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* V. dep. n. and a. [sors].
* Neutr., to cast or draw lots: coniciam sortes in sitellam et sortiar Tibi et Chalino,Plaut. Cas. 2, 5, 34: cum praetores designati sortirentur et M. Metello obtigisset, ut is de pecuniis repetundis quaereret,drew lots for the judges, appointed the judges by lot,Cic. Verr. 1, 8, 21; Quint. 3, 10, 1: consules comparare inter se aut sortiri jussi, to draw lots for the provinces, Liv. 38, 35, 9: sortiti nocte singuli per ordinem intrārunt,Quint. 4, 2, 72: dum legiones de ordine agminis sortiuntur,Tac. H. 2, 41: de altero consulatu,Suet. Claud. 7.—Hence, Sor-tĭentes, The Lot-drawers (a transl. of the Gr. Κληρούμενοι), the name of a comedy by Diphilus, Plaut. Cas. prol. 32.
* Act., to draw or cast lots for, to fix, assign, or appoint by lot, to allot; also esp. in the perfect tenses, to obtain or receive by lot (freq. and class.).
* With acc.: tribus,Cic. Agr. 2, 8, 21: provinciam,id. Fam. 1, 9, 25: provincias,id. Att. 1, 13, 5: duas Gallias,id. ib. 1, 19, 2: ut consules inter se provincias compararent sortirenturve,Liv. 42, 31: judices,Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 17, § 42; 2, 2, 18, § 44: judices per praetorem urbanum,id. Q. Fr. 2, 1, 2: aliquos ad ignominiam,id. Clu. 46, 129: dicas,Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 17, § 42 fin.: nec regna vini sortiere talis,Hor. C. 1, 4, 18: aequā lege Necessitas Sortitur insignes et imos, decides the fate of, etc., id. ib. 3, 1, 15: peregrinam (provinciam) sortitus est,Liv. 39, 45: ex praeturā ulteriorem sortitus Hispaniam,Suet. Caes. 18; Plin. Ep. 6, 22 fin.
* With rel.-clause: ut P. Furius et Cn. Servilius inter se sortirentur, uter citeriorem Hispaniam obtineret,Liv. 42, 4, 2: consules sortiti, uter dedicaret,id. 2, 8, 6; 24, 10, 2: uter patriā decederet,Vell. 1, 1, 4: sortiri, quid loquare,Cic. N. D. 1, 35, 98: num sortiuntur inter se, quae declinet, quae non?id. Fat. 20, 46.
* Transf. (mostly poet. and not ante-Aug.).
* To share, divide, distribute: pariter laborem Sortiti,shared the labor,Verg. A. 8, 445: vices,id. ib. 3, 634: periculum,id. ib. 9, 174.
* To choose, select: subolem armento sortire quot annis,Verg. G. 3, 71: fortunam (i.e. locum) oculis,id. A. 12, 920: matrimonium,Just. 26, 3, 8.
* In gen., to obtain, receive a thing (mostly in the tempp. perff.; not ante-Aug.): Tectosagi mediterranea Asiae sortiti sunt,Liv. 38, 16: si emancipatus uxore ducta filium fuerit sortitus,Dig. 37, 4, 3, § 5: gens Claudia regnum in plebem sortita,Liv. 3, 58: amicum,Hor. S. 1, 6, 53; 2, 6, 94; id. A. P. 92: si Maeonium vatem sortita fuisses,Ov. Tr. 1, 6, 21; id. M. 2, 241; 3, 124; 11, 758; Suet. Aug. 99 al.: quidam sortiti metuentem sabbata patrem,Juv. 14, 96: venerabile ingenium,id. 15, 144: fata tam tristia,Sen. Phoen. 245: reliqua rerum tuarum post te alium atque alium dominum sortientur,Plin. Ep. 1, 3, 4 Döring ad loc.—Pass. part. sortitus, v. sortio fin.— Adv.: sortītō, by lot: sacerdotem sortito capere,Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 51, § 126; S. C. ap. Cic. Fam. 8, 8, 8; Suet. Aug. 30; 47.— Transf., by fate, by destiny (= sorte, or lege naturae): tibi sortito id obtigit,Plaut. Merc. 1, 2, 25; Hor. Epod. 4, 1.