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  • 1 aequo

    aequo, āvi, ātum, 1, v. a. and n. [aequus].
    I.
    Act., to make one thing equal to another; constr. with cum and (in gen. in the histt.) with dat., and with cop. conj. (cf. adaequo).
    (α).
    With cum:

    inventum est temperamentum, quo tenuiores cum principibus aequari se putarent,

    Cic. Leg. 3, 10:

    cum suas quisque opes cum potentissimis aequari videat,

    Caes. B. G. 6, 22:

    numerum (corporum) cum navibus,

    Verg. A. 1, 193.—
    (β).
    With dat.:

    Insedabiliter sitis arida, corpora mersans, Aequabat multum parvis umoribus imbrem,

    an unquenchable, burning thirst... made the most copious stream seem to them as only a few drops, Lucr. 6, 1176:

    per somnum vinumque dies noctibus aequare,

    Liv. 31, 41:

    aequavit togatus armati gloriam collegae,

    id. 4, 10, 8:

    cujus magnitudini semper animum aequavit,

    id. 33, 21, 3 (but in id. 6, 20, 8, facta dictis aequando, dictis is abl.; v Weissenb. ad h. l.); Vell. 2, 127;

    aequare solo templum,

    to level with the ground, Tac. A. 1, 51;

    so domum,

    Quint. 3, 7, 20, and Aur. Vict. Vir. lllustr. 17. 5;

    and in an extended sense: Scipio Numantiam excisam aequavit solo,

    Vell. 2, 4.—Hence, trop.: solo aequandae sunt dictaturae consulatusque, entirely abolished, Liv 6, 18.—
    (γ).
    With cop. conj.:

    Curios aequare Fabriciosque,

    Aur. Vict. Caes. 18, 2. — Poet.:

    si protinus illum Aequāsset nocti ludum,

    had played through the whole night, Verg. A. 9, 338.—Hence also,
    B.
    In comparison, to place a thing on an equality with, to compare.; in Cic. with cum; later with dat.:

    aequare et conferre scelera alicujus cum aliis,

    Cic. Verr. 1, 1, 8:

    ne aequaveritis Hannibali Philippum, ne Carthaginiensibus Macedonas: Pyrrho certe aequabitis,

    Liv. 31, 7:

    Deum homini non aequabo,

    Vulg. Job, 32, 21:

    quis in nubibus aequabitur Domino,

    ib. Psa. 88, 7.—
    C.
    Of places, to make level, even, or smooth:

    aequata agri planities,

    Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 48;

    and trop.: aequato discrimine,

    at an equal distance, Lucr. 5, 690:

    aequato omnium periculo,

    Caes. B. G. 1, 25:

    aequato Marte,

    Liv. 1, 25:

    aequato jure omnium,

    id. 2, 3.— Poet.: ibant aequati numero, [p. 58] divided into equal parts, Verg. A. 7, 698:

    foedera regum Vel Gabiis vel cum rigidis aequata Sabinis, i. e. aequis legibus icta,

    Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 25; cf.:

    si foedus est, si societas aequatio juris est... cur non omnia aequantur?

    placed in the same circumstances? Liv. 8, 4.—
    D.
    T. t.
    1.
    Aequare frontem, milit. t., to make an equal front, Liv. 5, 38:

    aequatis frontibus,

    Tib. 4, 1, 102; v. frons.—
    2.
    Aequare sortes, to see that the lots are equal in number to those who draw, of the same material, and each with a different name. The classical passage for this phrase is Plaut. Cas. 2, 6, 35: conicite sortes: uxor, aequa (sc. eas); v. the preceding verses. So Cic. Fragm. Or. Corn. 1, p. 449 Orell.: dum sitella defertur, dum aequantur sortes, dum sortitio fit, etc.—
    II.
    Neutr. or act., to become equal to one, to equal, come up to, attain to (mostly in the histt.); constr. with dat., but oftener with acc. (cf. adaequo and aequipero, and Zumpt, §

    389, 1): qui jam illis fere aequārunt,

    Cic. Off. 1, 1, 3; Ov. M. 6, 21:

    ea arte aequāsset superiores reges, ni, etc.,

    Liv. 1, 53; so,

    cursu equum,

    id. 31, 35;

    for which Curtius: cursum alicujus, 4, 1: gloriam alicujus,

    Suet. Caes. 55:

    eam picturam imitati sunt multi, aequavit nemo,

    Plin. 35, 11, 40, § 126; Luc. 3, 456.— Poet.: sagitta aequans ventos, like the winds in swiftness, Verg. A. 10, 248:

    valet nondum munia comparis Aequare (juvenca),

    i. e. cannot yet draw even with her mate, Hor. C. 2, 5, 2.

