dicas,

id. Verr. 2, 2, 17, § 42 fin.:

nec regna vini sortiere talis,

Hor. C. 1, 4, 18: aequā lege Necessitas Sortitur insignes et imos, decides the fate of, etc., id. ib. 3, 1, 15:

peregrinam (provinciam) sortitus est,

Liv. 39, 45:

ex praeturā ulteriorem sortitus Hispaniam,

Suet. Caes. 18; Plin. Ep. 6, 22 fin. —

With rel.-clause:

ut P. Furius et Cn. Servilius inter se sortirentur, uter citeriorem Hispaniam obtineret,

Liv. 42, 4, 2:

consules sortiti, uter dedicaret,

id. 2, 8, 6; 24, 10, 2:

uter patriā decederet,

Vell. 1, 1, 4:

sortiri, quid loquare,

Cic. N. D. 1, 35, 98:

num sortiuntur inter se, quae declinet, quae non?

id. Fat. 20, 46.—

Transf. (mostly poet. and not ante-Aug.).

To share, divide, distribute:

pariter laborem Sortiti,

shared the labor, Verg. A. 8, 445:

vices,

id. ib. 3, 634:

periculum,

id. ib. 9, 174.—

To choose, select:

subolem armento sortire quot annis,

Verg. G. 3, 71:

fortunam (i.e. locum) oculis,

id. A. 12, 920:

matrimonium,

Just. 26, 3, 8.—

In gen., to obtain, receive a thing (mostly in the tempp. perff.; not ante-Aug.):

Tectosagi mediterranea Asiae sortiti sunt,

Liv. 38, 16:

si emancipatus uxore ducta filium fuerit sortitus,

Dig. 37, 4, 3, § 5:

gens Claudia regnum in plebem sortita,

Liv. 3, 58:

amicum,

Hor. S. 1, 6, 53; 2, 6, 94; id. A. P. 92:

si Maeonium vatem sortita fuisses,

Ov. Tr. 1, 6, 21; id. M. 2, 241; 3, 124; 11, 758; Suet. Aug. 99 al.:

quidam sortiti metuentem sabbata patrem,

Juv. 14, 96:

venerabile ingenium,

id. 15, 144:

fata tam tristia,

Sen. Phoen. 245:

reliqua rerum tuarum post te alium atque alium dominum sortientur,

Plin. Ep. 1, 3, 4 Döring ad loc.— Pass. part. sortitus, v. sortio fin. — Adv.: sortītō, by lot:

sacerdotem sortito capere,

Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 51, § 126; S. C. ap. Cic. Fam. 8, 8, 8; Suet. Aug. 30; 47.— Transf., by fate, by destiny (= sorte, or lege naturae):

tibi sortito id obtigit,

Plaut. Merc. 1, 2, 25; Hor. Epod. 4, 1.

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ex-sors ( exors), sortis, adj., without lot, i. e. who has not cast a lot, who obtains a thing out of course; also, that for which a lot has not been cast, chosen, choice.

Prop. ( poet.):

te voluit rex magnus Olympi Talibus auspiciis exsortem ducere honorem,

Verg. A. 5, 534:

ducunt exsortem (equum) Aeneae,

id. ib. 8, 552; Val. Fl. 4, 340.—

Transf., in gen., having no share in, free from, deprived of.

With gen.:

dulcis vitae,

Verg. A. 6, 428:

amicitiae et foederis,

Liv. 23, 10, 3:

culpae,

id. 22, 44, 7:

periculi,

Tac. A. 6, 10:

matrimoniorum,

Plin. 5, 8, 8, § 45:

cos exsors secandi,

incapable of cutting, Hor. A. P. 305.—

With dat.:

hospes conflictui huic,

Sid. Ep. 8, 12 fin.

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cădo, cĕcĭdi, cāsum, 3 ( part. pres. gen. plur. cadentūm, Verg. A. 10, 674; 12, 410), v. n. [cf. Sanscr. çad-, to fall away].

Lit.

In an extended sense, to be driven or carried by one ' s weight from a higher to a lower point, to fall down, be precipitated, sink down, go down, sink, fall (so mostly poet.; in prose, in place of it, the compounds decĭdo, occĭdo, excĭdo, etc.; cf. also ruo, labor;

opp. surgo, sto): tum arbores in te cadent,

Plaut. Men. 2, 3, 25: (aves) praecipites cadunt in terram aut in aquam, fall headlong to the earth or into the water, Lucr. 6, 745; cf. id. 6, 828;

imitated by Verg.: (apes) praecipites cadunt,

Verg. G. 4, 80:

nimbus, Ut picis e caelo demissum flumen, in undas Sic cadit, etc.,

Lucr. 6, 258:

cadit in terras vis flammea,

id. 2, 215; so with in, id. 2, 209; 4, 1282; 6, 1006; 6, 1125; Prop. 4 (5), 4, 64:

in patrios pedes,

Ov. F. 2, 832.—With a different meaning:

omnes plerumque cadunt in vulnus,

in the direction of, towards their wound, Lucr. 4, 1049; cf.:

prolapsa in vulnus moribunda cecidit,

Liv. 1, 58, 11:

cadit in vultus,

Ov. M. 5, 292:

in pectus,

id. ib. 4, 579.—Less freq. with ad:

ad terras,

Plin. 2, 97, 99, § 216:

ad terram,

Quint. 5, 10, 84.—The place from which is designated by ab, ex, de:

a summo cadere,

Plaut. Mil. 4, 4, 15:

a mento cadit manus,

Ov. F. 3, 20:

aves ab alto,

Plin. 10, 38, 54, § 112:

ut cadat (avis) e regione loci,

Lucr. 6, 824:

ex arbore,

Plin. 17, 20, 34, § 148; Dig. 50, 16, 30, § 4; 18, 1, 80, § 2:

cecidisse de equo dicitur,

Cic. Clu. 62, 175:

cadere de equo,

Plaut. Mil. 3, 1, 125 (for which Cæsar, Nepos, and Pliny employ decidere):

de manibus arma cecidissent,

Cic. Phil. 14, 7, 21; cf.:

de manibus civium delapsa arma ipsa ceciderunt,

id. Off. 1, 22, 77:

cadunt altis de montibus umbrae,

Verg. E. 1, 84:

de caelo,

Lucr. 5, 791; Ov. M. 2, 322:

de matre (i. e. nasci),

Claud. in Rufin. 1, 92.—With per:

per inane profundum,

Lucr. 2, 222:

per aquas,

id. 2, 230:

per salebras altaque saxa,

Mart. 11, 91; cf.:

imbre per indignas usque cadente genas,

Ov. Tr. 1, 3, 18.—With the adverb altius: altius atque cadant summotis nubibus imbres, and poured forth from a greater height, etc., Verg. E. 6, 38.—And absol.:

folia nunc cadunt,

Plaut. Men. 2, 3, 24; Ter. Ad. 1, 1, 12; Lucr. 6, 297:

ut pluere in multis regionibus et cadere imbres,

id. 6, 415:

cadens nix,

id. 3, 21; 3, 402:

velut si prolapsus cecidisset,

Liv. 1, 56, 12: quaeque ita concus [p. 259] sa est, ut jam casura putetur, Ov. P. 2, 3, 59:

cadentem Sustinuisse,

id. M. 8, 148:

saepius, of epileptics,

Plin. Val. 12, 58:

casuri, si leviter excutiantur, flosculi,

Quint. 12, 10, 73.—

Esp.

