sors

sors, tis (nom. sortis, Plaut. Cas. 2, 6, 28 (380); abl. sorti. C. I. L. 198, 54; 200, 16; Plaut. Cas. 2, 7, 5 (428); 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.

• Lit., a lot: aut populna sors aut abiegna, Plaut. Cas. 2, 6, 32 (384): coniciam sortes in sitellam, id. ib. 2, 5, 34 (342) 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 (386) 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 (428): 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 praetors, 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; 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 (653); 5, 2, 38 (1159); 3, 1, 34 (565); 3, 1, 64 (595); 3, 1, 70 (601); 3, 1, 84 (615); Ter. Ad. 243; 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.

1. sors, sortis, f. (v. 1. sero, wie fors v. fero), das Los, I) eig. u. übtr.: A) eig.: a) übh.: conicere sortes in sitellam, Plaut., in hydriam, Cic.: im Zshg. bl. conicere sortes, Cic., deicere sortes, Caes.: sors mea exit, kommt heraus, Cic.: ut sors excĭderat, herausgefallen (herausgekommen) war, Liv. – b) insbes., sortes als Orakel gebraucht u. zwar: α) Losstäbchen, von einem Knaben gemischt und für den, der das Orakel befragte, gezogen, sortes miscere, ducere, Cic.: sortes attenuatae od. extenuatae sunt, sind eingeschwunden (als Vorzeichen öffentl. Unglücks), Liv. Vgl. Wissowa Religion u. Kultus der Römer² S. 8 u. 260. – β) Sprüche, die vom sortilegus durch Aufschlagen eines Buches (von Christen aus der Bibel) herbeigeschafft, od. Verse (zB. aus Vergil) auf Blätter geschrieben, die gezogen wurden, Spruchorakel, sortes Vergilii od. Vergilianae, Lampr. Alex. Sev. 14, 5. Spart. Hadr. 2, 8: sortes sacrae, Tibull. 1, 3, 11: Sanctorum sortes, Isid. orig. 8, 9, 28: sortes tollere, Tibull. 1, 3, 11. Corp. inscr. Lat. 5, 5801: sortes ducere, Iuven. 6, 583: de paginis poëtae cuiusdam sortem consulere, Augustin. conf. 4, 3, 5: de paginis evangelicis sortes legere, Augustin. epist. 55, 37. Vgl. Marquardt Römische Staatsverw.² 3, 102. Corp. inscr. Lat. vol. 1. p. 267 sqq. – B) übtr., das Los, Losen, Cic.: sorte ducere, herauslosen, Sall.: filias in sortem dare, zum Losen stellen (bei der Wahl der vestal. Jungfrauen), Suet.: res revocatur ad sortem, es wird gelost, durch das Los ausgemacht, Cic.: conicere in sortem provincias, um die Pr. losen, Liv.: ei sorte provincia evenit, Cic.: extra sortem renuntiari, ohne zu losen, Cic.: remissā sorte povinciae, ohne durchs Los einer Provinz zugeteilt zu werden, Vell. – II) meton.: 1) der (urspr. auf Lostäfelchen gegebene) Orakelspruch, das Orakel, die Weissagung, sors oraculi, Antwort des Orakels, Orakelspruch, Liv.: sors (Orakelspruch) ad sortes referenda, Cic.: sortem trahere, Suet.: dictae per carmina sortes, Hor.: sortes Lyciae, die Orakelsprüche des lyzischen Apollo (zu Patara in Lyzien), Verg.: neque responsa sortium ulli alii committere ausus, Liv. – 2) das Amt, die Amtsverrichtung, numquam afuit, nisi sorte, wegen seines Amtes, Cic.: cecĭdit custodia sorti, Verg. – 3) das Los = das durch das Los bestimmte, tertia sors, die durch das Los bestimmte dritte Tributsendung athenischer Jünglinge u. Jungfrauen nach Kreta, Ov. met. 8, 171. – 4) das Los = der Anteil an etwas, a) übh. = Teil, in nullam sortem bonorum nato, Liv. 1, 34, 3: masa sors praedae, Ov. met. 13, 485: Saturni sors prima, erster Teil, erstes Kind, Ov. fast. 6, 30: nec cedit mihi sorte, hinsichtl. des zugefallenen Loses, d.i. der Unterwelt, Ov. met. 5, 529. – insbes., der Anteil an einer von einer Genossenschaft gebauten Grabstätte, der jmdm. durchs Los zugefallen war, Corp. inscr. Lat. 6, 10329. 10332. 11035. 11047. – u. als ein gewisses Feldmaß, zwei zusammengelegte Jucherte, auch wir ein Los, Gromat. vet. 30, 17. – b) das Los, das Schicksal (Geschick) eines Menschen, die Umstände, der Zufall, nescia mens sortis futurae, Verg.: iniqua, Liv. fr.: iniquissima, Liv.: illacrimare sorti humanae, Liv.: sortis est m. Infin., quia hostem subicere sortis est, Heges. 5, 53. – dah. insbes., α) der Stand od. Rang eines Menschen, non tuae sortis hominem, Hor.: ultimae sortis homo, Liv. epit. u. Suet.: humillimae sortis homo, Liv. epit.: sors tua mortalis, dein Stand ist menschlich, du bist ein Mensch u. kein Gott, Ov.: prior, erster Rang, Vorzug, Ov.: prima, secunda, Rang, Liv.: prima sors inter mortales, vornehmste, erste Freund, Ov. β) das Geschlecht, altera, das weibliche, Ov.: auctoris, Ov.: totidem femineae sortis, Ov. – γ) die Art, Sorte, Kategorie, beneficia non dubie primae sortis, Sen. ep. 36, 4: egregium hoc quoque, sed secundae sortis ingenium, ibid. 52, 3: nova pugnae sors, Verg. Aen. 12, 54. – 5) das Geld, das gegen Zinsen ausgeliehen wird, das Kapital, qui mihi nec fenum nec sortem argenti danunt (= dant), Plaut.: etiam de sorte nunc venio in dubium miser? Ter.: sorte caret, usurā nec eā solidā contentus est, Cic.: se multiplici iam sorte exsolutā mergentibus semper sortem usuris obrutum fenore esse, Liv.: nam etsi unciario fenore facto levata usura erat, sorte ipsā obruebantur inopes, so wuchs doch das K. den Armen über den Kopf, Liv.: sortem aliquam ferte (nehmt ein mäßiges K. an, seid mit einem m.K. zufrieden), de capite deducite quod usuris pernumeratum est, Liv. – ➳ Archaist. Nom. sortis, Plaut. Cas. 380. Ter. Andr. 985: archaist. Abl. sorti, Plaut. Cas. 428. Corp. inscr. Lat. 1, 200. lin. 16. Verg. georg. 4, 165; Aen. 9, 271. Sil. 7, 368. Apul. met. 4, 8; vgl. Drak. Liv. 4, 37, 6; 28. 45, 11. Neue-Wagener Formenl.³ 1, 232 u. 364.

