"sors" meaning in Latin

See sors in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /ˈsors/ [Classical-Latin], [ˈs̠ɔrs̠] [Classical-Latin], /ˈsors/ (note: modern Italianate Ecclesiastical), [ˈsɔrs] (note: modern Italianate Ecclesiastical)
Etymology: From Proto-Italic *sortis (“joining, joint”), from Proto-Indo-European *sér-ti-s, from *ser- (“to bind”). Cognate with serō (“to link together”), seriēs (“row, series”), sermō (“conversation”). Etymology templates: {{root|la|ine-pro|*ser-|id=bind}}, {{inh|la|itc-pro|*sortis|t=joining, joint}} Proto-Italic *sortis (“joining, joint”), {{der|la|ine-pro||*sér-ti-s}} Proto-Indo-European *sér-ti-s Head templates: {{la-noun|sors<3.abl-e-occ-i>|g=f}} sors f (genitive sortis); third declension Inflection templates: {{la-ndecl|sors<3.abl-e-occ-i>}} Forms: sortis [genitive], no-table-tags [table-tags], sors [nominative, singular], sortēs [nominative, plural], sortis [genitive, singular], sortium [genitive, plural], sortī [dative, singular], sortibus [dative, plural], sortem [accusative, singular], sortēs [accusative, plural], sortīs [accusative, plural], sorte [ablative, singular], sortī [ablative, singular], sortibus [ablative, plural], sors [singular, vocative], sortēs [plural, vocative]
  1. anything used to determine chances, lot Tags: declension-3, feminine
    Sense id: en-sors-la-noun-dBFkaO5b Categories (other): Latin feminine nouns in the third declension Disambiguation of Latin feminine nouns in the third declension: 10 7 7 9 7 10 7 8 11 8 7 9
  2. a casting or drawing of lots, a decision by lot, by fate, or by allotment or share Tags: declension-3, feminine
    Sense id: en-sors-la-noun-fHXdoCzC
  3. oracular response (since many were written on lots) Tags: declension-3, feminine
    Sense id: en-sors-la-noun-aC2zkjZa
  4. fate, destiny, chance, fortune, condition Tags: declension-3, feminine Synonyms: fātum, fortūna, necessitās
    Sense id: en-sors-la-noun-55pyYEch Categories (other): Latin entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Latin entries with incorrect language header: 5 8 3 11 1 1 24 5 5 2 25 10
  5. share, part Tags: declension-3, feminine
    Sense id: en-sors-la-noun-56U8olkK
  6. capital bearing interest, principal Tags: declension-3, feminine
    Sense id: en-sors-la-noun-Pc4yLjXl Categories (other): Latin feminine nouns in the third declension Disambiguation of Latin feminine nouns in the third declension: 10 7 7 9 7 10 7 8 11 8 7 9
  7. rank, class, order Tags: declension-3, feminine Synonyms: ōrdō, classis, gradus
    Sense id: en-sors-la-noun-eRmWpB25 Categories (other): Latin entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Latin entries with incorrect language header: 5 8 3 11 1 1 24 5 5 2 25 10
  8. (Medieval Latin) partitioning of an inheritance by lot Tags: Medieval-Latin, declension-3, feminine
    Sense id: en-sors-la-noun-EeCcGnSz Categories (other): Medieval Latin
  9. (Medieval Latin) share in an estate or inheritance, especially one divided by lot Tags: Medieval-Latin, declension-3, feminine
    Sense id: en-sors-la-noun-jefUM1GS Categories (other): Medieval Latin, Latin feminine nouns in the third declension Disambiguation of Latin feminine nouns in the third declension: 10 7 7 9 7 10 7 8 11 8 7 9
  10. (Medieval Latin) estate, holding Tags: Medieval-Latin, declension-3, feminine
    Sense id: en-sors-la-noun-coWNF1Mz Categories (other): Medieval Latin
  11. (Medieval Latin, law) lands and easements attached to a property Tags: Medieval-Latin, declension-3, feminine Categories (topical): Law
    Sense id: en-sors-la-noun--NzsWt0X Categories (other): Medieval Latin, Latin entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Latin entries with incorrect language header: 5 8 3 11 1 1 24 5 5 2 25 10 Topics: law
  12. (Medieval Latin) realm Tags: Medieval-Latin, declension-3, feminine
    Sense id: en-sors-la-noun-fU4C0xp- Categories (other): Medieval Latin, Latin feminine nouns in the third declension Disambiguation of Latin feminine nouns in the third declension: 10 7 7 9 7 10 7 8 11 8 7 9
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: cōnsors, dissors, exsors, sortiārius, sortifex, sortior

Inflected forms

{
  "derived": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "cōnsors"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "dissors"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "exsors"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "sortiārius"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "sortifex"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "sortior"
    }
  ],
  "descendants": [
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "sq",
            "2": "short",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Albanian: short",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Albanian: short"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "rup",
            "2": "soarti",
            "3": "soarte"
          },
          "expansion": "Aromanian: soarti, soarte",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Aromanian: soarti, soarte"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ast",
            "2": "suerte"
          },
          "expansion": "Asturian: suerte",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Asturian: suerte"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ca",
            "2": "sort"
          },
          "expansion": "Catalan: sort",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Catalan: sort"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "dlm",
            "2": "suart"
          },
          "expansion": "Dalmatian: suart",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Dalmatian: suart"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "en",
            "2": "sorcery",
            "der": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "⇒ English: sorcery",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "⇒ English: sorcery"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "fr",
            "2": "sort"
          },
          "expansion": "French: sort",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "French: sort"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "fur",
            "2": "sorte"
          },
          "expansion": "Friulian: sorte",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Friulian: sorte"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "gl",
            "2": "sorte"
          },
          "expansion": "Galician: sorte",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Galician: sorte"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "hu",
