Meaning of sors | Babel Free

Definitions

1. anything used to determine chances, lot
   declension-3, feminine
2. a casting or drawing of lots, a decision by lot, by fate, or by allotment or share
   declension-3, feminine
3. oracular response (since many were written on lots)
   declension-3, feminine
4. fate, destiny, chance, fortune, condition
   declension-3, feminine
5. share, part
   declension-3, feminine
6. capital bearing interest, principal
   declension-3, feminine
7. rank, class, order
   declension-3, feminine
8. partitioning of an inheritance by lot
   Medieval-Latin, declension-3, feminine
9. share in an estate or inheritance, especially one divided by lot
   Medieval-Latin, declension-3, feminine
10. estate, holding
    Medieval-Latin, declension-3, feminine
11. lands and easements attached to a property
    Medieval-Latin, declension-3, feminine
12. realm
    Medieval-Latin, declension-3, feminine

Equivalents

Examples

““Lāocoōn, ductus Neptūnō sorte sacerdōs ….” “Laocoön, chosen by lot [to be] the priest for Neptune ….” – Aeneas”

(See: sortition.)

“tum, memor imperiī sortem cōnsistere in illō,”

Then, mindful that imperial destiny depends upon it, he initiates an ingenious plan.

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