2. sors, sordis, f., s. sordēs ➳ .

2 sors [CL], sorta [OF sorte], sortus [ME sort] 1 token, lot; b (spec. selected or indicating the result of sortition, also fig.). c chance event, happening. ingruente belli articulo mittunt aequaliter ~tes et, quemcumque sors ostenderit, hunc ‥ ducem omnes sequuntur Bede HE V 10.  b quemcumque ~s ostenderit Bede HE V 10 (v. 1a supra); misit ‥ sortem quam ecclesiarum ‥ adiret ob sanitatem postulandam ‥ et cecidit ~s super archangelum W. Cant. Mir. Thom. II 82; illis ‥ remotis ~s tibi cessit provectionis Ord. Vit. IV 7 p. 231; ipse non indicans se illis, miserunt sortem in nomine sancte Trinitatis ut scirent in qua navi ipse fuit et ~s cecidit super navim in qua erat sanctus Abbanus (Abbanus 19) VSH I 16; ~s cecidit Ockham Dial. 803 (v. cadere 3a).  c ~s lacrymabilis accidit; ‥ confractus est regius ensis Eadmer V. Osw. 2. 2 (also pl.) lottery, employment of lots (v. et. mittere 3); b (for divination or other magical practice). c (in quot. pl.) divination or seeking of guidance by chance selection of a passage in a text. vestis ejus in ~tem esset danda Eccl. & Synag. 101; misit ‥ ~tem W. Cant. Mir. Thom. II 82, miserunt ~tem VSH I 16 (v. 1b supra); ad plures sanctorum precipuos Anglie, more simpliciorum, ~tes quasdam statuit, quarum una semper prima Sancto Godrico provenit R. Cold. Godr. 478; tunica non scinditur sed ~te transit ad unum [cf. Joh. xix 23–4] Ailr. Inst. Inclus. 31 p. 670; 1182 decimum quemque militem ~te ductum fuste legitur occidisse P. Blois Ep. 69. 215B; 1241 per convencionem istam debuerunt partiri per ~tem omnia feoda militum CurR XVI 1408.  b gentilitas est, si quis ‥ in ~te [AS: on blote, on hlotæ] vel in fyrhte vel in similibus fantasiis ‥ aliquid agat (Quad.) GAS 313.  c 1175 cumque curiositatis humane ~tibus et revolutione psalterii hujus visionis eventum diligentius explorarem, primum oculis meis versus ille se obtulit P. Blois Ep. 30. 102B; ~tes apostolorum et prophetarum et dividentium et inspectio tabule J. Sal. Pol. 409A. 3 presage, presentiment, portent. si ~tibus crederem bellum hodie nullatenus introirem Chr. Battle f. 9v. 4 (in gl.) arrangement, allocation, disposition. ~e, dispositione Bern. Comm. Aen. 92. 5 allotted share, allocation, portion, parcel, division; b (of population); c (of land); d (w. ref. to jurisdiction). e (~s Dei or sim.) that which is assigned to or belongs to God (esp. w. ref. to clergy, also to land or goods given for their upkeep). f (in gl.) catch of fish. his divisit opes diversis sortibus: illi / ecclesiae regimen ‥ / huic sophiae specimen Alcuin SS Ebor 1531.  b Abia familia de qua Zacharias ortus est ~s contigit octava Bede Luke 309B.  c c1276 dimidia acra prati jacet in communi prato de C. et T. in tercia ~te Cart. Osney IV 139; 12‥ unum ferndelle [jacet] super Longehurst et accidit in sexta ~te Ib. IV 514.  d pertinacem filium suum ‥ a totius regni ~te expellere Asser Alf. 13; rex omnisque ~s atque decus regni ad eum humili vultu inclinavit Byrht. V. Osw. 403; cum vos tanti munere Patris cecideritis in ~tem meam ut sitis pignora mea J. Ford Serm. 26. 7; Salomon xxv civitates donavit Hiram regi Tyriorum in ~e tribus Neptalim Eul. Hist. II 55.  e Dei contemptor ~tisque ejus depressor Gildas EB 32; licitum est [sacerdotibus] ‥ vivere de ~te Dei, hoc est de donis que in munere Deo offeruntur Ælf. Ep. 3. 