Lot: chaunce: fortune: portion in inheritaunce. The whole summe in a cõmon banke or stock where. in many haue part. A principal summe of money borrowed. Destinie: iudgement: fatal necessitie: Charge: office: state: condition. Cæca sors Lucan. Blynd chaunce. Deterior. Sen. Improuia. Claud. Inaudita Græcis sors ista, Vide INAVDIO. Iniqua. Virg. Misfortune. Mala sors prædæ. Ouid. An ill part of a bootie gotten. Noua pugnæ sors. Virg. Salutifera. Sors. Ouid. Arripere id quod sors offert. Cice. To take that by chaunce happeneth. Tueri sortem quam tribuit fortuna. Ouid. Sors omnia versat. Virg. Quòd non suæ sortis id negotium esset. Li. Because that matter pertained nothing to his charge, or was no parte of his office. Aequalis sors. Horat. Like ftate or condition. Gratam sortem habemus. Ouid. We are content with our state or condition. Humana sors. Ouid. Intentata. Virg. Irrequieta. Ouid. A state of life that neuer hath any rest. Miferandæ sortis asellus. Ouid. Of miferable state and condition. Mortalis sors. Ouid. A mortall state or condition. Onerosa. Ouid. Ratio dedit mihi sortem. Horat. With good aduisement and deliberation I haue chosen a state and condition of life. Tori sorte gaudens. Ouid. Reioysting that the was so noblye maried. Fors obiecit mihi sortem. Horat. Fortune hath giuen mee a maner of life. Saturni sors ego prima sui. Ouid. I was the first chylde that Saturne had. Sors. Virg. Destinie: fatal necessitie. Acerba sors. Sen. A grieuous destinie. Aspera. Stat. Diuina. Cic. Durissima. Claud. Crudelis. Sen. Durissima sors fati. Lucan. Ferrea difficilisque sors vitæ me premit. Ouid. Funesta sors. Stat. Pessima sors rerum. Ouid. Suprema. Virg. Toleranda nulli sors. Stat. Vltima sors rerum. Lucan. Sors. Terent. The principall summe layde out to vsury or otherwife. Teren. Etiam de sorte nunc venio in dubium. I now am in doubt whether I that haue my money that I payd for her. Sors. Virg. Iudgement. Virg. Necvero he sine sorte datæ, fine iudice sedes. Assignare aliquid alicui sorte. Brutus Ciceroni. Tristi sorte damnatur catenæ. Sil. Conijcere aliquem in sortem. Cælius Ciceroni. Deerrat sors. Vide DEERRO. Sorte sumus lecti. Ouid. We are chosen by lot. Loca sorte legunt. Virg. Nancisci sortem. Cic. Res reuocatur ad sortem. Cic. Renuntiari extra sortem. Ci. To be denounced officer without casting of lots. Simia vrnam euertit, sortem dissipauit. Cic. Ducere sortem prædæ. Virg. Conijcere sortes in hydriam. Cic. To cast lottes into. &c. Sortes. Valer. Maxim. Oracles, or the rolles wherein the answeres of Idols were written. Duræ sortes. Ouid. Faticinæ. Ouid. Malígnæ sortes tacita ambage. Claud. Obscuræ sortis ambages Ouid. Sacræ sortis. Ouid. Fatigare sortes. Lucret. To wearie the gods with calling on them to haue Oracles and aunsweres. Sortem trahere. Suet. To take the lot out of a pot. Sorte trahere. Virg.

To make lots: to take or haue any thing by lot or chaunce, to dispose or order. Sortiri aliquibus. Plaur. To make lottes for men: to caste lots for men. Ad pœnam sortiri. Cic. To be alotted to. Hocest non consyderare, sed quasi sortiri quid loquare. Ci. Sortiti sunt vter dedicaret. Liu. They casted lottes, &c. Sortitum in singulos. Cic. Giuen to euery one by lot. Sortiri dicas, Vide DICA. Cic. Domos sortiri. Virg. To lotte and choose out plats to builde houses in. Sortiri remos. Virg. Being appoynted by lot where each of them should row. Vices sortiri. Virg. Sortiri iudices. Cic. Sortiri Magistratum vel prouincias Cic. To receiue an office or rule of a prouince by lot. Amicum sortiri. Hor. By channce to haue ones friendship. Breuis vitæ spatium sortiri. Ouid. To haue short life gineu or alotted to them. -Priamus nouissima Troiæ Tempo sortitus. Ouid. Priamus his fortune was to haue Croy destroyed in his reigne. Fortunam oculis sortitus. Virg. -sic fata deûm rex Sortitur. Virgil. So Iupiter disposeth destinies. -æqua lege necessitas Sortitur insignes & imos. Hor. Pecessity of death equally taketh high and low, great and small. Sortiri. Virg. To set or appoynt an other in the place. Virg. Sobolem armento sortire quotannis.

