subsortitio: Difference between revisions

From LSJ

Δύσμορφος εἴην μᾶλλον ἢ καλὸς κακός → Turpi forma esse malim, quam pulcher malus → Ach, wär ich lieber missgeformt als schön und schlecht

Menander, Monostichoi, 117
(6_15)
(No difference)

Revision as of 08:13, 13 August 2017

Latin > English (Lewis & Short)

subsortītĭo: ōnis, f. subsortior,
I a choosing of substitutes by lot, sc. of other judges in place of those rejected by the parties, Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 61, § 157; id. Clu. 33, 91; a selection of citizens to receive corn in place of those who had died: subsortitio a praetore fieret, Suet. Caes. 41 fin.>