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Sors
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Sors
,Noun.
pl.
Sortes
(#)
. [L.]
A lot; also, a kind of divination by means of lots.
Sortes Homericae
or
Sortes Virgilianae
[L., Homeric or Virgilian lots]
, a form of divination anciently practiced, which consisted in taking the first passage on which the eye fell, upon opening a volume of
Homer
or Virgil
, or a passage drawn from an urn which several were deposited, as indicating future events, or the proper course to be pursued. In later times the Bible
was used for the same purpose by Christians. Definition 2024
sors
sors
See also: sörs
French
Verb
sors
- first-person singular present indicative of sortir
- second-person singular present indicative of sortir
- second-person singular imperative of sortir
Hungarian
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin sors (“fate”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈʃorʃ]
- Hyphenation: sors
Noun
sors (plural sorsok)
Declension
| Inflection (stem in -o-, back harmony) | ||
|---|---|---|
| singular | plural | |
| nominative | sors | sorsok |
| accusative | sorsot | sorsokat |
| dative | sorsnak | sorsoknak |
| instrumental | sorssal | sorsokkal |
| causal-final | sorsért | sorsokért |
| translative | sorssá | sorsokká |
| terminative | sorsig | sorsokig |
| essive-formal | sorsként | sorsokként |
| essive-modal | — | — |
| inessive | sorsban | sorsokban |
| superessive | sorson | sorsokon |
| adessive | sorsnál | sorsoknál |
| illative | sorsba | sorsokba |
| sublative | sorsra | sorsokra |
| allative | sorshoz | sorsokhoz |
| elative | sorsból | sorsokból |
| delative | sorsról | sorsokról |
| ablative | sorstól | sorsoktól |
| Possessive forms of sors | ||
|---|---|---|
| possessor | single possession | multiple possessions |
| 1st person sing. | sorsom | sorsaim |
| 2nd person sing. | sorsod | sorsaid |
| 3rd person sing. | sorsa | sorsai |
| 1st person plural | sorsunk | sorsaink |
| 2nd person plural | sorsotok | sorsaitok |
| 3rd person plural | sorsuk | sorsaik |
Derived terms
- sorsol
Latin
Etymology
From Proto-Indo-European *ser- (“to sort, lineup”), same source as English sort and series.
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /sors/, [sɔrs]
Noun
sors f (genitive sortis); third declension
Inflection
Third declension i-stem.
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | sors | sortēs |
| genitive | sortis | sortium |
| dative | sortī | sortibus |
| accusative | sortem | sortēs |
| ablative | sorte | sortibus |
| vocative | sors | sortēs |
Derived terms
Descendants
References
- sors in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- sors in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- SORS in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
- Félix Gaffiot (1934), “sors”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.
- Meissner, Carl; Auden, Henry William (1894) Latin Phrase-Book, London: Macmillan and Co.
- to be contented: rebus suis, sorte sua contentum esse
- the province of Syria has fallen to some one's lot: alicui Syria (sorte) obvēnit, obtigit
- to be contented: rebus suis, sorte sua contentum esse