sortior Latin · revision 31126

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=derivation|attested=c. 250–184 BC, Plautus|origins=ine-pro *ser-}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * Classical: [ˈsɔr.ti.ɔr]^(Wiktionary)

+ * Ecclesiastical: [ˈsɔr.t͡si.or]^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''sortior''' (present infinitive sortīrī, perfect active sortītus sum); fourth conjugation, deponent^(Wiktionary)

+ An active ''sortiō'' is also found.^(OLD 2012)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is formed from [[m|la|sors|t=lot]] with the verbal suffix [[m|la|-iō]].^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)^(Lewis & Short 1879) De Vaan traces ⟨sors⟩ to [[itc-pro|*sorti-|t=joining]] and [[ine-pro|*sr̥-ti-|t=joining, joint]], from the root of [[m|la|serō|t=to join, string]].^(de Vaan 2008)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ The OLD's first example is Plautus' ''Casina'': “I'll throw the lots into the urn and draw for you and Chalinus”.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ It is to draw lots, as in Plautus, and Pliny the Elder uses it of the Gauls divining with vervain.^(OLD 2012) With an object it is to assign or appoint by lot, as Cicero's praetor choosing judges by lot, and by extension to select, as Virgil's farmer who chooses stock for the herd each year.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879) It is also to obtain by lot, as Propertius' nine Muses, and to receive as one's portion, as Horace's “that I got you as a friend by chance”.^(OLD 2012)

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+ Church Latin glosses it “cast lots, decide by lot, choose, distribute, select, obtain, get”.^(Stelten 1995)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * c. 250–184 BC – Plautus of drawing lots.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 81–43 BC – Cicero of appointing by lot.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 70–19 BC – Virgil of choosing.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 65–8 BC – Horace of what falls to one's lot.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Verb===

+ # To cast or draw [[m|en|lot|alt=lots]]; to divine.^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)

+ # To assign or appoint by lot; to choose, select.^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)^(Stelten 1995)

+ # To obtain by lot; to receive as one's portion.^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Word family==

+ * [[sortītiō]]

+ * [[sortītō]]

+ * [[sortītor]]

+ * [[sortītus]]

+ * [[subsortior]]

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[sors]]

+ * [[serō]]

+ * [[en|sort]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}