63; clericos qui a ~te Dei incorrigibiliter ‥ dissiliunt Eadmer V. Dunst. 33; in ~tem Domini vocatus est et dispensator domus Dei constitutus Canon. G. Sempr. f. 43; 1202 Ep. Innoc. III 12, Gerv. Tilb. pref. p. 881, c1300 Reg. S. Paul. 39 (v. clerus 1); ecclesiasticam ‥ voco [potentiam], quae non ad imperandum ~ti Domini, sed ministrandum a Christo instituta est Bekinsau 740.  f 10‥ una serta, i. an gerif fissca, oððe an snæs fissca, oððe oðra þinga WW. 6 (as unit of measurement): a (of land). b (of goods, in quot. of fruit) ? basket(ful). a 1387 totum jus et clameum ‥ in omnibus ~is, acris, et selionibus terre Cl 228 m. 28d..  b 1439 in ij ~tez ficuum et racemorum Ac. Durh. 70; 1441 habuit de mercandis predictis xij ~te[s] de fruct' et iij pipas de bastard IMisc 310 (19); 1443 pro ij ~is, dim. fraell', j pec' et viij lib. ficuum Comp. Dom. Buck. 17; 1467 de Simone Burgh' pro vj ~tibus fructus val. xxx s. (Lynn) EEC 611; 1471 iiijxx ~te [fruct'] KR AcCust 62/13. 7 principal or capital of a debt. s1193 legittimarum usurarum summam, que per annum equiparantur ~ti Diceto YH 110; non decet vos sublimitati regie fenerari: si ‥ ~tem vestram ‥ jam percepistis, ea contenti esse debetis W. Newb. HA V 1; 1217 velitis ‥ indempnitati nostre ‥ prospicere, solucionem ‥ pecunie festinando, ne ‥ usure, que cito poterunt ~tem excedere, in nostrum dedecus ‥ a nobis exigantur Pat 50; 1253 usurant dicte xx m. que sunt de lucro ac si essent de ~te SelPlJews 21; 1267 rex ‥ perdonavit ‥ Johanni ‥ usuras ‥ ita tamen quod de principali ~te ‥ Judeis satisfaciat Cl 333; 1336 si quid venditis pignoribus ultra ~tem excrescat illud in usus similes cum ~te convertatur StatOx 135. 8 fortune, fate, destiny (also personified). b (way of) life, existence, profession, rank. Eanfridum inconsulte ad se ‥ venientem simile ~te damnavit Bede HE III 1; martyres quamvis humili ~te morerentur inveniebant spolia multa Alcuin Exeg. 617C; repentina ~te cum lamentis pluribus ac damnis prolapsus est Ord. Vit. XI 29 p. 267; versans humanas sors inopina vices Gir. TH III 49 (= Id. Symb. II 5 p. 355); tuo nunc portu, Florula, / me sors amovit emula P. Blois Carm. 6. 8; hoc enim non arte sed ~te accidit Kilwardby OS 70; quos [nobiliores], pretextu propinquioris assistencie, persone sue prompciores ~s adversatrix reperit Ps.-Elmh. Hen. V 114.  b 722 premissus antistes in ~te predicationis procedit (Lit. Papae) Ep. Bonif. 20; c799 utamur ‥ ~te praesenti secundum virtutem animae in gratia confidentes divina Alcuin Ep. 281; in ~tem sacerdotis transiens P. Blois Ep. 139. 413C. 9 kind, lot, sort. b set, group. 1341 lane predicte sunt de ~te de Houdenschire in comitatu Eboraci IMisc 146 (5); 1342 easdem lanas ‥ utiles et bone ~tis apparere faciunt ‥ et quidam alii lanas bonas juxta ~tem patrie habentes porciones ‥ de lanis pejoris ~tis emunt Cl 171 m. 9; iij ragmas rubeas de diversis ~tibus ‥ iij ragemas blodias de una ~te (LTR AcForeign) Arch. LXX 93; 1433 pro sculptura omnimodorum ~torum cuneorum tam auri quam argenti decetero necessariorum pro minta nostra apud Cales' Pat 434 m. 13.  b anima David ‥ custodita semper fuit in ~te viventium Bede Kings 720A; omnis anima ‥ digna habebitur, que in ~te querentium cetuque currentium sollicitior ipsa querit J. Ford Serm. 47. 2; 1394 sectam sive ~tam [of pearls] Cal. Pl. Mem. Lond. III 217; diversas plebis sortes vulgaris iniquas / innumeris turmis ire per arva vagas Gower VC I 171.