Of heavenly bodies, to decline, set (opp. orior), Ov. F. 1, 295:

oceani finem juxta solemque cadentem,

Verg. A. 4, 480; 8, 59; Tac. G. 45:

soli subjecta cadenti arva,

Avien. Descr. Orb. 273; cf. Tac. Agr. 12:

quā (nocte) tristis Orion cadit,

Hor. Epod. 10, 10:

Arcturus cadens,

id. C. 3, 1, 27.—

To separate from something by falling, to fall off or away, fall out, to drop off, be shed, etc.:

nam tum dentes mihi cadebant primulum,

Plaut. Men. 5, 9, 57:

dentes cadere imperat aetas,

Lucr. 5, 671; Sen. Ep. 12, 3; 83, 3:

pueri qui primus ceciderit dens,

Plin. 28, 4, 9, § 41:

barba,

Verg. E. 1, 29:

quam multa in silvis autumni frigore primo Lapsa cadunt folia,

id. A. 6, 310; cf. Cat. 11, 22; Hor. A. P. 61:

lanigeris gregibus Sponte suā lanae cadunt,

Ov. M. 7, 541:

saetae,

id. ib. 14, 303:

quadrupedibus pilum cadere,

Plin. 11, 39, 94, § 231:

poma,

Ov. M. 7, 586:

cecidere manu quas legerat, herbae,

id. ib. 14, 350:

elapsae manibus cecidere tabellae,

id. ib. 9, 571:

et colus et fusus digitis cecidere remissis,

id. ib. 4, 229.—

Of a stream, to fall, empty itself:

amnis Aretho cadit in sinum maris,

Liv. 38, 4, 3; 38, 13, 6; 44, 31, 4:

flumina in pontum cadent,

Sen. Med. 406:

flumina in Hebrum cadentia,

Plin. 4, 11, 18, § 50:

tandem in alterum amnem cadit,

Curt. 6, 4, 6.—

Of dice, to be thrown or cast; to turn up:

illud, quod cecidit forte,

Ter. Ad. 4, 7, 23 sq.; Liv. 2, 12, 16.—

Alicui (alicujus) ad pedes, to fall at one ' s feet in supplication, etc. (post-class. for abicio, proicio), Sen. Contr. 1, 1, 19; Eutr. 4, 7; Aug. Serm. 143, 4; Vulg. Joan. 11, 32 al.—

Super collum allcujus, to embrace (late Lat.), Vulg. Luc. 15, 20.—

In a more restricted sense.

To fall, to fall down, drop, fall to, be precipitated, etc.; to sink down, to sink, settle (the usual class. signif. in prose and poetry):

cadere in plano,

Ov. Tr. 3, 4, 17 sq.:

deorsum,

Plaut. Rud. 1, 2, 89:

uspiam,

Ter. Ad. 1, 1, 12:

Brutus, velut si prolapsus cecidisset,

Liv. 1, 56, 12; cf. id. 5, 21, 16; 1, 58, 12:

dum timent, ne aliquando cadant, semper jacent,

Quint. 8, 5, 32:

sinistrā manu sinum ad ima crura deduxit (Caesar), quo honestius caderet,

Suet. Caes. 82:

cadere supinus,

id. Aug. 43 fin.:

in pectus pronus,

Ov. M. 4, 579:

cadunt toti montes,

Lucr. 6, 546:

radicitus exturbata (pinus) prona cadit,

Cat. 64, 109:

concussae cadunt urbes,

Lucr. 5, 1236:

casura moenia Troum,

Ov. M. 13, 375; id. H. 13, 71:

multaque praeterea ceciderunt moenia magnis motibus in terris,

Lucr. 6, 588: languescunt omnia membra;

bracchia palpebraeque cadunt,

their arms and eyelids fall, id. 4, 953; 3, 596; so,

ceciderunt artus,

id. 3, 453:

sed tibi tamen oculi, voltus, verba cecidissent,

Cic. Dom. 52, 133; cf.:

oculos vigiliā fatigatos cadentesque in opere detineo,

Sen. Ep. 8, 1:

patriae cecidere manus,

Verg. A. 6, 33:

cur facunda parum decoro Inter verba cadit lingua silentio?

Hor. C. 4, 1, 36:

cecidere illis animique manusque,

Ov. M. 7, 347; Val. Fl. 1, 300; cf. II. F. infra.—

In a pregn. signif. (as in most langg., to fall in battle, to die), to fall so as to be unable to rise, to fall dead, to fall, die (opp. vivere), Prop. 2 (3), 28, 42 (usu. of those who die in battle;

hence most freq. in the histt.): hostes crebri cadunt,

Plaut. Am. 1, 1, 79 sq.:

aut in acie cadendum fuit aut in aliquas insidias incidendum,

Cic. Fam. 7, 3, 3; Curt. 4, 1, 28; Ov. M. 7, 142:

ut cum dignitate potius cadamus quam cum ignominiā serviamus,

Cic. Phil. 3, 14, 35:

pauci de nostris cadunt,

Caes. B. G. 1, 15; id. B. C. 3, 53:

optimus quisque cadere aut sauciari,

Sall. J. 92, 8; so id. C. 60, 6; id. J. 54, 10; Nep. Paus. 1, 2; id. Thras. 2, 7; id. Dat. 1, 2; 6, 1; 8, 3; Liv. 10, 35, 15 and 19; 21, 7, 10; 23, 21, 7; 29, 14, 8; Tac. G. 33; Hor. Ep. 1, 12, 27; Ov. M. 7, 142:

per acies,

Tac. A. 1, 2:

pro patriā,

Quint. 2, 15, 29:

ante diem,

Verg. A. 4, 620:

bipenni,

Ov. M. 12, 611:

ense,

Val. Fl. 1, 812.—Not in battle:

inque pio cadit officio,

Ov. M. 6, 250.—With abl. of means or instrument:

suoque Marte (i. e. suā manu) cadunt,

Ov. M. 3, 123; cf. Tac. A. 3, 42 fin.:

suā manu cecidit,

fell by his own hand, id. ib. 15, 71:

exitu voluntario,

id. H. 1, 40:

muliebri fraude cadere,

id. A. 2, 71: cecidere justā Morte Centauri, cecidit tremendae Flamma Chimaerae, Hor. C. 4, 2, 14 sq.:

manu femineā,

Sen. Herc. Oet. 1179:

femineo Marte,

Ov. M. 12, 610.—With abl. of agent with ab:

torqueor, infesto ne vir ab hoste cadat,

should be slain by, Ov. H. 9, 36; so id. M. 5, 192; Suet. Oth. 5:

a centurione volneribus adversis tamquam in pugnā,

Tac. A. 16, 9.—And without ab:

barbarae postquam cecidere turmae Thessalo victore,

Hor. C. 2, 4, 9; imitated by Claudian, IV. Cons. Hon. 89; Grat. Cyn. 315.—

Of victims, to be slain or offered, to be sacrificed, to fall ( poet.):

multa tibi ante aras nostrā cadet hostia dextrā,

Verg. A. 1, 334:

si tener pleno cadit haedus anno,

Hor. C. 3, 18, 5; Tib. 1, 1, 23; 4, 1, 15; Ov. M. 7, 162; 13, 615; id. F. 4, 653.—

In mal. part., = succumbo, to yield to, Plaut. Pers. 4, 4, 104; Tib. 4, 10, 2; Sen. Contr. 1, 3, 7.—

Matre cadens, just born ( poet.), Val. Fl. 1, 355; cf. of the custom of laying the new-born child at the father's feet: tellure cadens. Stat. S. 1, 2, 209; 5, 5, 69.

Trop.