I. Lit., a lot: aut populna sors aut abiegna, Plaut. Cas. 2, 6, 32: coniciam sortes in sitellam, id. ib. 2, 5, 34 sq.: tot in hydriam sortes conicerentur, Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 51, 127: ponere in sitellam, Liv. 41, 18, 8; and simply conicere, Plaut. Cas. 2, 6, 34 sq.; Cic. Lig. 7, 21: deicere, Caes. B. C. 1, 6 fin.; Verg. A. 5, 490; cf.: cum dejecta in id sors esset, lots were cast for it, Liv. 21, 42: miscere, Cic. Div. 2, 41, 86: ducere, id. ib. 2, 41, 86; id. Verr. 2, 4, 64, 143: cum de consularibus mea prima sors exisset, id. Att. 1, 19, 3: ut cujusque sors exciderat, Liv. 21, 42, 3: sortem in sitellam latam, id. 41, 18, 8 Weissenb.: et Caere sortes extenuatas (creditum est), as an omen of ill, id. 21, 62, 5 and 8: sortes suā sponte adtenuatas, id. 22, 1, 11.—Of chances or tickets in a lottery, Suet. Aug. 75 fin.; Lampr. Heliog. 21 fin.—

II. Transf.

A. Abstr., a casting or drawing of lots, decision by lot, lot: quaestor quem sors dedit, Cic. Q. Fr. 1, 1, 3, 11: res revocatur ad sortem, id. Verr. 2, 2, 51, 127: sorti sum victus, Plaut. Cas. 2, 7, 5: ei sorte provincia Sicilia obvenit, Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 6, 17; cf.: cui Sicilia provincia sorte evenisset, Liv. 29, 20; for which: cui ea provincia sorti evenit, id. 4, 37, 6: Q. Caecilio sorte evenit, ut in Bruttiis adversum Hannibalem bellum gereret, id. 28, 45, 11: sorte ductus, Cic. Rep. 1, 34, 51; Sall. Fragm. ap. Serv. Verg. A. 2, 201: sorte ducti e primoribus civitatis unus et viginti, Tac. A. 1, 54; 13, 29: sorte in provinciam proficisci, S. C. ap. Cic. Fam. 8, 8, 8: sorte agros legionibus assignare, Brut. ib., 11, 20, 3 et saep.: de se ter sortibus consultum dicebat, Caes. B. G. 1, 53 fin.: jubet extra sortem Theomnastum renuntiari, Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 51, 127: extra sortem agrum Campanum dividere, Suet. Caes. 20. —

B. A lot, share, the duty assigned by lot, esp. of the prætors, who divided by lot the duties of their office: praetores, Q. Fulvius Flaccus urbanam, M. Valerius Laevinus peregrinam sortem in juris dictione habuit, Liv. 23, 30, 18; 22, 35, 5; cf.: urbana, peregrina (sc. sors), id. 27, 36, 10; 28, 10, 9 al.: urbana et peregrina (provinciae), quae duorum ante sors fuerat, id. 25, 3, 2; 24, 44, 2; cf. id. 35, 41, 6: comitia suae sortis esse, i.e. had by lot been assigned to him, id. 35, 6, 2; hence, numquam ex urbe afuit nisi sorte, i.e. on official duty, Cic. Planc. 27, 67.—

C. In gen., an oracular response (which was often written on a little tablet or lot), a prophecy (cf. responsum): cum (Spartiatae) oraculum ab Jove Dodonaeo petivissent legatique illud, in quo inerant sortes, collocavissent: simia et sortis ipsas et cetera quae erant ad sortem parata, disturbavit, Cic. Div. 1, 34, 76: ut interpres egeat interprete et sors ipsa ad sortis referenda sit, id. ib. 2, 56, 115: Italiam Lyciae jussere capessere sortes, i.e. the oracles of the Lycian Apollo, Verg. A. 4, 346; 4, 377; so, Phoebeae, Ov. M. 3, 130: faticinae, id. ib. 15, 436: sacrae, id. ib. 1, 368; 11, 412: edita oraculo, Curt. 3, 1, 16; 5, 4, 11; 6, 9, 18; Val. Max. 1, 6, 3: neque responsa sortium ulli alii committere ausus, Liv. 1, 56: conjecturam postulat, ut se edoceret, Quo sese vertant tantae sortes somniūm, Enn. ap. Cic. Div. 1, 21, 42 (Trag. v. 64 Vahl.).—