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  • 2 fātum

        fātum ī, n    [P. n. of * for], an utterance, prophetic declaration, oracle, prediction: Apollo fatis fandis dementem invitam ciet: ex fatis quae Veientes scripta haberent: Oblitus fatorum, V.— That which is ordained, destiny, fate: necessitas fati: fato fieri omnia: plenum superstitionis fati nomen: neque si fatum fuerat, effugisset: praeter fatum, beyond the natural course of events: tibi cura Caesaris fatis data, H.: Quo nihil maius terris Fata donavere, H.: caeca, H.: insuperabile, O.: fata regunt homines, Iu.: fatorum arcana, O.: fuit hoc sive meum sive rei p., ut, etc.: si fata fuissent, ut caderem, V.: eo fato ne, etc.: huic fato divōm proles Nulla fuit, i. e. will, V.: fatis contraria nostris Fata Phrygum, V.—Prov.: fata viam invenient, nothing can resist fate, V.— Bad fortune, ill fate, calamity, mishap, ruin: exiti ac fati dies: suum fatum querebantur, Cs.: extremum rei p.— Fate, death: Hortensi vox exstincta fato suo est: fato obire, Ta.: omen fati: inexorabile, V.: perfunctos iam fato, L.: se fati dixit iniqui, most unfortunate, O.: fatum proferre, i. e. to prolong life, V.: ad fata novissima, to the last, O.— A pest, plague, ruin: duo illa rei p. paene fata, Gabinius et Piso.— A symbol of fate: Attollens umero fata nepotum (represented on the shield), V.: fata inponit diversa duorum, the lots, V.—Person., The Fates, Pr., Iu.
    * * *
    utterance, oracle; fate, destiny; natural term of life; doom, death, calamity

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  • 3 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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  • 4 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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  • 5 urna

        urna ae, f    [1 VAS-], a vessel of baked clay, vessel for drawing water, water-pot, water-jar, urn: fictilis, O.: stetit urna Sicca, H.: Caelata (of a river-god), V.— A voting-urn, ballot-box: senatorum: leges minitatur et urnam, H.— An urn for lots, vessel for drawing lots: educit ex urnā trīs (iudices): stat ductis sortibus urna, V.: omnium Versatur urna, H.: Omne capax movet urna nomen, Cs.: nomina in urnam coicere, L.— A vessel for the ashes of the dead, cinerary urn: Quodque rogis superest unā requiescit in urnā, O.— A money-pot, money-jar: argenti, H.—As a liquid measure, an urna, half an amphora (about two and a half gallons): urnae crater capax, Iu.
    * * *
    pot; cinerary urn, urn used for drawing lots; voting urn; water jar, urna13 l.

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  • 6 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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  • 7 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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  • 8 sitella

        sitella ae, f dim.    [situla, bucket], an urn for lots (with a narrow neck, so that but one lot could float upon the water): de M. Octavio deferre sitellam: sitella lata est, ut sortirentur, L.
    * * *

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  • 9 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.

    Lewis & Short latin dictionary > sortitus

  • 10 urna

    urna, ae, f. [prop. a vessel of burnt clay; root uro], a vessel for drawing water, a water-pot, water-jar, urn.
    I.
    Lit.:

    urnae dictae, quod urinant in aquā hauriendā ut urinator,

    Varr. L. L. 5, § 126 Müll.; Plaut. Ps. 1, 2, 24; Prop. 4 (5), 4, 16; 4 (5), 11, 28; Ov. F. 3, 14; id. M. 3, 37; 3, 172; Hor. C. 3, 11, 22; id. S. 1, 5, 91; 1, 1, 54.—As an attribute of personified rivers, Verg. A. 7, 792; Sil. 1, 407.—Of the constellation Aquarius, Ov. F. 2, 457; Sen. Thyest. 865.—
    II.
    Transf., in gen., an urn used for any purpose.
    A. 1.
    A voting-urn (syn. sitella):

    senatorum urna copiose absolvit, equitum adaequavit,

    Cic. Q. Fr. 2, 6, 6; Ov. M. 15, 44; Prop. 4 (5), 11, 49; Hor. S. 2, 1, 47; Sil. 9, 27; Juv. 13, 4:

    educit ex urnā tres (judices),

    Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 17, § 42; Suet. Ner. 21; Verg. A. 6, 22; Val. Fl. 2, 484; Sen. Contr. 1, 2, § 7; Just. 22, 3, 6; Plin. Ep. 10, 20, 2; Sen. Troad. 974; Tert. Spect. 16.—
    2.
    The urn of fate, from which is drawn the lot of every one's destiny:

    omnium Versatur urna serius ocius Sors exitura,

    Hor. C. 2, 3, 26:

