sortior

Latin

Etymology

From sors.

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈsor.ti.or/, [ˈs̠ɔrt̪iɔr]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈsor.t͡si.or/, [ˈsɔrt̪͡s̪ior]

Verb

sortior (present infinitive sortīrī, perfect active sortītus sum); fourth conjugation, deponent

1. to cast or draw lots
2. to share
   • c. 347 CE – 420 CE, Jerome, Biblia Sacra Vulgāta In Pentateuchō:

     Dēsīderiī meī dēsīderātās accēpī epistulās quī quōdam praesāgiō futūrōrum cum Danihēle sortītus est nōmen

     I received these desired letters of my Desiderius, who by some presage of future events shared his name with Daniel

3. to divide or distribute
4. to choose or select
5. to obtain or receive

Conjugation

Conjugation of sortior (fourth conjugation, deponent)
indicative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	sortior	sortīris, sortīre	sortītur	sortīmur	sortīminī	sortiuntur
	imperfect	sortiēbar	sortiēbāris, sortiēbāre	sortiēbātur	sortiēbāmur	sortiēbāminī	sortiēbantur
	future	sortiar	sortiēris, sortiēre	sortiētur	sortiēmur	sortiēminī	sortientur
	perfect	sortītus + present active indicative of sum
	pluperfect	sortītus + imperfect active indicative of sum
	future perfect	sortītus + future active indicative of sum
subjunctive		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	sortiar	sortiāris, sortiāre	sortiātur	sortiāmur	sortiāminī	sortiantur
	imperfect	sortīrer	sortīrēris, sortīrēre	sortīrētur	sortīrēmur	sortīrēminī	sortīrentur
	perfect	sortītus + present active subjunctive of sum
	pluperfect	sortītus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum
imperative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	—	sortīre	—	—	sortīminī	—
	future	—	sortītor	sortītor	—	—	sortiuntor
non-finite forms		active			passive
		present	perfect	future	present	perfect	future
infinitives		sortīrī	sortītum esse	sortītūrum esse	—	—	—
participles		sortiēns	sortītus	sortītūrus	—	—	sortiendus, sortiundus
verbal nouns		gerund				supine
		genitive	dative	accusative	ablative	accusative	ablative
		sortiendī	sortiendō	sortiendum	sortiendō	sortītum	sortītū

Derived terms

• sortītiō
• sortītō
• sortītor
• sortītus

Descendants

• Catalan: sortir
• Franco-Provençal: sortir, sôrtre
• French: sortir, sortie
• Occitan: sortir
• Italian: sortire
• Ligurian: sciortì
• Lombard: sortir
• Occitan: sortir
• Piedmontese: sortì, seurte
• Portuguese: sortir
• Romansch: sortir, sorteir
• Sicilian: surtiri
• Spanish: surtir
• Venetian: sortir

References

• “sortior”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “sortior”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• sortior in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎^[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
  • to draw lots for the provinces: provincias sortiri (Liv. 38. 35)