sortitio Latin · revision 33776

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

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * Classical: [sɔrˈtiː.ti.oː]^(Wiktionary)

+ * Ecclesiastical: [sorˈtit.t͡si.o]^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''sortītiō''' ''f'' (genitive sortītiōnis); third declension^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is [[af|la|sortior|-tiō|t1=to draw lots]].^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary) [[m|la|sortior]] is made from [[m|la|sors|t=lot]],^(Köbler 2010) which de Vaan traces to [[itc-pro|*sorti-]] and [[ine-pro|*sr-ti-|t=joining, joint]], from the root of [[m|la|serō#2|t=to join]].^(de Vaan 2008)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ It is found once in Plautus, in the ''Casina'': ''deos quaeso, mihi ut sortitio eveniat'', “I pray the gods the drawing of lots goes my way”.^(Lewis & Short 1879) De Vaan dates it from Varro, and Köbler from Cicero.^(de Vaan 2008)^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ It is the drawing of lots or a method of it, and the sharing out of something by lot.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879) Cicero speaks of the drawing of lots while the lots are being made equal, and of the allotment held among aediles.^(Lewis & Short 1879) Quintilian's declamations speak of other judges and another chance of the lot.^(OLD 2012) Apuleius uses it of a task given to someone by lot: such matters are not for the gods above but the business of the intermediate divinities.^(OLD 2012) Church Latin has simply “lot”.^(Stelten 1995) English [[m|en|sortition]] comes from it, first in the 1590s.^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * c. 250–184 BC – Plautus, of a drawing of lots in the ''Casina''.^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 116–27 BC – Varro has the noun.^(de Vaan 2008)^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 81–43 BC – Cicero, of the allotment of offices.^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * c. 125–175 AD – Apuleius, of an allotted function.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 1590s – Borrowed into English as [[m|en|sortition]].^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Noun===

+ # A drawing or casting of [[m|en|lot|alt=lots]], a [[m|en|lottery]]; distribution by lot.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Wiktionary)^(Stelten 1995)

+ # A task or function [[m|en|allot|alt=allotted]] to someone.^(OLD 2012)

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[sors]]

+ * [[sortior]]

+ * [[sortītus]]

+ * [[en|sortition]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}