2. In partic., oracular sayings, verses, or sentences at the opening of a book, selected for the purpose: sortes Vergilii or Vergilianae, Lampr. Alex. Sev. 14, 5; Spart. Had. 2, 8: sacrae, Tib. 1, 3, 11: sanctorum, Isid. Orig. 8, 9, 28: sortes tollere, Tib. 1. 1.: ducere, Juv. 6, 583: de paginis poëtae cujusdam sortem consulere, Aug. Conf. 4, 3: de paginis evangelicis sortes legere, id. Ep. 119.—

D. In gen., like the Engl. lot, for fate, destiny, chance, fortune, condition, share, part (esp. freq. after the Aug. per.; cf. fors, casus, fortuna): nescia mens hominum fati sortisque futurae, Verg. A. 10, 501: ferrea sors vitae, Ov. Tr. 5, 3, 28: vires ultra sortemque senectae, Verg. A. 6, 114: iniqua, id. ib. 6, 332; Liv. 38, 23: qui fit, ut nemo, quam sibi sortem Seu ratio dederit seu fors objecerit, illa Contentus vivat, Hor. S. 1, 1, 1: sperat infestis, metuit secundis Alteram sortem, id. C. 2, 10, 14: sors mea fuit irrequieta, Ov. M. 2, 386: sors querenda, Non celanda foret, id. ib. 3, 551: aliena, Liv. 21, 43, 2: sunt quibus ad portas cecidit custodia sorti, to whose lot, Verg. G. 4, 165; Sil. 7, 368: homines ultimae sortis, Suet. Aug. 19; cf.: non tuae sortis juvenem, of your rank or condition, Hor. C. 4, 11, 22: sors tua mortalis, Ov. M. 2, 56: nec cedit nisi sorte mihi, id. ib. 5, 529: dilectos inter sors prima sodales, id. Tr. 4, 5, 1: huic sortem concede priorem, id. A. A. 1, 581: quattuor ille quidem juvenes totidemque crearat Femineae sortis, i. e. of the female sex, id. M. 6, 680; so, feminea, id. ib. 13, 651: altera, id. ib. 9, 676; cf. id. ib. 3, 329: Saturni sors ego prima fui, i. e. the first child, id. F. 6, 30: suae sortis oblitus, Curt. 3, 2, 11: ultima, id. 9, 2, 6: nec pars nec sors in sermone isto, Vulg. Act. 8, 21.—With gen.: cujus mali sors incidit Remis, Hirt. B. G. 8, 12, 3: incommodi, id. ib. 8, 1 fin.: nobis quoniam prima animi ingenique negata sors est, secundam ac mediam teneamus, Liv. 22, 29, 9: puer post avi mortem in nullam sortem bonorum natus (opp. omnium heredi bonorum), to no share of the property, id. 1, 34, 3: praedae mala sors, Ov. M. 13, 485: utrius vitae sortem legant, Just. 1, 6, 6: servitutis, id. 6, 5, 1.—

2. In partic., in mercant. lang. (prop. fortune, money; hence), capital bearing interest, principal: et sors et fenus, Plaut. Most. 3, 1, 122; 5, 2, 38; 3, 1, 34; 3, 1, 64; 3, 1, 70; 3, 1, 84; Ter. Ad. 2, 2, 35; Cic. Att. 6, 1, 3; Liv. 6, 14; 6, 15; Plin. praef. 23; Mart. 5, 42, 3; Dig. 33, 2, 24; Inscr. Orell. 4405; cf. Varr. L. L. 6, 65, and id. ib. 5, 183 Müll.—

E. A rank, class, order (late Lat.): ex turbā imae sortis, Amm. 14, 6, 25.

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.

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. *klhrou/menoi), the name of a comedy by Diphilus, Plaut. Cas. prol. 32.—

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.).

(a). 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.—

(b). 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.—

B. Transf. (mostly poet. and not ante-Aug.).

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. 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. 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.