sorites
δύστανοι καὶ πολύμοχθοι ματέρες Ἅιδᾳ τίκτουσαι τέκνα → wretched and much-enduring mothers, giving birth to children for Hades
Latin > English (Lewis & Short)
sōrītes: ae (
I acc. sing. soritam, Cic. ap. Non. p. 329, 20 dub.), m., = σωρείτης, a logical sophism formed by an accumulation of arguments, a sorites (pure Lat. acervus), Cic. Div. 2, 4, 11; id. Ac. 2, 16, 49; 2, 33, 107; Sen. Ben. 5, 19, 9.
Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)
sōrītēs,¹⁶ æ, m. (σωρείτης), sorite, sorte d’argument : Cic. Div. 2, 11.
Latin > German (Georges)
sōrītēs, ae, m. (σωρείτης) der durch Anhäufung der Gründe gebildete Trugschluß, der Häufelschluß, der Sorites (rein lat. acervus), Cic. u.a. – Dat. Sing. soriti, Cic. de div. 2, 11. – Akk. Sing. soritam, Cic. Hortens. fr. 45 Kays. (bei Non. p. 329, 20). – Akk. Plur. soritas, Fronto de eloqu. 1. p. 146, 8 N.