sors, (7) tis, f. (sero), ¶ 1 sort [objet quʼon mettait dans une urne pour tirer au sort : caillou, tablette, lamelle, baguette, portant des inscriptions] : in hydriam sortes conjicere Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 127, déposer les tablettes du sort dans lʼurne ; Tuberonis sors conjecta est Cic. Lig. 21, une tablette avec le nom de Tubéron fut jetée dans lʼurne ; eorum sortes non deiciuntur Cæs. C. 1, 6, 5, on ne met pas leurs noms dans lʼurne pour le tirage au sort, cf. Liv. 21, 42, 2 ; sors ducitur Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 143, on tire au sort ; sors alicujus exit Cic. Att. 1, 19, 3 ; excidit Liv. 21, 42, 3, le nom de qqn sort de lʼurne || [en part. tablettes de bois portant des sentences et déposées dans les temples ; leur diminution de volume (sortes attenuatæ ou extenuatæ) était interprétée comme un mauvais présage] : Liv. 21, 62, 5 ; 22, 1, 11 ¶ 2 tirage au sort, sort : ei sorte provincia Sicilia obvenit Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 17, il obtint du sort la province de Sicile, [evenit Liv. 4, 37, 6 ] ; aliquem quæstorem sors dedit Cic. Q. 1, 1, 11, le sort a désigné qqn comme questeur ; evectoribus sorte ductus Cic. Rep. 1, 51, un des passagers tiré au sort ; extra sortem Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 127, sans tirer au sort ; excipere aliquid sorti Virg. En. 9, 271, exclure qqch. du tirage au sort [cf. exsors Virg. En. 8, 552 ] ¶ 3 le résultat du tirage : a) oracle, prophétie [portés sur les tablettes quʼun enfant mêlait et dans lesquelles il effectuait le tirage] : Cic. Div. 2, 86, cf. Cic. Div. 1, 76 ; 2, 115 ; Virg. En. 4, 346, etc.; dictæ per carmina sortes Hor. P. 403, oracles exprimés en vers || [en part., vers ou phrases dʼécrivains inscrits comme oracles sur des tablettes et tirés au sort], cf. Lampr. Al. Sev. 14, 5 ; Aug. Conf. 4, 3 ; b) charge attribuée par le sort : sors urbana, peregrina Liv. 23, 30, 18, etc. = provincia urbana, peregrina, fonction de préteur urbain, pérégrin ; comitia sortis sunt alterius consulis Liv. 35, 6, 2, la tenue des comices ressortit au lot, aux attributions de lʼun des consuls ¶ 4 sort, destin, destinée, lot : Virg. En. 10, 501, etc. ; Hor. S. 1, 1, 1, etc. ; Liv. 21, 43, 2, etc. ; ejus mali sors incidit Remis Hirt. G. 8, 12, 3, le sort de cette malencontreuse aventure = ce sort malencontreux échut aux Rèmes, cf. Hirt. G. 8, 1, 3 || [dʼoù] condition, rang : secundam ingeni sortem tenere Liv. 22, 29, 9, occuper le second rang dans le lot du génie ; secundæ sortis ingenium Sen. Ep. 52, 3, esprit (génie) de second ordre, cf. 36, 4 ; sors feminea Ov. M. 6, 680, le sexe féminin || lot, partage : in nullam sortem bonorum Liv. 1, 34, 3, sans avoir part aux biens ¶ 5 capital prêté à intérêts : Ter. Ad. 243 ; Cic. Att. 6, 1, 3, etc.

