sortifex

Latin

Etymology

sors (“share in an inheritance”) +‎ -fex

Pronunciation

• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈsor.ti.feks/, [ˈsɔrt̪ifeks]

Noun

sortifex m (genitive sortificis); third declension

1. (Medieval Latin) coheir

Declension

Third-declension noun.

	singular	plural
nominative	sortifex	sortificēs
genitive	sortificis	sortificum
dative	sortificī	sortificibus
accusative	sortificem	sortificēs
ablative	sortifice	sortificibus
vocative	sortifex	sortificēs

References

• Niermeyer, Jan Frederik (1976) “sortifex”, in Mediae Latinitatis Lexicon Minus, Leiden, Boston: E. J. Brill, page 981