exsors

Latin > English (Lewis & Short)

ex-sors: (exors), sortis, adj.,
I without lot, i. e. who has not cast a lot, who obtains a thing out of course; also, that for which a lot has not been cast, chosen, choice.
I Prop. (poet.): te voluit rex magnus Olympi Talibus auspiciis exsortem ducere honorem, Verg. A. 5, 534: ducunt exsortem (equum) Aeneae, id. ib. 8, 552; Val. Fl. 4, 340.—
II Transf., in gen., having no share in, free from, deprived of.
   (a)    With gen.: dulcis vitae, Verg. A. 6, 428: amicitiae et foederis, Liv. 23, 10, 3: culpae, id. 22, 44, 7: periculi, Tac. A. 6, 10: matrimoniorum, Plin. 5, 8, 8, § 45: cos exsors secandi, incapable of cutting, Hor. A. P. 305.—*
   (b)    With dat.: hospes conflictui huic, Sid. Ep. 8, 12 fin.>