    omne capax movet urna nomen,

    id. ib. 3, 1, 16; Verg. A. 6, 432; Stat. S. 2, 1, 219:

    nomina in urnam coicere,

    Liv. 23, 3, 7; Plin. Ep. 10, 3, 2.—
    B.
    A vessel to hold the ashes of the dead, a cinerary urn, Ov. H. 11, 124; id. M. 4, 166; 11, 706; 12, 616; 14, 441; id. Tr. 3, 3, 65; Suet. Calig. 15; Luc. 7, 819; Sen. Troad. 375.—
    C.
    A money-pot, money-jar:

    argenti,

    Hor. S. 2, 6, 10.—
    D.
    A liquid measure containing half an amphora, an urn, Cato, R. R. 148, 1; Col. 12, 41; Plin. 17, 28, 47, § 263; Pers. 5, 144.—
    2.
    A measure in gen., Cato, R. R. 10, 2; 13, 3; Juv. 15, 25.

    Lewis & Short latin dictionary > urna

  • 11 sitella

    sĭtella, ae, f. dim. [situla], a kind of urn used in drawing lots. It was made narrow at the top, so that but one lot at a time could be on the surface of the water with which it was partly filled, Plaut. Cas. 2, 4, 17; 2, 5, 34; 2, 5, 43; 2, 6, 11;

    2, 6, 44: sitellam detulit,

    Auct. Her. 1, 12, 21:

    de M. Octavio deferre sitellam,

    Cic. N. D. 1, 38, 106:

    sitella lata est, ut sortirentur,

    Liv. 25, 3, 16 Weissenb. ad loc.; 41, 18, 8.

    Lewis & Short latin dictionary > sitella

  • 12 aprīcus

        aprīcus adj.,    exposed to the sun, warmed by sunshine, sunny: hortus: campus, H. — As subst: in apricum proferre, to bring to light, H.—Poet., delighting in sunshine: arbor, O.: mergi, V.: flores, H.
    * * *
    aprica -um, apricior -or -us, apricissimus -a -um ADJ
    sunny, having lots of sunshine; warmed by/exposed to/open to the sun, basking

    Latin-English dictionary > aprīcus

  • 13 ex-eō

        ex-eō iī    (exīt, V.; exīsse, C.), itus, īre, to go out, go forth, go away, depart, withdraw, retire: ex oppido, Cs.: e patriā: ab Thaide, from the house of, T.: ad me, i. e. to visit me, T.: ab urbe, L.: domo eius: in provinciam, Cs.: in terram: Exit ad caelum Arbos, rises, V.: colles exire videntur, O.: de vitā: e vitā tamquam e theatro: limen, pass, T.: Avernas vallīs, O.—Of lots, to fall out, be drawn: cum de consularibus mea prima sors exisset.—To march out: de tertiā vigiliā, Cs.: ad pugnam, V.: ex Italiā ad bellum civile: praedatum in agros, L.: non posse clam exiri, Cs.—To flow, gush, pour forth: exire cruorem Passa, O.: saxo exit ab imo Rivus, O.—Fig., to go out, escape, be freed: ex potestate, i. e. to lose self-possession: de consilio, de mente: aere alieno: modum, to exceed, O.—In time, to run out, end, expire: quinto anno exeunte: indutiarum dies exierat, L. — To pass away, perish: memoriā, L. — To go forth, issue, turn out, result: currente rotā cur urceus exit? H.—To go out, become public: libri ita exierunt: fama exiit, N. — To go out of the way of, avoid, evade, ward off: tela oculis, V.: vim viribus, to repel force with force, V.

    Latin-English dictionary > ex-eō

  • 14 Clerumenoe

    Clērūmĕnoe, ōn, m., = Klêroumenoi (those who draw lots), the name of a comedy of Diphilus, Lat. Sortientes, Plaut. Cas. prol. 31; cf. Rost. Plaut. Cuped. XVIII. p. 5 sq.

    Lewis & Short latin dictionary > Clerumenoe

  • 15 situla

    sĭtŭla, ae, f. ( masc. collat. form sĭtŭ-lus, Cato, R. R. 10, 2; 11, 3; Vitr. 10, 9 fin.; Fest. s. v. nanum, pp. 176 and 177 Müll.; Paul. Sent. 3, 7 fin.).
    1.
    A bucket for drawing water, Plaut. Am. 2, 2, 39; Dig. 18, 1, 40 fin.; Poët. ap. Anthol. Burm. 1, p. 493; Non. s. v. creterra, p. 375, 6 Gerl.; cf. Becker, Gallus, 2, p. 268 (2d edit.).—
    2.
    An urn, used in drawing lots (instead of the usual sitella), Plaut. Cas. 2, 6, 7.

    Lewis & Short latin dictionary > situla

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