To come or fall under, to fall, to be subject or exposed to something (more rare than its compound incidere, but class.); constr. usually with sub or in, sometimes with ad:

sub sensus cadere nostros,

i. e. to be perceived by the senses, Lucr. 1, 448:

sub sensum,

Cic. Inv. 1, 30, 48: in cernendi sensum. id. Tim. 3:

sub oculos,

id. Or. 3, 9:

in conspectum,

to become visible, id. Tusc. 1, 22, 50:

sub aurium mensuram,

id. Or. 20, 67:

sponte suā (genus humanum) cecidit sub leges artaque jura,

subjected itself to law and the force of right, Lucr. 5, 1146; so id. 3, 848:

ad servitia,

Liv. 1, 40, 3:

utrorum ad regna,

Lucr. 3, 836; so,

sub imperium dicionemque Romanorum,

Cic. Font. 5, 12 (1, 2):

in potestatem unius,

id. Att. 8, 3, 2:

in cogitationem,

to suggest itself to the thoughts, id. N. D. 1, 9, 21:

in hominum disceptationem,

id. de Or. 2, 2, 5:

in deliberationem,

id. Off. 1, 3, 9:

in offensionem alicujus,

id. N. D. 1, 30, 85:

in morbum,

id. Tusc. 1, 32, 79:

in suspitionem alicujus,

Nep. Paus. 2, 6:

in calumniam,

Quint. 9, 4, 57:

abrupte cadere in narrationem,

id. 4, 1, 79:

in peccatum,

Aug. in Psa. 65, 13.—

In gen.: in or sub aliquem or aliquid, to belong to any object, to be in accordance with, agree with, refer to, be suitable to, to fit, suit, become (so esp. freq. in philos. and rhet. lang.):

non cadit in hos mores, non in hunc pudorem, non in hanc vitam, non in hunc hominem ista suspitio,

Cic. Sull. 27, 75:

cadit ergo in bonum virum mentiri, emolumenti sui causā?

id. Off. 3, 20, 81; so id. Cael. 29, 69; id. Har. Resp. 26, 56:

haec Academica... in personas non cadebant,

id. Att. 13, 19, 5:

qui pedes in orationem non cadere quī possunt?

id. Or. 56, 188:

neque in unam formam cadunt omnia,

id. ib. 11, 37; 57, 191; 27, 95; id. de Or. 3, 47, 182; Quint. 3, 7, 6; 4, 2, 37; 4, 2, 93; 6, prooem. § 5; 7, 2, 30 and 31; Plin. 35, 10, 36, § 82:

heu, cadit in quemquam tantum scelus?

Verg. E. 9, 17; Cic. Or. 27, 95; 11, 37; Quint. 3, 5, 16; 3, 6, 91; 5, 10, 30; 6, 3, 52; 7, 2, 31; 9, 1, 7;

9, 3, 92: hoc quoque in rerum naturam cadit, ut, etc.,

id. 2, 17, 32:

in iis rebus, quae sub eandem rationem cadunt,

Cic. Inv. 1, 30, 47; Quint. 8, 3, 56.—

To fall upon a definite time (rare):

considera, ne in alienissimum tempus cadat adventus tuus,

Cic. Fam. 15, 14, 4:

in id saeculum Romuli cecidit aetas, cum, etc.,

id. Rep. 2, 10, 18.—Hence, in mercantile lang., of payments, to fall due: in eam diem cadere ( were due) nummos, qui a Quinto debentur, Cic. Att. 15, 20, 4.—

(Acc. to I. 1. e.) Alicui, to fall to one (as by lot), fall to one ' s lot, happen to one, befall; and absol. (for accidere), to happen, come to pass, occur, result, turn out, fall out (esp. in an unexpected manner; cf. accido; very freq. in prose and poetry).

Alicui:

nihil ipsis jure incommodi cadere possit,

Cic. Quint. 16, 51:

hoc cecidit mihi peropportune, quod, etc.,

id. de Or. 2, 4, 15; id. Att. 3, 1:

insperanti mihi, cecidit, ut, etc.,

id. de Or. 1, 21, 96; id. Att. 8, 3, 6; id. Mil. 30, 81:

mihi omnia semper honesta et jucunda ceciderunt,

id. Q. Fr. 1, 3, 1:

sunt, quibus ad portas cecidit custodia sorti,

Verg. G. 4, 165:

haec aliis maledicta cadant,

Tib. 1, 6, 85:

neu tibi pro vano verba benigna cadunt,

Prop. 1, 10, 24:

ut illis... voluptas cadat dura inter saepe pericla,

Hor. S. 1, 2, 40: verba cadentia, uttered at random, id. Ep. 1, 18, 12.—

Ab sol., Afran. ap. Charis. p. 195 P.;

Cic. Leg.2, 13, 33: verebar quorsum id casurum esset,

how it would turn out, id. Att. 3, 24:

aliorsum vota ceciderunt,

Flor. 2, 4, 5:

cum aliter res cecidisset ac putasses,

had turned out differently from what was expected, Cic. Fam. 5, 19, 1:

sane ita cadebat ut vellem,

id. Att. 3, 7, 1; id. Div. 2, 52, 107; Cael. ap. Cic. Fam. 8, 12, 3; Cic. Verr. 1, 2, 5; Caes. B. C. 3, 73, Nep. Milt. 2, 5 Dähne:

cum, quae tum maxime acciderant, casura praemonens, a furioso incepto eos deterreret,

Liv. 36, 34, 3; 22, 40, 3; 35, 13, 9; 38, 46, 6; Plin. Pan. 31, 1; Tac. A. 2, 80; 6, 8; Suet. Tib. 14 al.; Verg. A. 2, 709:

ut omnia fortiter fiant, feliciter cadant,

Sen. Suas. 2, p. 14:

multa. fortuito in melius casura,

Tac. A. 2, 77.—With adj.:

si non omnia caderent secunda,

Caes. B. C. 3, 73:

vota cadunt, i.e. rata sunt,

are fulfilled, realized, Tib. 2, 2, 17 (diff. from Prop. 1, 17, 4; v. under F.).—

With in and acc.: nimia illa libertas et populis et privatis in nimiam servitutem cadit (cf. metaballei), Cic. Rep. 1, 44, 68.—Esp.: in (ad) irritum or cassum, to be frustrated, fail, be or remain fruitless:

omnia in cassum cadunt,

Plaut. Poen. 1, 2, 147; Lucr. 2, 1166:

ad irritum cadens spes,

Liv. 2, 6, 1; so Tac. H. 3, 26:

in irritum,

id. A. 15, 39; cf. with irritus, adj.:

ut irrita promissa ejus caderent,

Liv. 2, 31, 5:

haud irritae cecidere minae,

id. 6, 35, 10.—

To fall, to become less (in strength, power, worth, etc.), to decrease, diminish, lessen:

cadunt vires,

Lucr. 5, 410:

mercenarii milites pretia militiae casura in pace aegre ferebant,

Liv. 34, 36, 7.—More freq. in an extended signif. (acc. to I. B. 2.),

To lose all one ' s strength, worth, value, etc., to fall, to perish, vanish, decay, cease.

In gen.: pellis item cecidit, vestis contempta ferina. declined in value, Lucr. 5, 1417:

turpius est enim privatim cadere (i. e. fortunis everti) quam publice,

Cic. Att. 16, 15, 6; so id. Fam. 6, 10, 2:

atque ea quidem tua laus pariter cum re publicā cecidit,

id. Off. 2, 13, 45:

tanta civitas, si cadet,

id. Har. Resp. 20, 42:

huc cecidisse Germanici exercitus gloriam, ut, etc.,

Tac. H. 3, 13:

non tibi ingredienti fines ira cecidit?

