sortito Latin · revision 34443

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=derivation|attested=c. 250–184 BC, Plautus|origins=la sors}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

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

+ * Ecclesiastical: [sorˈtiː.to]^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''sortītō''' (not comparable)^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is [[der|la|sortior|t=to cast lots]]: the ablative of its perfect participle ⟨sortītus⟩, used as an adverb.^(OLD 2012)^(Conte 2010)^(Wiktionary) The verb is formed from [[m|la|sors|t=lot]],^(de Vaan 2008) which de Vaan traces to [[itc-pro|*sorti-|t=joining, joint]] and [[ine-pro|*sr-ti-|t=joining, joint]].^(de Vaan 2008)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ Köbler and the OLD record it first in Plautus,^(Köbler 2010)^(OLD 2012) who has ''mihi ut sortito eveniat'', “that it may fall to me by lot”.^(OLD 2012)^(Conte 2010)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ It means by lot, after drawing lots: Cicero has ''tunc sortito coguntur dicere'', “then they are made to speak in an order drawn by lot”, and a decree of the Senate quoted in a letter of Caelius has ''eos sortito in provincias mitti placere'', “that they be sent to the provinces by lot”.^(OLD 2012)^(Conte 2010) Suetonius says that Augustus left the other provinces to proconsuls chosen by lot.^(OLD 2012) It also means by destiny or by the law of nature, as in Plautus and in Horace's ''lupis et agnis quanta sortito obtigit'', “as much as has fallen by nature to wolves and lambs”.^(OLD 2012)^(Conte 2010)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * c. 250–184 BC – Plautus uses it both of a lot and of fate.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 81–43 BC – Cicero uses it of an order drawn by lot.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 65–8 BC – Horace uses it of what nature has allotted.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * c. 75–c. 150 AD – Suetonius uses it of provinces assigned by lot.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Adverb===

+ # By [[m|en|lot]], after drawing lots.^(OLD 2012)^(Conte 2010)

+ # By [[m|en|destiny]], by the law of nature.^(OLD 2012)^(Conte 2010)

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[sors]]

+ * [[sortior]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}