sortium
Dictionary entries
- Entry →sors, sortis:
Feminine · Noun · 3rd declension
- Frequency:
- Very Frequent
lot, fate; oracular response;
gen. pl.
Examples
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..."Liber I
Titus Livius (Livy)
"...inclitum in terris oraculum mittere statuit. Neque responsa sortium ulli alii committere ausus, duos filios per ignotas..."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..."