Liv. 2, 40, 7; Pers. 5, 91:

amicitia nec debilitari animos aut cadere patitur,

Cic. Lael. 7, 23:

animus,

to fail, Liv. 1, 11, 3; Ov. M. 11, 537; cf. id. ib. 7, 347:

non debemus ita cadere animis, etc.,

to lose courage, be disheartened, Cic. Fam. 6, 1, 4:

tam graviter,

id. Off. 1, 21, 73; cf. Sen. Ep. 8, 3.—Esp., to fail in speaking:

magnus orator est... minimeque in lubrico versabitur, et si semel constiterit numquam cadet,

Cic. Or. 28, 98:

alte enim cadere non potest,

id. ib. —So in the lang. of the jurists, causā or formulā, to lose one ' s cause or suit:

causā cadere,

Cic. Inv. 2, 19, 57; so id. de Or. 1, 36, 166 sq.; id. Fam. 7, 14, 1; Quint. 7, 3, 17; Luc. 2, 554; Suet. Calig. 39:

formulā cadere,

Sen. Ep. 48, 10; Quint. 3, 6, 69.—With in:

ita quemquam cadere in judicio, ut, etc.,

Cic. Mur. 28, 58.—Also absol.:

cadere,

Tac. H. 4, 6; and:

criminibus repetundarum,

id. ib. 1, 77:

conjurationis crimine,

id. A. 6, 14:

ut cecidit Fortuna Phrygum,

Ov. M. 13, 435:

omniaque ingrato litore vota cadunt, i. e. irrita sunt,

remain unfulfilled, unaccomplished, Prop. 1, 17, 4 (diff. from Tib. 2, 2, 17; v. above, D. 2.); cf.:

at mea nocturno verba cadunt zephyro,

Prop. 1, 16, 34:

multa renascentur, quae jam cecidere, cadentque Quae nunc sunt in honore vocabula,

to fall into disuse, grow out of date, Hor. A. P. 70 —Hence of theatrical representations, to fall through, to fail, be condemned (opp. stare, to win applause;

the fig. derived from combatants): securus cadat an recto stet fabula talo,

Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 176.— Impers.. periculum est, ne cadatur, Aug. Don. Persev. 1.—

Esp. of the wind (opp. surgo), to abate, subside, die away, etc.:

cadit Eurus et umida surgunt Nubila,

Ov. M. 8, 2:

ventus premente nebulā cecidit,

Liv. 29, 27, 10:

cadente jam Euro,

id. 25, 27, 11:

venti vis omnis cecidit,

id. 26, 39, 8:

ubi primum aquilones ceciderunt,

id. 36, 43, 11; cf.:

sic cunctus pelagi cecidit fragor,

Verg. A. 1, 154:

ventosi ceciderunt murmuris aurae,

id. E. 9, 58; id. G. 1, 354 Serv. and Wagn.—

Rhet. and gram. t. t. of words, syllables, clauses, etc., to be terminated, end, close:

verba melius in syllabas longiores cadunt,

Cic. Or. 57, 194; 67, 223: qua (littera [p. 260] sc. m) nullum Graece verbum cadit, Quint. 12, 10, 31:

plerique censent cadere tantum numerose oportere terminarique sententiam,

Cic. Or. 59, 199; so id. Brut. 8, 34:

apto cadens oratio,

Quint. 9, 4, 32:

numerus opportune cadens,

id. 9, 4, 27:

ultima syllaba in gravem vel duas graves cadit semper,

id. 12, 10, 33 Spald.: similiter cadentia = omoioptôta, the ending of words with the same cases or verbal forms, diff. from similiter desinentia = omoioteleuta, similar endings of any kind, Cic. de Or. 3, 54, 206; id. Or. 34, 135; Auct. Her. 4, 20, 28; Quint. 9, 4, 42; cf. id. 9, 4, 18; 9, 3, 78; 9, 3, 79; 1, 7, 23; Aquil. Rom. Figur. §§ 25 and 26.

fortūna, ae (archaic gen. sing. fortunas, like familias, escas, vias, etc., Naev. ap. Prisc. p. 679 P.), f. [lengthened from fors; cf. Nep-tunus, v. Corss. Ausspr. 1, 434], chance, hap, luck, fate, fortune (good or ill; syn.: casus, fors; fatum, providentia).

In gen.:

quid est enim aliud fors, quid fortuna, quid casus, quid eventus, nisi cum sic aliquid cecidit, sic evenit, ut vel non cadere atque evenire, vel aliter cadere atque evenire potuerit? quo modo ergo id, quod temere fit caeco casu et volubilitate fortunae, praesentiri et praedici potest?

Cic. Div. 2, 6, 15:

si haec habent aliquam talem necessitatem: quid est tandem quod casu fieri aut forte fortuna putemus? Nihil enim est tam contrarium rationi et constantiae quam fortuna: ut mihi ne in deum quidem cadere videatur, ut sciat, quid casu et fortuito futurum sit. Si enim scit, certe illud eveniet: sin certe eveniet, nulla fortuna est: est autem fortuna: rerum igitur fortuitarum nulla praesensio est, etc.,

id. ib. 2, 7, 18 sq.:

sed haec fortuna viderit, quoniam ratio non gubernat,

id. Att. 14, 11, 1:

vir ad casum fortunamque felix,

id. Font. 15 fin.:

si tot sunt in corpore bona, tot extra corpus in casu atque fortuna... plus fortunam quam consilium valere,

id. Tusc. 5, 9, 25; cf.:

(bona) posita non tam in consiliis nostris quam in fortunae temeritate,

id. Lael. 6, 20:

adversante fortuna,

id. Rep. 2, 16 fin.; id. Mur. 31, 64:

quorum ego causa timidius me fortunae committebam,

id. Att. 9, 6, 4:

fortunae rotam pertimescere,

id. Pis. 10, 22: secundam fortunam pulcherrime: adversam aeque ferre, Sulp. ap. Cic. Fam. 4, 5, 6; cf.:

prospera adversave fortuna,

Cic. N. D. 3, 37, 89:

spoliatam fortunam conferre cum florente fortuna,

id. Pis. 16, 38:

integra fortuna (opp. afflicta),

id. Sull. 31 fin.:

florentissima (opp. durior),

id. Att. 10, 4, 4:

non praecipua, sed par cum ceteris fortunae condicio,

id. Rep. 1, 4:

optima,

id. ib. 3, 17 fin.:

rei publicae fortuna fatalis,

id. Sest. 7, 17:

belli,

Caes. B. C. 2, 6, 1; id. B. G. 1, 36, 3:

se suas civitatisque fortunas ejus fidei permissurum,

Caes. B. G. 5, 3 fin. (cf. II. B. 1. fin. infra.).—Prov.:

fortuna miserrima tuta est,

Ov. P. 2, 2, 31:

fortuna meliores sequitur,

Sall. H. 1, 48, 15 (Dietsch): fortuna cum blanditur, captatum venit, Publ. Syr. 167 (Rib.): fortes fortuna adjuvat; v. fortis, II. A. fin. —

Personified: Fortuna, the goddess of fate, luck, or fortune, Fortune: He. Respice me. Er. Fortuna quod nec facit nec faciet me jubes, Plaut. Capt. 4, 2, 54:

nequiquam tibi Fortuna faculam lucrifica adlucere volt,

id. Pers. 4, 3, 47:

quo in genere vel maxime est Fortuna numeranda,

Cic. N. D. 3, 24, 61:

heu, Fortuna, quis est crudelior in nos te deus?

Hor. S. 2, 8, 61:

saeviat atque novos moveat Fortuna tumultus,

id. ib. 2, 2, 126:

Fortunae fanum antiquum (Syracusis),

Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 53, § 119:

Fortunae in gremio sedens,

id. Div. 2, 41, 85 sq.:

bona Fortuna,

id. Verr. 2, 4, 3 fin.:

Malam Fortunam in aedis te adduxi meas,

Plaut. Rud. 2, 6, 17:

mala Fortuna,

Cic. Leg. 2, 11, 28; id. N. D. 3, 25, 63: Fors Fortuna;

v. fors: Fortunae filius,

child of fortune, fortune's favorite, Hor. S. 2, 6, 49; v. filius.

In partic.

Without secunda or adversa, either good luck or ill luck, according to the context.