➳ arch. nomin. sortis Pl. Cas. 271 ; Ter. Andr. 985 || abl. sorti Pl. Cas. 319 ; Virg. G. 4, 165, etc.; Liv. 29, 20, 4, etc.

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鬮。造化。偶遇。神懕兆。天命。地位。本錢。出之分。祖宗。家產。Ducere sortem 拈鬮。Extra sortem 未拈鬮。Aliquid suae sortis esse 拈鬮得之。Sorte 拈鬮得。\Sortis pro Sors. \Sorti pro Sorte.

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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.

Sortes

(properly “lots”). Small tablets used for augury in different parts of Italy, especially in the temple of Fortuna at Praenesté (Cicero, De Div. ii. 41, 86). They were of oak or bronze, with some saying engraved upon them, and were shuffled and drawn by a boy. Seventeen such sayings (four in the original bronze, and the rest copies) are still preserved (C. I. L. i. pp. 268-270). They are known as the Sortes Praenestīnae, but they appear to have really belonged to the oracle of Geryon at Patavium (Padua). Sortes conviviāles were sealed tablets sold at entertainments. When opened they entitled the holder to a prize of greater or less value (Sueton. Aug. 75; Lamprid. Elagab. 22).

The name sortes was given (1) to passages of some book used to foretell events, the method being to open the book at random, for which purpose Christians used the Bible; or

(2) to lines of poetry, especially of Vergil, written on leaves, and drawn at haphazard. Sortes Vergiliānae are mentioned in Spartianus (Hadrian 2), and alluded to by Lampridius (Alex. Severus 14). This use of Vergil continued to modern times. An historic instance of it is found in the life of Charles I. of England, who experimented once in the Bodleian Library at Oxford, and opened at the passage of the Aeneid (iv. 615-620) where Dido's imprecations against Aeneas foretold rebellion, defeat, and death. The story is told by Wellwood. See oracula.

Sortes Sangallenses

Fragments of a book of oracles found in a MS. at St. Gallen in Switzerland. Edited by Winnefeld (Bonn, 1887).