sortitio

Latin

Etymology

From sortior +‎ -tiō.

Pronunciation
  • (Classical) IPA(key): /sorˈtiː.ti.oː/, [sɔrˈtiː.ti.oː]
  • (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /sorˈti.t͡si.o/, [sorˈtiː.t͡si.o]

Noun

sortītiō f (genitive sortītiōnis); third declension

  1. casting of lots

Inflection

Third declension.

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

Descendants

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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