sortifex

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Latin

Etymology

sors (share in an inheritance) +‎ -fex

Pronunciation

Noun

sortifex m (genitive sortificis); third declension

  1. (Medieval Latin) coheir

Declension

Third-declension noun.

singular plural
nominative sortifex sortificēs
genitive sortificis sortificum
dative sortificī sortificibus
accusative sortificem sortificēs
ablative sortifice sortificibus
vocative sortifex sortificēs

References

  • Niermeyer, Jan Frederik (1976) “sortifex”, in Mediae Latinitatis Lexicon Minus, Leiden, Boston: E. J. Brill, page 981