Lewis Short
sortĭo, īre
* To draw lots (ante-class.; collat. form of sortior): tute sorti,Plaut. Cas. 2, 6, 43; 2, 6, 61: inter se sortiant, Varr. ap. Non. 471, 5.—With acc.: inter se sortiunt urbem atque agros, Enn. ap. Non. 471, 10 (Trag. v. 153 Vahl.).
* 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.
Charlton T. Lewis, Charles Short, A Latin Dictionary