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|lshtext=<b>sortītĭo</b>: ōnis, f. [[sortior]],<br /><b>I</b> a casting or [[drawing]] of lots, a choosing or determining by [[lot]], sortition ([[class]].): deos [[quaeso]], mihi ut [[sortitio]] eveniat, * Plaut. Cas. 2, 6, 38: dum aequantur sortes, dum [[sortitio]] [[fit]], Cic. Cornel. Fragm. 1, 13, p. 449 Orell.; Varr. R. R. 3, 17, 1: aedilicia, Cic. Planc. 22, 53: [[praerogativa]], id. Phil. 2, 33, 82: provinciarum, id. ib. 3, 10, 24; id. Clu. 46, 128; id. Q. Fr. 2, 1, 2; Suet. Tib. 35 al.; <[[number]] opt="n">plur.</[[number]]>, id. Aug. 29.
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