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sortĭcŭla, ae, f dim. [sors], a little lot, a small tablet or ticket, Suet. Ner. 21; Inscr. Grut. 590, 7; 510 fin.

Sortĭentes, ium, m., v. sortior, I.

* sortĭfer, fĕri, adj. m. [sors-fero], giving out oracles, oracular, an epithet of Jupiter Hammon, Luc. 9, 512 (al. sortiger).

sortĭger, gĕri, v. sortifer.

sortĭlĕgus, a, um, adj. [sors-lego], foretelling, prophetic.

  1. I. adj.: Delphi, Hor. A. P. 219.
  2. II. Subst.: sortĭlĕgus, i, m., a fortune-teller, soothsayer, diviner by lots or from oracles, Varr. L. L. 6, § 65 Müll.; Cic. Div. 1, 58, 132; 2, 53, 109; Luc. 9, 581.

sortĭo, īre, to draw lots (ante-class.; collat. form of sortior): tute sorti, Plaut. Cas. 2, 6, 43; 2, 6, 61: inter se sortiant, Varr. ap. Non. 471, 5.
With acc.: inter se sortiunt urbem atque agros, Enn. ap. Non. 471, 10 (Trag. v. 153 Vahl.).

      1. b. sortītus, a, um, Part., in pass. signif., drawn by lot, assigned or obtained by lot (class.): consilia, quae erant sortita in singulos candidatos, Cic. Att. 4, 16, 6; Prop. 4 (5), 11, 20: gemina est sedes sortita per amnem, id. 4 (5), 7, 55: mille urbes Asiae sortito rexerit anno, Stat. S. 5, 2, 57: conjux, Amm. 18, 6, 14.

sortĭor, ītus, 4, v. dep. n. and a. [sors].

  1. I. Neutr., to cast or draw lots: coniciam sortes in sitellam et sortiar Tibi et Chalino, Plaut. Cas. 2, 5, 34: cum praetores designati sortirentur et M. Metello obtigisset, ut is de pecuniis repetundis quaereret, drew lots for the judges, appointed the judges by lot, Cic. Verr. 1, 8, 21; Quint. 3, 10, 1: consules comparare inter se aut sortiri jussi, to draw lots for the provinces, Liv. 38, 35, 9: sortiti nocte singuli per ordinem intrārunt, Quint. 4, 2, 72: dum legiones de ordine agminis sortiuntur, Tac. H. 2, 41: de altero consulatu, Suet. Claud. 7.
    Hence, Sor-tĭentes, The Lot-drawers (a transl. of the Gr. Κληρούμενοι), the name of a comedy by Diphilus, Plaut. Cas. prol. 32.
  2. II. Act., to draw or cast lots for, to fix, assign, or appoint by lot, to allot; also esp. in the perfect tenses, to obtain or receive by lot (freq. and class.).
          1. (α) With acc.: tribus, Cic. Agr. 2, 8, 21: provinciam, id. Fam. 1, 9, 25: provincias, id. Att. 1, 13, 5: duas Gallias, id. ib. 1, 19, 2: ut consules inter se provincias compararent sortirenturve, Liv. 42, 31: judices, Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 17, § 42; 2, 2, 18, § 44: judices per praetorem urbanum, id. Q. Fr. 2, 1, 2: aliquos ad ignominiam, id. Clu. 46, 129: dicas, id. Verr. 2, 2, 17, § 42 fin.: nec regna vini sortiere talis, Hor. C. 1, 4, 18: aequā lege Necessitas Sortitur insignes et imos, decides the fate of, etc., id. ib. 3, 1, 15: peregrinam (provinciam) sortitus est, Liv. 39, 45: ex praeturā ulteriorem sortitus Hispaniam, Suet. Caes. 18; Plin. Ep. 6, 22 fin.
          2. (β) With rel.-clause: ut P. Furius et Cn. Servilius inter se sortirentur, uter citeriorem Hispaniam obtineret, Liv. 42, 4, 2: consules sortiti, uter dedicaret, id. 2, 8, 6; 24, 10, 2: uter patriā decederet, Vell. 1, 1, 4: sortiri, quid loquare, Cic. N. D. 1, 35, 98: num sortiuntur inter se, quae declinet, quae non? id. Fat. 20, 46.
    1. B. Transf. (mostly poet. and not ante-Aug.).
      1. 1. To share, divide, distribute: pariter laborem Sortiti, shared the labor, Verg. A. 8, 445: vices, id. ib. 3, 634: periculum, id. ib. 9, 174.
      2. 2. To choose, select: subolem armento sortire quot annis, Verg. G. 3, 71: fortunam (i.e. locum) oculis, id. A. 12, 920: matrimonium, Just. 26, 3, 8.
      3. 3. In gen., to obtain, receive a thing (mostly in the tempp. perff.; not ante-Aug.): Tectosagi mediterranea Asiae sortiti sunt, Liv. 38, 16: si emancipatus uxore ducta filium fuerit sortitus, Dig. 37, 4, 3, § 5: gens Claudia regnum in plebem sortita, Liv. 3, 58: amicum, Hor. S. 1, 6, 53; 2, 6, 94; id. A. P. 92: si Maeonium vatem sortita fuisses, Ov. Tr. 1, 6, 21; id. M. 2, 241; 3, 124; 11, 758; Suet. Aug. 99 al.: quidam sortiti metuentem sabbata patrem, Juv. 14, 96: venerabile ingenium, id. 15, 144: fata tam tristia, Sen. Phoen. 245: reliqua rerum tuarum post te alium atque alium dominum sortientur, Plin. Ep. 1, 3, 4 Döring ad loc.
        Pass. part. sortitus, v. sortio fin.
        Adv.: sortītō, by lot: sacerdotem sortito capere, Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 51, § 126; S. C. ap. Cic. Fam. 8, 8, 8; Suet. Aug. 30; 47.
        Transf., by fate, by destiny (= sorte, or lege naturae): tibi sortito id obtigit, Plaut. Merc. 1, 2, 25; Hor. Epod. 4, 1.

sortis, is, v. sors init.

sortītĭo, ōnis, f. [sortior], 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.

sortītō, adv., v. sortior fin.

* sortītor, ōris, m. [sortior], one who casts or drdws lots: urnae, Sen. Troad. 982.

1. sortītus, a, um, Part. of sortior.

2. sortītus, ūs, m. [sortior].

  1. I. Lit., a casting or drawing of lots (rare for the class. sortitio): specula in sortitu’st mihi, Plaut. Cas. 2, 4, 27: si pluribus de rebus uno sortitu retulisti, Cic. Dom. 19, 50; plur.: quae sortitus non pertulit ullos, i. e. for whom no lots were cast, Verg. A. 3, 323.
  2. II. Transf.
    1. * A. Concr., a lot: jam sortitus versarat ahenā Casside, Stat. Th. 6, 389.
    2. * B. (Like sors, II. C.) Lot, fate, destiny, Stat. Th. 12, 557.