sortior

Latin

Etymology

From sors.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) 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		infinitive						participle
		active			passive			active			passive
present		sortīrī			—			sortiēns			—
future		sortītūrum esse			—			sortītūrus			sortiendus, sortiundus
perfect		sortītum esse			—			sortītus			—
future perfect		sortītum fore			—			—			—
perfect potential		sortītūrum fuisse			—			—			—
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
• Venetan: 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)