con-sors | consors, sortis | con-sors, sortis (noun F.m.f.m.f) :
* Adj. m. and f.
* Sharing property with one (as brother, sister, relative), living in community of goods, partaking of in common: consortes, ad quos eadem sors,Varr. L. L. 6, § 65 Müll.; cf. Paul. ex Fest. p. 296, 7 ib.: consortes tres fratres,Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 23, § 57: frater,Plin. Ep. 8, 18, 4: consortem socium fallere,Hor. C. 3, 24, 60.—Hence, subst.: , , m. and f., a sharer, partner: consors censoris,Liv. 41, 27, 2; Vell. 1, 10, 6: de consortibus ejusdem litis,Cod. Just. 3, 40: quae (arx) data est heredibus,Verg. Cir. 14. —Hence
* Poet., of or belonging to a brother or sister, regarded as common heirs, etc.: pectora = sorores,Ov. M. 13, 663: sanguis,id. ib. 8, 444.—Hence, subst.: , , m. and f., a brother, a sister: Romulus nondum fundaverat Moenia, consorti non habitanda Remo,Tib. 2, 5, 24; Ov. M. 11, 347; 6, 94: consortem Phoebi colere deam (Dianam),id. P. 3, 2, 48; id. H. 13, 61 al.
* Transf., dividing something with one, having an equal share, partaking of, sharing; subst., a colleague, partner, comrade (class.; esp. freq. after the Aug. per.).
* Of personal subjects.
* With gen.: consors mecum temporum illorum,Cic. Mil. 37, 102: gloriosi laboris (with socius),id. Brut. 1, 2: mendacitatis,id. Fl. 15, 35: culpae,Ov. F. 3, 492; cf. vitiorum,Vell. 2, 94: tori,Ov. M. 1, 319: thalami,a wife,id. ib. 10, 246 (cf.: socia tori,id. ib. 8, 521): sacrorum caerimoniarumque,Curt. 10, 7, 2: studiorum,Sen. Ep. 7, 9: generis et necis,Ov. H. 3, 47: urbis,id. P. 3, 2, 82: tribuniciae potestatis (together with collega imperii),Tac. A. 1, 3; cf. imperii,Suet. Oth. 8.
* Of things as subjects, of the same condition, common (poet. and rare): tecta,Verg. G. 4, 153: casus,Prop. 1, 21, 1.
* Absol., of colleagues in power, Suet. Tit. 9: omnisque potestas impatiens consortis erit,Luc. 1, 93: Romuli,Suet. Tib. 1.—Poet. of that which is shared: (corpus et animus) consorti praedita vitā,Lucr. 3, 332.

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