subsortitio
μή, φίλα ψυχά, βίον ἀθάνατον σπεῦδε, τὰν δ' ἔμπρακτον ἄντλει μαχανάν → Oh! my soul do not aspire to eternal life, but exhaust the limits of the possible. | Do not yearn, O my soul, for immortal life! Use to the utmost the skill that is yours. | Do not, my soul, strive for the life of the immortals, but exhaust the practical means at your disposal.
Latin > English
subsortitio subsortitionis N F :: choice of a substitute by lot
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.>
Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)
subsortītĭō,¹⁴ ōnis, f. (subsortior), tirage au sort en remplacement [de juges récusés], second tirage de noms : Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 157 ; Clu. 91 || tirage de noms pour remplacer les citoyens morts à qui l’État distribuait du blé : Suet. Cæs. 41.
Latin > German (Georges)
subsortītio, ōnis, f. (subsortior), das Nachlosen, iudicum, anderer R. statt der von den Parteien verworfenen, Cic. II. Verr. 1, 157 u.a.: anderer Bürger, die Getreide erhalten sollten, statt der gestorbenen, Suet. Caes. 41, 3.