For fortuna secunda, good luck, good fortune, prosperity:

reliquum est, ut de felicitate pauca dicamus... Maximo, Marcello, Scipioni... non solum propter virtutem, sed etiam propter fortunam saepius imperia mandata,

Cic. de Imp. Pomp. 16, 47:

judicium hoc omnium mortalium est, fortunam a deo petendam,

id. N. D. 3, 36, 88:

diuturna cum fortuna,

id. Div. 1, 20, 39:

superbum se praebuit in fortuna,

id. Att. 8, 4, 1:

non solum ipsa fortuna caeca est, sed eos etiam plerumque efficit caecos, quos complexa est,

id. Lael. 15, 54:

a fortuna deseri,

Caes. B. G. 5, 34, 2: fortunam habere, to succeed, Liv. 24, 34, 1:

fortunam sibi facere,

id. 39, 40, 4; cf.:

fortunam sequi,

Tac. H. 4, 78:

habendam fortunae gratiam, quod, etc.,

Caes. B. C. 3, 73, 3:

dum fortuna fuit,

Verg. A. 3, 16:

deos precetur et oret, Ut redeat miseris, abeat fortuna superbis,

Hor. A. P. 201:

ut tu fortunam, sic nos te feremus,

id. Ep. 1, 8, 17:

venimus ad summum fortunae,

id. ib. 2, 1, 32:

ut te Confestim liquidus fortunae rivus inauret,

id. ib. 1, 12, 9:

occidit Spes omnis et fortuna nostri Nominis,

id. C. 4, 4, 71.—Prov.: Fortunam citius reperias quam retineas, Publ. Syr. 168 (Rib.).—Hence,

Per fortunas, i. e. for heaven's sake, Cic. Att. 5, 11, 1; 5, 13, 3; 3, 20, 1.—

For fortuna adversa, ill luck, mishap, misfortune, adversity (very rare):

Trojae renascens alite lugubri Fortuna tristi clade iterabitur,

Hor. C. 3, 3, 62:

ut arte Emendaturus fortunam,

id. S. 2, 8, 85.—

= condicio, state, condition, circumstances, fate, lot (class.;

a favorite expression of Cicero): est autem infima condicio et fortuna servorum,

Cic. Off. 1, 13, 41; cf.:

in infimi generis hominum condicione atque fortuna,

id. Mil. 34, 92:

(Lampsaceni) populi Romani condicione socii, fortuna servi,

id. Verr. 2, 1, 32, § 81;

so corresp. to condicio,

Quint. 3, 8, 50:

Aedui queruntur fortunae commutationem,

Caes. B. G. 7, 63:

ut non modo omnium generum, aetatum, ordinum omnes viri ac mulieres, omnis fortunae ac loci, sed, etc.,

Cic. Pis. 22, 52:

homines infimā fortunā,

id. Fin. 5, 19, 52:

inferiorem esse fortunā,

id. Fam. 13, 5, 2:

spes amplificandae fortunae,

id. Lael. 16, 59:

cui cessit triplicis fortuna novissima regni,

lot, share, Ov. M. 5, 368:

Arruns Camillam Circuit et quae sit fortuna facillima temptat,

opportunity, Verg. A. 11, 761: Gallus utrum avem, an gentem, an fortunam corporis significet, bodily condition (of a eunuch), Quint. 7, 9, 2.— Plur.:

quod si eo meae fortunae redeunt, abs te ut distrahar,

Ter. Phorm. 1, 4, 23:

omnes laudare fortunas meas, qui gnatum haberem tali ingenio praeditum,

id. And. 1, 1, 71:

ejus laudare fortunas, quod qua vellet ingredi posset,

Cic. Tusc. 5, 39, 115:

et secundas fortunas amittere coactus est, et in adversis sine ullo remedio permanere,

id. Sull. 23, 66; Caes. B. G. 5, 3, 5; 6, 7, 6.—

Transf., concr., fortunae, ārum, less freq. in the sing., property, possessions, goods, fortune.

Plur.:

tum propter rei publicae calamitates omnium possessiones erant incertae: nunc deum immortalium benignitate omnium fortunae sunt certae,

Cic. Rosc. Com. 12, 33:

bona fortunaeque,

id. Verr. 2, 1, 44, § 113:

pecunia fortunaeque,

id. Rosc. Am. 3, 7:

fortunas morte dimittere,

id. Tusc. 1, 6, 12:

et honore et auctoritate et fortunis facile civitatis suae princeps,

id. Rep. 2, 19:

fortunis sociorum consumptis,

Caes. B. G. 1, 11 fin.:

fortunarum pericula,

Quint. 4, 2, 122.—

Sing.:

quo mihi fortuna, si non conceditur uti?

Hor. Ep. 1, 5, 12:

nec mea concessa est aliis fortuna,

Ov. Tr. 5, 2, 57:

adiri nomen invidiosae fortunae Caesaris,

Vell. 2, 60, 1 Ruhnk.:

de fortuna, qua uterque abundabat,

Quint. 6, 1, 50:

fortunam in nominibus habere,

Dig. 4, 7, 40 fin.

fortūna, ae (archaic gen. sing. fortunas, like familias, escas, vias, etc., Naev. ap. Prisc. p. 679 P.), f. [lengthened from fors; cf. Nep-tunus, v. Corss. Ausspr. 1, 434], chance, hap, luck, fate, fortune (good or ill; syn.: casus, fors; fatum, providentia).

In gen.:

quid est enim aliud fors, quid fortuna, quid casus, quid eventus, nisi cum sic aliquid cecidit, sic evenit, ut vel non cadere atque evenire, vel aliter cadere atque evenire potuerit? quo modo ergo id, quod temere fit caeco casu et volubilitate fortunae, praesentiri et praedici potest?

Cic. Div. 2, 6, 15:

si haec habent aliquam talem necessitatem: quid est tandem quod casu fieri aut forte fortuna putemus? Nihil enim est tam contrarium rationi et constantiae quam fortuna: ut mihi ne in deum quidem cadere videatur, ut sciat, quid casu et fortuito futurum sit. Si enim scit, certe illud eveniet: sin certe eveniet, nulla fortuna est: est autem fortuna: rerum igitur fortuitarum nulla praesensio est, etc.,

id. ib. 2, 7, 18 sq.:

sed haec fortuna viderit, quoniam ratio non gubernat,

id. Att. 14, 11, 1:

vir ad casum fortunamque felix,

id. Font. 15 fin.:

si tot sunt in corpore bona, tot extra corpus in casu atque fortuna... plus fortunam quam consilium valere,

id. Tusc. 5, 9, 25; cf.:

(bona) posita non tam in consiliis nostris quam in fortunae temeritate,

id. Lael. 6, 20:

adversante fortuna,

id. Rep. 2, 16 fin.; id. Mur. 31, 64:

quorum ego causa timidius me fortunae committebam,

id. Att. 9, 6, 4:

fortunae rotam pertimescere,

id. Pis. 10, 22: secundam fortunam pulcherrime: adversam aeque ferre, Sulp. ap. Cic. Fam. 4, 5, 6; cf.:

prospera adversave fortuna,

Cic. N. D. 3, 37, 89:

spoliatam fortunam conferre cum florente fortuna,

id. Pis. 16, 38:

integra fortuna (opp. afflicta),

id. Sull. 31 fin.:

florentissima (opp. durior),

id. Att. 10, 4, 4:

non praecipua, sed par cum ceteris fortunae condicio,

id. Rep. 1, 4:

optima,

id. ib. 3, 17 fin.:

rei publicae fortuna fatalis,

id. Sest. 7, 17:

belli,

Caes. B. C. 2, 6, 1; id. B. G. 1, 36, 3:

se suas civitatisque fortunas ejus fidei permissurum,

Caes. B. G. 5, 3 fin. (cf. II. B. 1. fin. infra.).—Prov.:

fortuna miserrima tuta est,

Ov. P. 2, 2, 31:

fortuna meliores sequitur,

Sall. H. 1, 48, 15 (Dietsch): fortuna cum blanditur, captatum venit, Publ. Syr. 167 (Rib.): fortes fortuna adjuvat; v. fortis, II. A. fin. —

Personified: Fortuna, the goddess of fate, luck, or fortune, Fortune: He. Respice me. Er. Fortuna quod nec facit nec faciet me jubes, Plaut. Capt. 4, 2, 54:

nequiquam tibi Fortuna faculam lucrifica adlucere volt,

id. Pers. 4, 3, 47:

quo in genere vel maxime est Fortuna numeranda,

Cic. N. D. 3, 24, 61:

heu, Fortuna, quis est crudelior in nos te deus?

