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sortītĭo , ōnis, f. sortior,
I.a casting or drawing of lots, a choosing or determining by lot, sortition (class.): deos quaeso, mihi ut sortitio eveniat, * Plaut. Cas. 2, 6, 38: “dum aequantur sortes, dum sortitio fit,” Cic. Cornel. Fragm. 1, 13, p. 449 Orell.; Varr. R. R. 3, 17, 1: “aedilicia,” Cic. Planc. 22, 53: “praerogativa,” id. Phil. 2, 33, 82: “provinciarum,” id. ib. 3, 10, 24; id. Clu. 46, 128; id. Q. Fr. 2, 1, 2; Suet. Tib. 35 al.; plur., id. Aug. 29.
A Latin Dictionary. Founded on Andrews' edition of Freund's Latin dictionary. revised, enlarged, and in great part rewritten by. Charlton T. Lewis, Ph.D. and. Charles Short, LL.D. Oxford. Clarendon Press. 1879.

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    • Cicero, Letters to his brother Quintus, 2.1.2
    • Cicero, For Aulus Cluentius, 46.128
    • Cicero, For Plancius, 22.53
    • Cicero, Philippics, 2.33.82
    • Plautus, Casina, 2.6
    • Suetonius, Divus Augustus, 29
    • Suetonius, Tiberius, 35
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