English → Latin
“sort” in Latin
genusbirth, origin, lineage, descent; kind, type, class; species (general classification, as of living things), taxon (of aniquīdamsomeone, a certain one/thing; somethingomnisevery; whole, the entirety, all; allmetusfear, dread, anxiety, apprehension; awe, reverenceperturbātiōconfusion; disturbance, disorder; commotionnōtusfamiliar, customary, in common use; widely known, famous, well-known; of great renown, illustrious, celebrated, notorioudīgerōto distribute, disseminate; to spread, branch out, disperse; to arrange, organize, classify; digestsēcernōto put apart, sunder, sever, separate, divide; to disjoin, part, dissociate, separate; to distinguish, discern
The English word sort itself goes back to Latin sors, through sortem.
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
sort s.
Kind, genus [Vid: KIND]. Sometimes “a sort of” may be expressed by quidam; e.g., non perspicitis aleam quandam esse in hostiis deligendis? (Cic.) or by omnis; e.g., omnes aegritudines, metus, perturbationes: omnia pericula: sometimes by nota (PROP. a mark put on anything); hence; e.g., vinum bonae, malae notae (of a good or bad sort); quaecunque vini nota (wine of every sort); vini nota optima (the best sort of wine; Col.); cujuscunque notae caseus (cheese of every sort, Col.); secundae notae mel (of the second sort, Col.).
Manner, Vid:
sort v.
in genera digerere (after Cic., De Or., 1, 42, 190): digerere: in ordinem digerere; secernere, rejicere (to reject in sorting).
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for sort?
- The usual Latin words for “sort” are genus, quīdam, omnis; also metus, perturbātiō, nōtus. The right choice depends on the sense; see the distinctions below.
Entry from J. E. Riddle & T. K. Arnold, A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon (rev. C. Anthon, New York: Harper, 1864), digitised by Fergus J. P. Walsh, CC BY-SA 4.0; Latin markup adapted by latindictionary.co.