sortes

English

Etymology

From Latin plural of sors (lot, fate, oracular response)

Noun

sortes pl (plural only)

  1. divination, or the seeking of guidance, by chance selection of a passage in the Bible or another text regarded as authoritative.

Derived terms

  • sortes Biblicae
  • sortes Homericae
  • sortes Virgilianae

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French

Verb

sortes

  1. second-person singular present subjunctive of sortir

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Latin

Noun

sortes f

  1. nominative plural of sors
  2. accusative plural of sors
  3. vocative plural of sors

References

  • sortes in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • sortes in William Smith et al., editor (1890) A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin

Portuguese

Noun

sortes

  1. plural of sorte
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