exsors

A New Latin Dictionary by Charlton T. Lewis Ph.D. and Charles Short, LL. D.

ex-sors (exors), sortis, adj., 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.

α 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.—*

β With dat.: hospes conflictui huic, Sid. Ep. 8, 12 fin.

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