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subsortītĭo , ōnis, f. subsortior,
I.a choosing of substitutes by lot, sc. of other judges in place of those rejected by the parties, Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 61, § 157; id. Clu. 33, 91; “a selection of citizens to receive corn in place of those who had died: subsortitio a praetore fieret,” Suet. Caes. 41 fin.
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, Against Verres, 2.1.157
    • Cicero, For Aulus Cluentius, 33.91
    • Suetonius, Divus Julius, 41
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