noun

sortītus

gen. sortītūs · gender masculine · decl. 4th

a casting; drawing of lots •

Lit., a casting or drawing of lots (rare for the class. sortitio): specula in sortitu'st mihi, Plaut. Cas. 2, 4, 27: si pluribus de rebus uno sortitu retulisti, Cic. Dom. 19, 50; plur.: quae sortitus non pertulit ullos, i. e. for whom no lots were cast, Verg. A. 3, 323.—

by extension

Transf. *

a lot •

Concr., a lot: jam sortitus versarat ahenā Casside, Stat. Th. 6, 389.—*

Lot; fate; destiny

(Like sors, II. C.) Lot, fate, destiny, Stat. Th. 12, 557.

Perseus ID: n44819 Key: sortitus2