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.
