sortitio

Latin

Etymology

From sortior +‎ -tiō.

Pronunciation

Noun

sortītiō f (genitive sortītiōnis); third declension

  1. casting of lots

Declension

Third-declension noun.

singular plural
nominative sortītiō sortītiōnēs
genitive sortītiōnis sortītiōnum
dative sortītiōnī sortītiōnibus
accusative sortītiōnem sortītiōnēs
ablative sortītiōne sortītiōnibus
vocative sortītiō sortītiōnēs

Descendants

  • English: sortition
  • French: sortition

References

  • “sortitio”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • “sortitio”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • sortitio in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  • “sortítio” in Leo F. Stelten, editor (1995), Dictionary of ecclesiastical Latin: with an appendix of Latin expressions defined and clarified, Peabody, Mass.: Hendrickson Publishers, page 250
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