            "2": "sors",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Hungarian: sors",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Hungarian: sors"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ist",
            "2": "suorto"
          },
          "expansion": "Istriot: suorto",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Istriot: suorto"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "it",
            "2": "sorte"
          },
          "expansion": "Italian: sorte",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Italian: sorte"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "nap",
            "2": "ciorta"
          },
          "expansion": "Neapolitan: ciorta",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Neapolitan: ciorta"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "nrf",
            "2": "sort"
          },
          "expansion": "Norman: sort",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Norman: sort"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "oc",
            "2": "sòrt"
          },
          "expansion": "Occitan: sòrt",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Occitan: sòrt"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "fro",
            "2": "sorte"
          },
          "expansion": "Old French: sorte\n→ English: sort\nFrench: sorte\n→ Central Franconian: Zoot, Zort (chiefly Moselle Franconian)\n→ Danish: sort\n→ German: Sorte\n→ Russian: сорт (sort)\n→ Yiddish: סאָרט (sort)\nNorman: sorte\n→ Scots: sort",
          "name": "desctree"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Old French: sorte\n→ English: sort\nFrench: sorte\n→ Central Franconian: Zoot, Zort (chiefly Moselle Franconian)\n→ Danish: sort\n→ German: Sorte\n→ Russian: сорт (sort)\n→ Yiddish: סאָרט (sort)\nNorman: sorte\n→ Scots: sort"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "pt",
            "2": "sorte"
          },
          "expansion": "Portuguese: sorte",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Portuguese: sorte"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ro",
            "2": "soartă",
            "3": "soarte"
          },
          "expansion": "Romanian: soartă, soarte",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Romanian: soartă, soarte"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "rm",
            "2": "sort"
          },
          "expansion": "Romansch: sort",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Romansch: sort"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "sc",
            "2": "solte",
            "3": "solti",
            "4": "sorte",
            "5": "sorti"
          },
          "expansion": "Sardinian: solte, solti, sorte, sorti",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Sardinian: solte, solti, sorte, sorti"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "scn",
            "2": "sorti"
          },
          "expansion": "Sicilian: sorti",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Sicilian: sorti"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "es",
            "2": "suerte"
          },
          "expansion": "Spanish: suerte",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Spanish: suerte"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "vec",
            "2": "sòrt",
            "3": "sorte"
          },
          "expansion": "Venetan: sòrt, sorte",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Venetan: sòrt, sorte"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "VL.",
            "2": "*sorticula",
            "der": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "⇒ Vulgar Latin: *sorticula",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "⇒ Vulgar Latin: *sorticula"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ca",
            "2": "sortilla"
          },
          "expansion": "Catalan: sortilla",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Catalan: sortilla"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "roa-opt",
            "2": "sortella"
          },
          "expansion": "Old Galician-Portuguese: sortella",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Old Galician-Portuguese: sortella"
    },
    {
      "depth": 3,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "gl",
            "2": "sortella"
          },
          "expansion": "Galician: sortella",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Galician: sortella"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "osp",
            "2": "sortija"
          },
          "expansion": "Old Spanish: sortija",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Old Spanish: sortija"
    },
    {
      "depth": 3,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "es",
            "2": "sortija"
          },
          "expansion": "Spanish: sortija",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Spanish: sortija"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "la",
        "2": "ine-pro",
        "3": "*ser-",
        "id": "bind"
      },
      "expansion": "",
      "name": "root"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "la",
        "2": "itc-pro",
        "3": "*sortis",
        "t": "joining, joint"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Italic *sortis (“joining, joint”)",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "la",
        "2": "ine-pro",
        "3": "",
        "4": "*sér-ti-s"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Indo-European *sér-ti-s",
      "name": "der"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Proto-Italic *sortis (“joining, joint”), from Proto-Indo-European *sér-ti-s, from *ser- (“to bind”). Cognate with serō (“to link together”), seriēs (“row, series”), sermō (“conversation”).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "sortis",
      "tags": [
        "genitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "la-ndecl",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sors",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sortēs",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sortis",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sortium",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sortī",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sortibus",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sortem",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sortēs",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sortīs",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sorte",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sortī",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sortibus",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sors",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sortēs",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "sors<3.abl-e-occ-i>",
