sortior

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Latin

Etymology

From sors.

Pronunciation

Verb

sortior (present infinitive sortīrī, perfect active sortītus sum); fourth conjugation, deponent

  1. to cast or draw lots
  2. to share
    • c. 347 CE – 420 CE, Jerome, Biblia Sacra Vulgāta In Pentateuchō:
      Dēsīderiī meī dēsīderātās accēpī epistulās quī quōdam praesāgiō futūrōrum cum Danihēle sortītus est nōmen
      I received these desired letters of my Desiderius, who by some presage of future events shared his name with Daniel
  3. to divide or distribute
  4. to choose or select
  5. to obtain or receive

Conjugation

   Conjugation of sortior (fourth conjugation, deponent)
indicative singular plural
first second third first second third
active present sortior sortīris,
sortīre 		sortītur sortīmur sortīminī sortiuntur
imperfect sortiēbar sortiēbāris,
sortiēbāre 		sortiēbātur sortiēbāmur sortiēbāminī sortiēbantur
future sortiar sortiēris,
sortiēre 		sortiētur sortiēmur sortiēminī sortientur
perfect sortītus + present active indicative of sum
pluperfect sortītus + imperfect active indicative of sum
future perfect sortītus + future active indicative of sum
subjunctive singular plural
first second third first second third
active present sortiar sortiāris,
sortiāre 		sortiātur sortiāmur sortiāminī sortiantur
imperfect sortīrer sortīrēris,
sortīrēre 		sortīrētur sortīrēmur sortīrēminī sortīrentur
perfect sortītus + present active subjunctive of sum
pluperfect sortītus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum
imperative singular plural
first second third first second third
active present — sortīre — — sortīminī —
future — sortītor sortītor — — sortiuntor
non-finite forms infinitive participle
active passive active passive
present sortīrī — sortiēns —
future sortītūrum esse — sortītūrus sortiendus,
sortiundus
perfect sortītum esse — sortītus —
future perfect sortītum fore — — —
perfect potential sortītūrum fuisse — — —
verbal nouns gerund supine
genitive dative accusative ablative accusative ablative
sortiendī sortiendō sortiendum sortiendō sortītum sortītū

Derived terms

Descendants

References

  • “sortior”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • “sortior”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • sortior in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  • Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎, London: Macmillan and Co.
    • to draw lots for the provinces: provincias sortiri (Liv. 38. 35)
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