Significatio vocis sors | Babel Free
[ˈsɔrs]Definitiones
- anything used to determine chances, lot
- a casting or drawing of lots, a decision by lot, by fate, or by allotment or share
- oracular response (since many were written on lots)
- fate, destiny, chance, fortune, condition
- share, part
- capital bearing interest, principal
- rank, class, order
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partitioning of an inheritance by lot Medieval-Latin, declension-3, feminine
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share in an estate or inheritance, especially one divided by lot Medieval-Latin, declension-3, feminine
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estate, holding Medieval-Latin, declension-3, feminine
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lands and easements attached to a property Medieval-Latin, declension-3, feminine
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realm Medieval-Latin, declension-3, feminine
Exempla
““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.
Gradus CEFR
B1
Medius
Hoc verbum pars est vocabularii CEFR B1 — gradus medius.
Hoc verbum pars est vocabularii CEFR B1 — gradus medius.
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