sort (subs.) Copy link Outline I. A kind, species1. gĕnus, ĕris, n.2. spĕcies (a peculiar s.), forma, pars3. expr. by tālis, quālis, quāliscunque, etc. (v. L. G. § 83)4. expr. by quīdam, quăsĭ5. expr. by omnis6. expr. by nescio quid (with gen. of subs.)7. expr. by is ... qui (foll. by subj.)II. Rank (of persons)III. Quality (of things)IV. Manner, way, styleV. Degree, extentVI. Miscell. Phr. • sort (subs.): I. A kind, species: 1. gĕnus, ĕris, n.: v. kind (subs.), class (subs.): of this s., hujus g., Cic. pass.: of that s., ejus g., istius g., id.: of the same s., ejusdem g., id.: of all s.s, omnium g., omnis g. (the latter more rare), id. Phr.: of one s. simplex (v. single): of hybrid s., bigener: of many s.s, multigenus, Lucr.: multigeneris, Plaut.: multiplex, varius (v. various, manifold): of all s.s, omnigenus, Virg.: Lucr.: they made of this kind of root a s. of bread, id (genus radicis) ad similitudinem panis efficiebant, Caes. B. C. 3, 48. 2. spĕcies (a peculiar s.), forma, pars: v. species. 3. expr. by tālis, quālis, quāliscunque, etc. (v. L. G. § 83): no one attempts anything of the s. without associates, sine sociis nemo quidquam tale conatur, Cic.: since he was the s. of man I see you are, quum talis esset qualem te esse video, id.: you do not quite know yet what s. of person I am, non satis me pernosti etiam qualis sim, Ter. Andr. 3, 2, 23. Also, qui is sometimes used for qualis: what s. of a man and how great! qui vir et quantus, Cic. Div. 1, 25, 52: cf. Virg. G. 1, 3, quae cura boum, qui cultus habendo sit pecori, hinc canere incipiam. Also quid (neut. absol.) for qualis: what s. of a woman you have for a wife, quid mulieris uxorem habes, Ter. Hec. 4, 4, 21: I will explain to you briefly what s. of a fellow he is, exponam vobis breviter quid hominis sit, Cic. Verr. 2, 54, 134: cf. id. Rosc. Am. 46. 4. expr. by quīdam, quăsĭ: for insult has a s. of sting which gentlemen can with the greatest difficulty brook, habet enim quendam aculeum contumelia quem pati viri boni difficillime possunt, Cic. Verr. 3, 41, 95: for there was in Crassus a strange s. of bashfulness, fuit enim mirificus quidam in Crasso pudor, id. de Or. 1, 26, 122: philosophy a s. of mother of all approved arts, (philosophia) laudatarum omnium artium quasi parens, ib. 1, 3, 9. 5. expr. by omnis: to seek by all s.s of entreaties, omnibus precibus petere, Caes. B. G. 5, 6, med.: all s.s (= any s.) of vegetables, olus omne, Hor. Ep. 1, 5, 2. 6. expr. by nescio quid (with gen. of subs.): I have a s. of presentiment of evil, nescio quid mihi animus praesagit mali, Ter. Heaut. 2, 2, 7. 7. expr. by is ... qui (foll. by subj.): you are not the s. of man to be ignorant of what you are, non tu is es qui quid sis nescias, Cic. Fam. 5, 12, 6. II. Rank (of persons): q. v.: in such phrr. as, the common s. of people, plebs, plēbēcŭla, vulgus (v. commonalty, commons): also expr. by qui tenuioris ordinis sunt, Cic. Leg. 3, 13, 30: the better s., optĭmātes, nōbĭles, etc. (v. nobility, birth, II.). Phr.: though a little before you were of our s. (or kidney, colloq.), quum fueris nostrae paulo ante farinae, Pers. 5, 115: cf. Suet. Aug. 4, fin. Miscell.: as there are two species of kings (queen-bees), so there are s.s among their subjects, ut binae regum facies, ita corpora plebis; Virg. G. 4, 95: men of the lowest s., ultimae sortis homines, Suet. Aug. 19: men of all s.s, omnium ordinum homines, Cic.: he was an orator of no ordinary s., non fuit orator unus e multis (εἷς ἐν πολλοῖς), id. Brut. 79, 274. III. Quality (of things): q. v.: nŏta, f. (lit. mark on a wine-cask, e. g. n. Falerni, Hor.): honey of inferior s., secundae n. mel, Col. 9, 15, extr.: of this s. of bodies is air, ex hac n. corporum est aer, Sen. Q. N. 2, 2, extr.: certain kindnesses are not of this ordinary s., but superior, quaedam beneficia non sunt ex hac vulgari n., sed majora, Sen. Ben. 3, 9, init.: cf. quisquis de meliore n., Cat. 66 (68), 28. Also expr. by primarius, secundarius, Cic. [N.B.--Best s., expr. by flos with gen.: v. Smith's Lat. Dict. s. v.] IV. Manner, way, style: q. v. Phr.: in like s., simili ratione, similiter (v. similarly): in different s., alia ratione, aliter (v. otherwise): after a s., quodammodo, Cic.: after the same s., itidem, Cic.: Plaut.: after what s.? quomodo (v. how): in such s., sic, ita, etc. (v. so, thus). V. Degree, extent: q. v. Phr.: in such s. (= to such an extent), adeo, usque adeo, Cic.: in such s. that, adeo ut, ita ut: v. so (VI.). VI. Miscell. Phr.: that's your s. (colloq.), eu, euge, etc. (v. bravo): to put out of s.s, turbo, perturbo, etc.: e. g. animum t., alvum t., Plin. (v. to derange, disturb, disconcert, upset): to feel out of s.s, offensae (indisposition) quid sentire, Cels. 1, 6, med. (v. also indisposed, ill, unwell: and for mental sign., v. sad, sorrowful).