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  • 1 sortior

    sortĭor, ītus, 4, v. dep. n. and a. [sors].
    I.
    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.—
    II.
    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.).
    (α).
    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. —
    (β).
    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.—
    B.
    Transf. (mostly poet. and not ante-Aug.).
    1.
    To share, divide, distribute:

    pariter laborem Sortiti,

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

    vices,

    id. ib. 3, 634:

    periculum,

    id. ib. 9, 174.—
    2.
    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.—
    3.
    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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  • 2 sortior

        sortior ītus, īrī, dep.    [sors], to cast lots, draw lots: cum praetores designati sortirentur, drew lots for their official duties: consules comparare inter se aut sortiri iussi, i. e. to assign provinces by agreement or by lot, L.— To draw lots for, assign by lot, allot, obtain by lot: tribūs: provincias: iudices, appoint by lot: Necessitas Sortitur insignīs et imos, decides the fate of, H.: sortiri, quid loquare: inter se, uter Hispaniam obtineret, cast lots to decide, L.: consules sortiti, uter dedicaret, L.— To share, divide, distribute: pariter laborem, V.: periclum, V.— To choose, select: subolem armento, V.: fortunam oculis (i. e. locum), V.— To get by chance, get as a lot, get, obtain, receive: mediterranea Asiae, L.: amicum, H.: Maeonium vatem sortita fuisses, O.
    * * *
    sortiri, sortitus sum V DEP
    cast or draw lots; obtain by lot; appoint by lot; choose

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  • 3 sors

    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.
    I.
    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. —
    II.
    Transf.
    A.
    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. —
    B.
    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.—
    C.
    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.).—
    2.
    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.—
    D.
    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.—
    2.
    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.—
    E.
    A rank, class, order (late Lat.):

    ex turbā imae sortis,

    Amm. 14, 6, 25.

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  • 4 sortitus

    1.
    sortītus, a, um, Part. of sortior.
    2.
    sortītus, ūs, m. [sortior].
    I.
    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.—
    II.
    Transf.
    * A.
    Concr., a lot:

    jam sortitus versarat ahenā Casside,

    Stat. Th. 6, 389.—
    * B.
    (Like sors, II. C.) Lot, fate, destiny, Stat. Th. 12, 557.

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  • 5 sors

        sors (old nom. sortis, T.), tis, abl. sorte or sortī, f    [1 SER-], a lot: tot in hydriam sortes conicerentur: neque eorum sortes deiciuntur, Cs.: cum deiecta in id sors esset, lots were cast for it, L.: cum de consularibus mea prima sors exisset: et cuiusque sors exciderat, L.: sortes suā sponte adtenuatas, L.— A casting of lots, drawing, decision by lot, lot: quaestor quem sors dedit: cui Sicilia provincia sorti evenisset, L.: Q. Caecilio sorti evenit, ut gereret, etc., L.: de se ter sortibus consultum dicebat, Cs.: iubet extra sortem Theomnastum renuntiari.— An oracular response, prophecy: ut sors ipsa ad sortīs referenda sit: Lyciae sortes, the oracles of the Lycian Apollo, V.: Faticinae, O.: edita oraculo, Cu.: responsa sortium, L.—In business, a capital, principal: de sorte nunc venio in dubium miser? T.: sorte caret: mergentibus semper sortem usuris, L.—Fig., a lot, share, duty assigned by lot: urbana peregrina (in the division of official duties), L.: comitia suae sortis esse, i. e. had been allotted to him, L.: numquam ex urbe afuit nisi sorte, i. e. on official duty.—A lot, fate, destiny, chance, fortune, condition, share, part: futura, V.: Ferrea vitae, O.: iniqua, V.: iniquissima, L.: illā (sorte) Contentus, H.: inrequieta, O.: Sunt quibus ad portas cecidit custodia sorti, to whose lot, V.: Saturni sors ego prima fui, i. e. the first child, O.: suae sortis oblitus, Cu.: puer in nullam sortem bonorum natus, to no share of the property, L.: praedae mala sors, O.— A sort, kind, sex, class: Non tuae sortis iuvenem, rank, H.: altera, sex, O.: nova pugnae, V.
    * * *
    lot, fate; oracular response

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  • 6 (sortītus, ūs)

       (sortītus, ūs) m    [sortior], a casting of lots, drawing: consul sortitu ad bellum profectus: quae sortitūs non pertulit ullos, i. e. for whom no lots were cast, V.

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