sortium
Dictionary entries
- Entry →sors, sortis:
Feminine · Noun · 3rd declension
- Frequency:
- Very Frequent
lot, fate; oracular response;
gen. pl.
Examples
- G
Liber I
Gaius Julius Caesar from COMMENTARIORUM LIBRI VII DE BELLO GALLICOCUM A. HIRTI SUPPLEMENTO
"...igni statim necaretur an in aliud tempus reservaretur: sortium beneficio se esse incolumem. Item M. Metius repertus..." - T
Liber I
Titus Livius (Livy)
"...inclitum in terris oraculum mittere statuit. Neque responsa sortium ulli alii committere ausus, duos filios per ignotas..." - P
Germania
Publius Cornelius Tacitus from Minor Works
"...reverentia vident. Auspicia sortesque ut qui maxime observant: sortium consuetudo simplex. Virgam frugiferae arbori decisam in surculos amputant..."