sortitio

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Latin[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From sortior +‎ -tiō.

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

sortītiō f (genitive sortītiōnis); third declension

  1. casting of lots

Declension[edit]

Third-declension noun.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative sortītiō sortītiōnēs
Genitive sortītiōnis sortītiōnum
Dative sortītiōnī sortītiōnibus
Accusative sortītiōnem sortītiōnēs
Ablative sortītiōne sortītiōnibus
Vocative sortītiō sortītiōnēs

Descendants[edit]

  • English: sortition
  • French: sortition

References[edit]

  • 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