        "g": "f"
      },
      "expansion": "sors f (genitive sortis); third declension",
      "name": "la-noun"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "sors<3.abl-e-occ-i>"
      },
      "name": "la-ndecl"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Latin",
  "lang_code": "la",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "10 7 7 9 7 10 7 8 11 8 7 9",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Latin feminine nouns in the third declension",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "anything used to determine chances, lot"
      ],
      "id": "en-sors-la-noun-dBFkaO5b",
      "links": [
        [
          "chances",
          "chances"
        ],
        [
          "lot",
          "lot"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "declension-3",
        "feminine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "(See: sortition.)",
          "ref": "29 BCE – 19 BCE, Virgil, Aeneid 2.201",
          "text": "“Lāocoōn, ductus Neptūnō sorte sacerdōs ….”\n“Laocoön, chosen by lot [to be] the priest for Neptune ….” – Aeneas"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "a casting or drawing of lots, a decision by lot, by fate, or by allotment or share"
      ],
      "id": "en-sors-la-noun-fHXdoCzC",
      "links": [
        [
          "lots",
          "lots"
        ],
        [
          "lot",
          "lot"
        ],
        [
          "fate",
          "fate"
        ],
        [
          "allotment",
          "allotment"
        ],
        [
          "share",
          "share"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "declension-3",
        "feminine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "oracular response (since many were written on lots)"
      ],
      "id": "en-sors-la-noun-aC2zkjZa",
      "links": [
        [
          "oracular",
          "oracular"
        ],
        [
          "response",
          "response"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "declension-3",
        "feminine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "5 8 3 11 1 1 24 5 5 2 25 10",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Latin entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "Then, mindful that imperial destiny depends upon it, he initiates an ingenious plan.",
          "ref": "8 CE, Ovid, Fasti 3.379–380",
          "roman": "cōnsilium multae calliditātis init.",
          "text": "tum, memor imperiī sortem cōnsistere in illō,"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "fate, destiny, chance, fortune, condition"
      ],
      "id": "en-sors-la-noun-55pyYEch",
      "links": [
        [
          "fate",
          "fate"
        ],
        [
          "destiny",
          "destiny"
        ],
        [
          "chance",
          "chance"
        ],
        [
          "fortune",
          "fortune"
        ],
        [
          "condition",
          "condition"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "fātum"
        },
        {
          "word": "fortūna"
        },
        {
          "word": "necessitās"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "declension-3",
        "feminine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "share, part"
      ],
      "id": "en-sors-la-noun-56U8olkK",
      "links": [
        [
          "share",
          "share"
        ],
        [
          "part",
          "part"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "declension-3",
        "feminine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "10 7 7 9 7 10 7 8 11 8 7 9",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Latin feminine nouns in the third declension",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "capital bearing interest, principal"
      ],
      "id": "en-sors-la-noun-Pc4yLjXl",
      "links": [
        [
          "capital",
          "capital"
        ],
        [
          "interest",
          "interest"
        ],
        [
          "principal",
          "principal"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "declension-3",
        "feminine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "5 8 3 11 1 1 24 5 5 2 25 10",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Latin entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "rank, class, order"
      ],
      "id": "en-sors-la-noun-eRmWpB25",
      "links": [
        [
          "rank",
          "rank"
        ],
        [
          "class",
          "class"
        ],
        [
          "order",
          "order"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "ōrdō"
        },
        {
          "word": "classis"
        },
        {
          "word": "gradus"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "declension-3",
        "feminine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Medieval Latin",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "partitioning of an inheritance by lot"
      ],
      "id": "en-sors-la-noun-EeCcGnSz",
      "links": [
        [
          "partitioning",
          "partition"
        ],
        [
          "inheritance",
          "inheritance"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(Medieval Latin) partitioning of an inheritance by lot"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Medieval-Latin",
        "declension-3",
        "feminine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Medieval Latin",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "10 7 7 9 7 10 7 8 11 8 7 9",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Latin feminine nouns in the third declension",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "share in an estate or inheritance, especially one divided by lot"
      ],
      "id": "en-sors-la-noun-jefUM1GS",
      "links": [
        [
          "estate",
          "estate"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(Medieval Latin) share in an estate or inheritance, especially one divided by lot"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Medieval-Latin",
        "declension-3",
        "feminine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Medieval Latin",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "estate, holding"
