LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
verbfourth conjugation, deponent

sortior

sortior (present infinitive sortīrī, perfect active sortītus sum)
Classical[ˈsɔr.ti.ɔr]Ecclesiastical[ˈsɔr.t͡si.or]

Meaning

  1. deponentto cast or draw lots
  2. deponentto share
    Dēsīderiī meī dēsīderātās accēpī epistulās quī quōdam praesāgiō futūrōrum cum Danihēle sortītus est nōmenI received these desired letters of my Desiderius, who by some presage of future events shared his name with Danielc. 347 CE – 420 CE, Hieronymus, Biblia Sacra Vulgāta In Pentateuchō
  3. deponentto divide or distribute
  4. deponentto choose or select
  5. deponentto obtain or receive

Conjugation conjugation 4 deponent

active indicative
formpresentimperfectfutureperfectpluperfectfut. perfect
1st sg.sortiorsortiēbarsortiar———
2nd sg.sortīris
sortīre		sortiēbāris
sortiēbāre		sortiēris
sortiēre		———
3rd sg.sortītursortiēbātursortiētur———
1st pl.sortīmursortiēbāmursortiēmur———
2nd pl.sortīminīsortiēbāminīsortiēminī———
3rd pl.sortiuntursortiēbantursortientur———
active subjunctive
active subjunctive
formpresentimperfectperfectpluperfect
1st sg.sortiarsortīrer——
2nd sg.sortiāris
sortiāre		sortīrēris
sortīrēre		——
3rd sg.sortiātursortīrētur——
1st pl.sortiāmursortīrēmur——
2nd pl.sortiāminīsortīrēminī——
3rd pl.sortiantursortīrentur——
imperative
imperative
formactivepassive
pres. 2nd sg.sortīre—
pres. 2nd pl.sortīminī—
fut. 2nd sg.sortītor—
fut. 3rd sg.sortītor—
fut. 3rd pl.sortiuntor—
infinitives & participles
infinitives & participles
formactivepassive
present infinitivesortīrī—
perfect infinitivesortītum esse—
future infinitivesortītūrum esse—
present participlesortiēns—
perfect participlesortītus—
future participlesortītūrus
sortītūra, sortītūrā, sortītūrae, sortītūram, sortītūrārum, sortītūrās, sortītūre, sortītūrī, sortītūrīs, sortītūrō, sortītūrōrum, sortītūrōs, sortītūrum		sortiendus
sortiundus, sortienda, sortiendā, sortiendae, sortiendam, sortiendārum, sortiendās, sortiende, sortiendīs, sortiendōrum, sortiendōs, sortiunda, sortiundā, sortiundae, sortiundam, sortiundārum, sortiundās, sortiunde, sortiundī, sortiundīs, sortiundō, sortiundōrum, sortiundōs, sortiundum
gerundsortiendī, sortiendō, sortiendumsupinesortītum, sortītū

Phrases from Meissner's Latin Phrase-Book

provincias sortiri (Liv. 38. 35)
to draw lots for the provinces.

sortĭor, ītus, 4,
I. v. dep. n. and a. [sors].
I. 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.—
II. 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.).
(a). 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.—
(b). 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.—
B. Transf. (mostly poet. and not ante-Aug.).
1. To share, divide, distribute: pariter laborem Sortiti, shared the labor, Verg. A. 8, 445: vices, id. ib. 3, 634: periculum, id. ib. 9, 174.—
2. 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.—
3. 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.

Origins

From sors.

Descendants
  • Catalansortir
  • Englishsort
  • Frenchsortir
  • Frenchsortie
  • Occitansortir
  • Italiansortire
  • Portuguesesortir
  • Spanishsurtir
  • Franco-Provençalsortir
  • Franco-Provençalsôrtre

Quick answers

What does sortior mean in Latin?
sortior, a verb, means “to cast or draw lots; to share; to divide or distribute”.
What are the principal parts of sortior?
sortior, sortīrī, sortītus sum (fourth conjugation, deponent).
How do you pronounce sortior?
In classical Latin, [ˈsɔr.ti.ɔr]; in ecclesiastical (church) Latin, [ˈsɔr.t͡si.or].