Hor. S. 2, 8, 61:

saeviat atque novos moveat Fortuna tumultus,

id. ib. 2, 2, 126:

Fortunae fanum antiquum (Syracusis),

Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 53, § 119:

Fortunae in gremio sedens,

id. Div. 2, 41, 85 sq.:

bona Fortuna,

id. Verr. 2, 4, 3 fin.:

Malam Fortunam in aedis te adduxi meas,

Plaut. Rud. 2, 6, 17:

mala Fortuna,

Cic. Leg. 2, 11, 28; id. N. D. 3, 25, 63: Fors Fortuna;

v. fors: Fortunae filius,

child of fortune, fortune's favorite, Hor. S. 2, 6, 49; v. filius.

In partic.

Without secunda or adversa, either good luck or ill luck, according to the context.

For fortuna secunda, good luck, good fortune, prosperity:

reliquum est, ut de felicitate pauca dicamus... Maximo, Marcello, Scipioni... non solum propter virtutem, sed etiam propter fortunam saepius imperia mandata,

Cic. de Imp. Pomp. 16, 47:

judicium hoc omnium mortalium est, fortunam a deo petendam,

id. N. D. 3, 36, 88:

diuturna cum fortuna,

id. Div. 1, 20, 39:

superbum se praebuit in fortuna,

id. Att. 8, 4, 1:

non solum ipsa fortuna caeca est, sed eos etiam plerumque efficit caecos, quos complexa est,

id. Lael. 15, 54:

a fortuna deseri,

Caes. B. G. 5, 34, 2: fortunam habere, to succeed, Liv. 24, 34, 1:

fortunam sibi facere,

id. 39, 40, 4; cf.:

fortunam sequi,

Tac. H. 4, 78:

habendam fortunae gratiam, quod, etc.,

Caes. B. C. 3, 73, 3:

dum fortuna fuit,

Verg. A. 3, 16:

deos precetur et oret, Ut redeat miseris, abeat fortuna superbis,

Hor. A. P. 201:

ut tu fortunam, sic nos te feremus,

id. Ep. 1, 8, 17:

venimus ad summum fortunae,

id. ib. 2, 1, 32:

ut te Confestim liquidus fortunae rivus inauret,

id. ib. 1, 12, 9:

occidit Spes omnis et fortuna nostri Nominis,

id. C. 4, 4, 71.—Prov.: Fortunam citius reperias quam retineas, Publ. Syr. 168 (Rib.).—Hence,

Per fortunas, i. e. for heaven's sake, Cic. Att. 5, 11, 1; 5, 13, 3; 3, 20, 1.—

For fortuna adversa, ill luck, mishap, misfortune, adversity (very rare):

Trojae renascens alite lugubri Fortuna tristi clade iterabitur,

Hor. C. 3, 3, 62:

ut arte Emendaturus fortunam,

id. S. 2, 8, 85.—

= condicio, state, condition, circumstances, fate, lot (class.;

a favorite expression of Cicero): est autem infima condicio et fortuna servorum,

Cic. Off. 1, 13, 41; cf.:

in infimi generis hominum condicione atque fortuna,

id. Mil. 34, 92:

(Lampsaceni) populi Romani condicione socii, fortuna servi,

id. Verr. 2, 1, 32, § 81;

so corresp. to condicio,

Quint. 3, 8, 50:

Aedui queruntur fortunae commutationem,

Caes. B. G. 7, 63:

ut non modo omnium generum, aetatum, ordinum omnes viri ac mulieres, omnis fortunae ac loci, sed, etc.,

Cic. Pis. 22, 52:

homines infimā fortunā,

id. Fin. 5, 19, 52:

inferiorem esse fortunā,

id. Fam. 13, 5, 2:

spes amplificandae fortunae,

id. Lael. 16, 59:

cui cessit triplicis fortuna novissima regni,

lot, share, Ov. M. 5, 368:

Arruns Camillam Circuit et quae sit fortuna facillima temptat,

opportunity, Verg. A. 11, 761: Gallus utrum avem, an gentem, an fortunam corporis significet, bodily condition (of a eunuch), Quint. 7, 9, 2.— Plur.:

quod si eo meae fortunae redeunt, abs te ut distrahar,

Ter. Phorm. 1, 4, 23:

omnes laudare fortunas meas, qui gnatum haberem tali ingenio praeditum,

id. And. 1, 1, 71:

ejus laudare fortunas, quod qua vellet ingredi posset,

Cic. Tusc. 5, 39, 115:

et secundas fortunas amittere coactus est, et in adversis sine ullo remedio permanere,

id. Sull. 23, 66; Caes. B. G. 5, 3, 5; 6, 7, 6.—

Transf., concr., fortunae, ārum, less freq. in the sing., property, possessions, goods, fortune.

Plur.:

tum propter rei publicae calamitates omnium possessiones erant incertae: nunc deum immortalium benignitate omnium fortunae sunt certae,

Cic. Rosc. Com. 12, 33:

bona fortunaeque,

id. Verr. 2, 1, 44, § 113:

pecunia fortunaeque,

id. Rosc. Am. 3, 7:

fortunas morte dimittere,

id. Tusc. 1, 6, 12:

et honore et auctoritate et fortunis facile civitatis suae princeps,

id. Rep. 2, 19:

fortunis sociorum consumptis,

Caes. B. G. 1, 11 fin.:

fortunarum pericula,

Quint. 4, 2, 122.—

Sing.:

quo mihi fortuna, si non conceditur uti?

Hor. Ep. 1, 5, 12:

nec mea concessa est aliis fortuna,

Ov. Tr. 5, 2, 57:

adiri nomen invidiosae fortunae Caesaris,

Vell. 2, 60, 1 Ruhnk.:

de fortuna, qua uterque abundabat,

Quint. 6, 1, 50:

fortunam in nominibus habere,

Dig. 4, 7, 40 fin.

fortūna, ae (archaic gen. sing. fortunas, like familias, escas, vias, etc., Naev. ap. Prisc. p. 679 P.), f. [lengthened from fors; cf. Nep-tunus, v. Corss. Ausspr. 1, 434], chance, hap, luck, fate, fortune (good or ill; syn.: casus, fors; fatum, providentia).

In gen.:

quid est enim aliud fors, quid fortuna, quid casus, quid eventus, nisi cum sic aliquid cecidit, sic evenit, ut vel non cadere atque evenire, vel aliter cadere atque evenire potuerit? quo modo ergo id, quod temere fit caeco casu et volubilitate fortunae, praesentiri et praedici potest?