      ],
      "id": "en-sors-la-noun-coWNF1Mz",
      "links": [
        [
          "holding",
          "holding"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(Medieval Latin) estate, holding"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Medieval-Latin",
        "declension-3",
        "feminine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Medieval Latin",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "topical",
          "langcode": "la",
          "name": "Law",
          "orig": "la:Law",
          "parents": [
            "Justice",
            "Society",
            "All topics",
            "Fundamental"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "5 8 3 11 1 1 24 5 5 2 25 10",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Latin entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "lands and easements attached to a property"
      ],
      "id": "en-sors-la-noun--NzsWt0X",
      "links": [
        [
          "law",
          "law#English"
        ],
        [
          "easement",
          "easement"
        ],
        [
          "property",
          "property"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(Medieval Latin, law) lands and easements attached to a property"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Medieval-Latin",
        "declension-3",
        "feminine"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "law"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Medieval Latin",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "10 7 7 9 7 10 7 8 11 8 7 9",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Latin feminine nouns in the third declension",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "realm"
      ],
      "id": "en-sors-la-noun-fU4C0xp-",
      "links": [
        [
          "realm",
          "realm"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(Medieval Latin) realm"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Medieval-Latin",
        "declension-3",
        "feminine"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈsors/",
      "tags": [
        "Classical-Latin"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈs̠ɔrs̠]",
      "tags": [
        "Classical-Latin"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈsors/",
      "note": "modern Italianate Ecclesiastical"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈsɔrs]",
      "note": "modern Italianate Ecclesiastical"
    }
  ],
  "word": "sors"
}
{
  "categories": [
    "Latin 1-syllable words",
    "Latin entries with incorrect language header",
    "Latin feminine nouns",
    "Latin feminine nouns in the third declension",
    "Latin lemmas",
    "Latin nouns",
    "Latin terms derived from Proto-Indo-European",
    "Latin terms derived from Proto-Italic",
    "Latin terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *ser- (bind)",
    "Latin terms inherited from Proto-Italic",
    "Latin terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "Latin third declension nouns",
    "Pages with 7 entries",
    "Pages with entries"
  ],
  "derived": [
    {
      "word": "cōnsors"
    },
    {
      "word": "dissors"
    },
    {
      "word": "exsors"
    },
    {
      "word": "sortiārius"
    },
    {
      "word": "sortifex"
    },
    {
      "word": "sortior"
    }
  ],
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    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "sq",
            "2": "short",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Albanian: short",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Albanian: short"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "rup",
            "2": "soarti",
            "3": "soarte"
          },
          "expansion": "Aromanian: soarti, soarte",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Aromanian: soarti, soarte"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ast",
            "2": "suerte"
          },
          "expansion": "Asturian: suerte",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Asturian: suerte"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ca",
            "2": "sort"
          },
          "expansion": "Catalan: sort",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Catalan: sort"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "dlm",
            "2": "suart"
          },
          "expansion": "Dalmatian: suart",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Dalmatian: suart"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "en",
            "2": "sorcery",
            "der": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "⇒ English: sorcery",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "⇒ English: sorcery"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "fr",
            "2": "sort"
          },
          "expansion": "French: sort",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "French: sort"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "fur",
            "2": "sorte"
          },
          "expansion": "Friulian: sorte",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Friulian: sorte"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "gl",
            "2": "sorte"
          },
          "expansion": "Galician: sorte",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Galician: sorte"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "hu",
            "2": "sors",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Hungarian: sors",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Hungarian: sors"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ist",
            "2": "suorto"
          },
          "expansion": "Istriot: suorto",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Istriot: suorto"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "it",
            "2": "sorte"
          },
          "expansion": "Italian: sorte",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Italian: sorte"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "nap",
            "2": "ciorta"
          },
          "expansion": "Neapolitan: ciorta",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Neapolitan: ciorta"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "nrf",
            "2": "sort"
          },
          "expansion": "Norman: sort",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Norman: sort"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "oc",
            "2": "sòrt"
          },
