sortior

Latin

Etymology

From sors.

Pronunciation

Verb

sortior (present infinitive sortīrī, perfect active sortītus sum); fourth conjugation, deponent

  1. to cast or draw lots
  2. to share
    • c. 347 CE – 420 CE, Jerome, Biblia Sacra Vulgāta In Pentateuchō:
      Dēsīderiī meī dēsīderātās accēpī epistulās quī quōdam praesāgiō futūrōrum cum Danihēle sortītus est nōmen
      I received these desired letters of my Desiderius, who by some presage of future events shared his name with Daniel
  3. to divide or distribute
  4. to choose or select
  5. to obtain or receive

Conjugation

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Catalan: sortir
  • Franco-Provençal: sortir, sôrtre
  • French: sortir, sortie
  • Occitan: sortir
  • Italian: sortire
  • Ligurian: sciortì
  • Lombard: sortir
  • Occitan: sortir
  • Piedmontese: sortì, seurte
  • Portuguese: sortir
  • Romansch: sortir, sorteir
  • Sicilian: surtiri
  • Spanish: surtir
  • Venetan: sortir

References

  • sortior”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • sortior”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • sortior in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  • Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
    • to draw lots for the provinces: provincias sortiri (Liv. 38. 35)