Cic. Div. 2, 6, 15:

si haec habent aliquam talem necessitatem: quid est tandem quod casu fieri aut forte fortuna putemus? Nihil enim est tam contrarium rationi et constantiae quam fortuna: ut mihi ne in deum quidem cadere videatur, ut sciat, quid casu et fortuito futurum sit. Si enim scit, certe illud eveniet: sin certe eveniet, nulla fortuna est: est autem fortuna: rerum igitur fortuitarum nulla praesensio est, etc.,

id. ib. 2, 7, 18 sq.:

sed haec fortuna viderit, quoniam ratio non gubernat,

id. Att. 14, 11, 1:

vir ad casum fortunamque felix,

id. Font. 15 fin.:

si tot sunt in corpore bona, tot extra corpus in casu atque fortuna... plus fortunam quam consilium valere,

id. Tusc. 5, 9, 25; cf.:

(bona) posita non tam in consiliis nostris quam in fortunae temeritate,

id. Lael. 6, 20:

adversante fortuna,

id. Rep. 2, 16 fin.; id. Mur. 31, 64:

quorum ego causa timidius me fortunae committebam,

id. Att. 9, 6, 4:

fortunae rotam pertimescere,

id. Pis. 10, 22: secundam fortunam pulcherrime: adversam aeque ferre, Sulp. ap. Cic. Fam. 4, 5, 6; cf.:

prospera adversave fortuna,

Cic. N. D. 3, 37, 89:

spoliatam fortunam conferre cum florente fortuna,

id. Pis. 16, 38:

integra fortuna (opp. afflicta),

id. Sull. 31 fin.:

florentissima (opp. durior),

id. Att. 10, 4, 4:

non praecipua, sed par cum ceteris fortunae condicio,

id. Rep. 1, 4:

optima,

id. ib. 3, 17 fin.:

rei publicae fortuna fatalis,

id. Sest. 7, 17:

belli,

Caes. B. C. 2, 6, 1; id. B. G. 1, 36, 3:

se suas civitatisque fortunas ejus fidei permissurum,

Caes. B. G. 5, 3 fin. (cf. II. B. 1. fin. infra.).—Prov.:

fortuna miserrima tuta est,

Ov. P. 2, 2, 31:

fortuna meliores sequitur,

Sall. H. 1, 48, 15 (Dietsch): fortuna cum blanditur, captatum venit, Publ. Syr. 167 (Rib.): fortes fortuna adjuvat; v. fortis, II. A. fin. —

Personified: Fortuna, the goddess of fate, luck, or fortune, Fortune: He. Respice me. Er. Fortuna quod nec facit nec faciet me jubes, Plaut. Capt. 4, 2, 54:

nequiquam tibi Fortuna faculam lucrifica adlucere volt,

id. Pers. 4, 3, 47:

quo in genere vel maxime est Fortuna numeranda,

Cic. N. D. 3, 24, 61:

heu, Fortuna, quis est crudelior in nos te deus?

Hor. S. 2, 8, 61:

saeviat atque novos moveat Fortuna tumultus,

id. ib. 2, 2, 126:

Fortunae fanum antiquum (Syracusis),

Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 53, § 119:

Fortunae in gremio sedens,

id. Div. 2, 41, 85 sq.:

bona Fortuna,

id. Verr. 2, 4, 3 fin.:

Malam Fortunam in aedis te adduxi meas,

Plaut. Rud. 2, 6, 17:

mala Fortuna,

Cic. Leg. 2, 11, 28; id. N. D. 3, 25, 63: Fors Fortuna;

v. fors: Fortunae filius,

child of fortune, fortune's favorite, Hor. S. 2, 6, 49; v. filius.

In partic.

Without secunda or adversa, either good luck or ill luck, according to the context.

For fortuna secunda, good luck, good fortune, prosperity:

reliquum est, ut de felicitate pauca dicamus... Maximo, Marcello, Scipioni... non solum propter virtutem, sed etiam propter fortunam saepius imperia mandata,

Cic. de Imp. Pomp. 16, 47:

judicium hoc omnium mortalium est, fortunam a deo petendam,

id. N. D. 3, 36, 88:

diuturna cum fortuna,

id. Div. 1, 20, 39:

superbum se praebuit in fortuna,

id. Att. 8, 4, 1:

non solum ipsa fortuna caeca est, sed eos etiam plerumque efficit caecos, quos complexa est,

id. Lael. 15, 54:

a fortuna deseri,

Caes. B. G. 5, 34, 2: fortunam habere, to succeed, Liv. 24, 34, 1:

fortunam sibi facere,

id. 39, 40, 4; cf.:

fortunam sequi,

Tac. H. 4, 78:

habendam fortunae gratiam, quod, etc.,

Caes. B. C. 3, 73, 3:

dum fortuna fuit,

Verg. A. 3, 16:

deos precetur et oret, Ut redeat miseris, abeat fortuna superbis,

Hor. A. P. 201:

ut tu fortunam, sic nos te feremus,

id. Ep. 1, 8, 17:

venimus ad summum fortunae,

id. ib. 2, 1, 32:

ut te Confestim liquidus fortunae rivus inauret,

id. ib. 1, 12, 9:

occidit Spes omnis et fortuna nostri Nominis,

id. C. 4, 4, 71.—Prov.: Fortunam citius reperias quam retineas, Publ. Syr. 168 (Rib.).—Hence,

Per fortunas, i. e. for heaven's sake, Cic. Att. 5, 11, 1; 5, 13, 3; 3, 20, 1.—

For fortuna adversa, ill luck, mishap, misfortune, adversity (very rare):

Trojae renascens alite lugubri Fortuna tristi clade iterabitur,

Hor. C. 3, 3, 62:

ut arte Emendaturus fortunam,

id. S. 2, 8, 85.—

= condicio, state, condition, circumstances, fate, lot (class.;

a favorite expression of Cicero): est autem infima condicio et fortuna servorum,

Cic. Off. 1, 13, 41; cf.:

in infimi generis hominum condicione atque fortuna,

id. Mil. 34, 92:

(Lampsaceni) populi Romani condicione socii, fortuna servi,

id. Verr. 2, 1, 32, § 81;

so corresp. to condicio,

Quint. 3, 8, 50:

Aedui queruntur fortunae commutationem,

Caes. B. G. 7, 63:

ut non modo omnium generum, aetatum, ordinum omnes viri ac mulieres, omnis fortunae ac loci, sed, etc.,

Cic. Pis. 22, 52:

homines infimā fortunā,

id. Fin. 5, 19, 52:

inferiorem esse fortunā,

id. Fam. 13, 5, 2:

spes amplificandae fortunae,

id. Lael. 16, 59:

cui cessit triplicis fortuna novissima regni,

lot, share, Ov. M. 5, 368:

Arruns Camillam Circuit et quae sit fortuna facillima temptat,

opportunity, Verg. A. 11, 761: Gallus utrum avem, an gentem, an fortunam corporis significet, bodily condition (of a eunuch), Quint. 7, 9, 2.— Plur.:

quod si eo meae fortunae redeunt, abs te ut distrahar,

Ter. Phorm. 1, 4, 23:

omnes laudare fortunas meas, qui gnatum haberem tali ingenio praeditum,

id. And. 1, 1, 71:

ejus laudare fortunas, quod qua vellet ingredi posset,

Cic. Tusc. 5, 39, 115:

et secundas fortunas amittere coactus est, et in adversis sine ullo remedio permanere,

id. Sull. 23, 66; Caes. B. G. 5, 3, 5; 6, 7, 6.—

Transf., concr., fortunae, ārum, less freq. in the sing., property, possessions, goods, fortune.

Plur.:

tum propter rei publicae calamitates omnium possessiones erant incertae: nunc deum immortalium benignitate omnium fortunae sunt certae,

Cic. Rosc. Com. 12, 33:

bona fortunaeque,

id. Verr. 2, 1, 44, § 113:

pecunia fortunaeque,

id. Rosc. Am. 3, 7:

fortunas morte dimittere,

id. Tusc. 1, 6, 12:

et honore et auctoritate et fortunis facile civitatis suae princeps,

id. Rep. 2, 19:

fortunis sociorum consumptis,

Caes. B. G. 1, 11 fin.:

fortunarum pericula,

Quint. 4, 2, 122.—

Sing.:

quo mihi fortuna, si non conceditur uti?

Hor. Ep. 1, 5, 12:

nec mea concessa est aliis fortuna,

Ov. Tr. 5, 2, 57:

adiri nomen invidiosae fortunae Caesaris,

Vell. 2, 60, 1 Ruhnk.:

de fortuna, qua uterque abundabat,

Quint. 6, 1, 50:

fortunam in nominibus habere,

Dig. 4, 7, 40 fin.

ob-tingo ( opt-), tĭgi, 3, v. a. and n. [tango].