          "expansion": "Occitan: sòrt",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Occitan: sòrt"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "fro",
            "2": "sorte"
          },
          "expansion": "Old French: sorte\n→ English: sort\nFrench: sorte\n→ Central Franconian: Zoot, Zort (chiefly Moselle Franconian)\n→ Danish: sort\n→ German: Sorte\n→ Russian: сорт (sort)\n→ Yiddish: סאָרט (sort)\nNorman: sorte\n→ Scots: sort",
          "name": "desctree"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Old French: sorte\n→ English: sort\nFrench: sorte\n→ Central Franconian: Zoot, Zort (chiefly Moselle Franconian)\n→ Danish: sort\n→ German: Sorte\n→ Russian: сорт (sort)\n→ Yiddish: סאָרט (sort)\nNorman: sorte\n→ Scots: sort"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "pt",
            "2": "sorte"
          },
          "expansion": "Portuguese: sorte",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Portuguese: sorte"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ro",
            "2": "soartă",
            "3": "soarte"
          },
          "expansion": "Romanian: soartă, soarte",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Romanian: soartă, soarte"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "rm",
            "2": "sort"
          },
          "expansion": "Romansch: sort",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Romansch: sort"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "sc",
            "2": "solte",
            "3": "solti",
            "4": "sorte",
            "5": "sorti"
          },
          "expansion": "Sardinian: solte, solti, sorte, sorti",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Sardinian: solte, solti, sorte, sorti"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "scn",
            "2": "sorti"
          },
          "expansion": "Sicilian: sorti",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Sicilian: sorti"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "es",
            "2": "suerte"
          },
          "expansion": "Spanish: suerte",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Spanish: suerte"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "vec",
            "2": "sòrt",
            "3": "sorte"
          },
          "expansion": "Venetan: sòrt, sorte",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Venetan: sòrt, sorte"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "VL.",
            "2": "*sorticula",
            "der": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "⇒ Vulgar Latin: *sorticula",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "⇒ Vulgar Latin: *sorticula"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ca",
            "2": "sortilla"
          },
          "expansion": "Catalan: sortilla",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Catalan: sortilla"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "roa-opt",
            "2": "sortella"
          },
          "expansion": "Old Galician-Portuguese: sortella",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Old Galician-Portuguese: sortella"
    },
    {
      "depth": 3,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "gl",
            "2": "sortella"
          },
          "expansion": "Galician: sortella",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Galician: sortella"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "osp",
            "2": "sortija"
          },
          "expansion": "Old Spanish: sortija",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Old Spanish: sortija"
    },
    {
      "depth": 3,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "es",
            "2": "sortija"
          },
          "expansion": "Spanish: sortija",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Spanish: sortija"
    }
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "la",
        "2": "ine-pro",
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        "id": "bind"
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      "expansion": "",
      "name": "root"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "la",
        "2": "itc-pro",
        "3": "*sortis",
        "t": "joining, joint"
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      "expansion": "Proto-Italic *sortis (“joining, joint”)",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "la",
        "2": "ine-pro",
        "3": "",
        "4": "*sér-ti-s"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Indo-European *sér-ti-s",
      "name": "der"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Proto-Italic *sortis (“joining, joint”), from Proto-Indo-European *sér-ti-s, from *ser- (“to bind”). Cognate with serō (“to link together”), seriēs (“row, series”), sermō (“conversation”).",
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    {
      "form": "sortis",
      "tags": [
        "genitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "la-ndecl",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sors",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sortēs",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sortis",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sortium",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sortī",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sortibus",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sortem",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sortēs",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sortīs",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sorte",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sortī",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sortibus",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sors",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sortēs",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "sors<3.abl-e-occ-i>",
        "g": "f"
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      "expansion": "sors f (genitive sortis); third declension",
      "name": "la-noun"
    }
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  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "sors<3.abl-e-occ-i>"
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  "lang": "Latin",
  "lang_code": "la",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "anything used to determine chances, lot"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "chances",
          "chances"
        ],
        [
          "lot",
          "lot"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "declension-3",