Act., to touch, strike: mustulentus aestus nares obtigit, Plaut. Fragm. ap. Non. 415, 16. (The same fragm., ib. 64, 2, has attigit.)—

Neutr., to fall to one's lot (syn.: accidit, evenit, contingit): naufragio res contigit. Nempe ergo haud Fortuna obtigit, Pac. ap. Auct. Her. 2, 23, 36:

nullus est, quoi non invideant rem secundam obtingere,

Plaut. Bacch. 3, 6, 14:

dies mihi adversus,

id. Men. 5, 5, 1:

mihi propter te hoc optigit,

id. Capt. 3, 5, 88:

quod cuique obtigit, id quisque teneat,

Cic. Off. 1, 7, 21:

mihi obtinget sors,

Plaut. Cas. 2, 4, 21; cf.:

cum tibi aquaria provincia sorte obtigisset,

Cic. Vatin. 5, 12:

cum optatissimum nuntium accepissem, te mihi quaestorem obtigisse,

id. Fam. 2, 19, 1; id. Div. 2, 17, 38: quam mihi obtigisse dicis spartan, numquam deseram, id. Att. 1, 20:

omnia, quae hominibus forte obtigerunt,

Quint. 3, 7, 13: quae (vox, latus, etc.) si modica obtigerunt, possunt ratione ampliari, id. praef. § 27.—With ut:

cum ei (L. Paulo), bellum ut cum rege Perse gereret, obtigisset,

it had fallen to his lot, Cic. Div. 1, 46, 103.—

Of events, to happen, befall, occur (in this sense accidere, contingere, evenire, etc., are more common): eloquere, ut haec res obtigit de filiā, has happened, taken place, turned out:

id quom optigerat,

Plaut. Bacch. 3, 3, 20; id. Rud. 4, 6, 7:

istuc tibi ex sententiā tuā obtigisse, laetor,

Ter. Heaut. 4, 3, 5:

hoc confiteor jure Mi obtigisse,

id. And. 3, 5, 2:

praeter spem,

id. Phorm. 2, 1, 9:

si quid obtigerit, aequo animo paratoque moriar,

if any thing should happen to me, Cic. Cat. 4, 2, 3 —In plur.:

exoptata obtingent,

Plaut. As. 3, 3, 136.

ob-vĕnĭo, vēni, ventum, 4, v. n.

Lit., to come before or in the way of, to meet (syn.: obviam venio, occurro;

perh. only in the foll. passage): se in tempore pugnae obventurum,

would come up to the fight, join in the battle, Liv. 29, 34, 8.—

Transf.

To come or fall to one; to fall to one's lot; usually referring only to what is accidental, as the result of a lot, etc.:

Syria Scipioni,

Caes. B. C. 1, 6:

legati, quibus hae partes ad defendendum obvenerant,

id. B. G. 7, 81:

tibi obvenit iste labos,

Plaut. Truc. 2, 6, 40:

Aemilio novum bellum in Etruriā sorte obvenit,

Liv. 9, 31, 1:

cui classis obvenisset,

id. 30, 40, 12.—But also in gen.:

cum hereditas ei obvenisset,

Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 7, § 19 (dub.;

Orell. and B. and K. venisset): si istiusmodi mi fundus hereditate obvenerit,

Varr. R. R. 1, 12, 2:

cum obvenisset mihi hereditas,

Plin. Ep. 7, 11, 6; 3, 6, 1; id. Pan. 40, 1; Just. 38, 5, 4:

haud ab re tibi istic obvenit labos,

Plaut. Truc. 2, 6, 40.—

Still more gen., like obtingere, of an event, to fall out, to befall, happen, occur to one:

obvenit occasio,

Plaut. As. 2, 2, 15:

vitium (at the auspices),

Cic. Phil. 2, 33, 83; id. Off. 2, 21, 74:

quaecumque obvenissent,

Suet. Vesp. 21:

obveniens lucrum,

Gai. Inst. 3, 151.

ob-tingo ( opt-), tĭgi, 3, v. a. and n. [tango].

Act., to touch, strike: mustulentus aestus nares obtigit, Plaut. Fragm. ap. Non. 415, 16. (The same fragm., ib. 64, 2, has attigit.)—

Neutr., to fall to one's lot (syn.: accidit, evenit, contingit): naufragio res contigit. Nempe ergo haud Fortuna obtigit, Pac. ap. Auct. Her. 2, 23, 36:

nullus est, quoi non invideant rem secundam obtingere,

Plaut. Bacch. 3, 6, 14:

dies mihi adversus,

id. Men. 5, 5, 1:

mihi propter te hoc optigit,

id. Capt. 3, 5, 88:

quod cuique obtigit, id quisque teneat,

Cic. Off. 1, 7, 21:

mihi obtinget sors,

Plaut. Cas. 2, 4, 21; cf.:

cum tibi aquaria provincia sorte obtigisset,

Cic. Vatin. 5, 12:

cum optatissimum nuntium accepissem, te mihi quaestorem obtigisse,

id. Fam. 2, 19, 1; id. Div. 2, 17, 38: quam mihi obtigisse dicis spartan, numquam deseram, id. Att. 1, 20:

omnia, quae hominibus forte obtigerunt,

Quint. 3, 7, 13: quae (vox, latus, etc.) si modica obtigerunt, possunt ratione ampliari, id. praef. § 27.—With ut:

cum ei (L. Paulo), bellum ut cum rege Perse gereret, obtigisset,

it had fallen to his lot, Cic. Div. 1, 46, 103.—

Of events, to happen, befall, occur (in this sense accidere, contingere, evenire, etc., are more common): eloquere, ut haec res obtigit de filiā, has happened, taken place, turned out:

id quom optigerat,

Plaut. Bacch. 3, 3, 20; id. Rud. 4, 6, 7:

istuc tibi ex sententiā tuā obtigisse, laetor,

Ter. Heaut. 4, 3, 5:

hoc confiteor jure Mi obtigisse,

id. And. 3, 5, 2:

praeter spem,

id. Phorm. 2, 1, 9:

si quid obtigerit, aequo animo paratoque moriar,

if any thing should happen to me, Cic. Cat. 4, 2, 3 —In plur.:

exoptata obtingent,

Plaut. As. 3, 3, 136.

sortĭo, īre, to draw lots (ante-class.;

collat. form of sortior): tute sorti,

Plaut. Cas. 2, 6, 43; 2, 6, 61: inter se sortiant, Varr. ap. Non. 471, 5.—With acc.: inter se sortiunt urbem atque agros, Enn. ap. Non. 471, 10 (Trag. v. 153 Vahl.).—

sortītus, a, um, Part., in pass. signif., drawn by lot, assigned or obtained by lot (class.):

consilia, quae erant sortita in singulos candidatos,

Cic. Att. 4, 16, 6; Prop. 4 (5), 11, 20:

gemina est sedes sortita per amnem,

id. 4 (5), 7, 55:

mille urbes Asiae sortito rexerit anno,

Stat. S. 5, 2, 57:

conjux,

Amm. 18, 6, 14.

sortītus, a, um, Part. of sortior.

sortītus, ūs, m. [sortior].

Lit., a casting or drawing of lots (rare for the class. sortitio):

specula in sortitu'st mihi,

Plaut. Cas. 2, 4, 27:

si pluribus de rebus uno sortitu retulisti,

Cic. Dom. 19, 50; plur.:

quae sortitus non pertulit ullos,

i. e. for whom no lots were cast, Verg. A. 3, 323.—

Transf.

Concr., a lot:

jam sortitus versarat ahenā Casside,

Stat. Th. 6, 389.—

(Like sors, II. C.) Lot, fate, destiny, Stat. Th. 12, 557.