        "feminine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Latin terms with quotations"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "(See: sortition.)",
          "ref": "29 BCE – 19 BCE, Virgil, Aeneid 2.201",
          "text": "“Lāocoōn, ductus Neptūnō sorte sacerdōs ….”\n“Laocoön, chosen by lot [to be] the priest for Neptune ….” – Aeneas"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "a casting or drawing of lots, a decision by lot, by fate, or by allotment or share"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "lots",
          "lots"
        ],
        [
          "lot",
          "lot"
        ],
        [
          "fate",
          "fate"
        ],
        [
          "allotment",
          "allotment"
        ],
        [
          "share",
          "share"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "declension-3",
        "feminine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "oracular response (since many were written on lots)"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "oracular",
          "oracular"
        ],
        [
          "response",
          "response"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "declension-3",
        "feminine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Latin terms with quotations"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "Then, mindful that imperial destiny depends upon it, he initiates an ingenious plan.",
          "ref": "8 CE, Ovid, Fasti 3.379–380",
          "roman": "cōnsilium multae calliditātis init.",
          "text": "tum, memor imperiī sortem cōnsistere in illō,"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "fate, destiny, chance, fortune, condition"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "fate",
          "fate"
        ],
        [
          "destiny",
          "destiny"
        ],
        [
          "chance",
          "chance"
        ],
        [
          "fortune",
          "fortune"
        ],
        [
          "condition",
          "condition"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "fātum"
        },
        {
          "word": "fortūna"
        },
        {
          "word": "necessitās"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "declension-3",
        "feminine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "share, part"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "share",
          "share"
        ],
        [
          "part",
          "part"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "declension-3",
        "feminine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "capital bearing interest, principal"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "capital",
          "capital"
        ],
        [
          "interest",
          "interest"
        ],
        [
          "principal",
          "principal"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "declension-3",
        "feminine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "rank, class, order"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "rank",
          "rank"
        ],
        [
          "class",
          "class"
        ],
        [
          "order",
          "order"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "ōrdō"
        },
        {
          "word": "classis"
        },
        {
          "word": "gradus"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "declension-3",
        "feminine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Medieval Latin"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "partitioning of an inheritance by lot"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "partitioning",
          "partition"
        ],
        [
          "inheritance",
          "inheritance"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(Medieval Latin) partitioning of an inheritance by lot"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Medieval-Latin",
        "declension-3",
        "feminine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Medieval Latin"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "share in an estate or inheritance, especially one divided by lot"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "estate",
          "estate"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(Medieval Latin) share in an estate or inheritance, especially one divided by lot"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Medieval-Latin",
        "declension-3",
        "feminine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Medieval Latin"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "estate, holding"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "holding",
          "holding"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(Medieval Latin) estate, holding"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Medieval-Latin",
        "declension-3",
        "feminine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Medieval Latin",
        "la:Law"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "lands and easements attached to a property"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "law",
          "law#English"
        ],
        [
          "easement",
          "easement"
        ],
        [
          "property",
          "property"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(Medieval Latin, law) lands and easements attached to a property"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Medieval-Latin",
        "declension-3",
        "feminine"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "law"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Medieval Latin"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "realm"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "realm",
          "realm"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(Medieval Latin) realm"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Medieval-Latin",
        "declension-3",
        "feminine"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈsors/",
      "tags": [
        "Classical-Latin"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈs̠ɔrs̠]",
      "tags": [
        "Classical-Latin"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈsors/",
      "note": "modern Italianate Ecclesiastical"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈsɔrs]",
      "note": "modern Italianate Ecclesiastical"
    }
  ],
  "word": "sors"
}

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