sort (v.) Copy link Outline A. Trans.1. dīgĕro, gessi, gestum, 32. dĭrĭbeo, no perf., ĭtum, 2 (prop. to separate or s. the tablets when taken out of the ballot-boxes)3. descrībo, scripsi, scriptum, 34. compōno, pŏsui, pŏsĭtum, 35. ordĭno, 1B. Intrans.I. To agree withII. To associate, q. v. • sort (v.): A. Trans.: 1. dīgĕro, gessi, gestum, 3: Cic. Inv. 1, 30, 49: or, more fully, d. in genera, id. de Or. 1, 42, 190: v. to arrange. 2. dĭrĭbeo, no perf., ĭtum, 2 (prop. to separate or s. the tablets when taken out of the ballot-boxes): till 75 tablets shall be s.'d on your behalf, dum de te quinque et septuaginta tabellae diribeantur (al. dirimantur), Cic. Pis. 40, 96. To s. letters (at the post-office), perh. best expr. by *diribere epistolas, literas. 3. descrībo, scripsi, scriptum, 3: v. to class. 4. compōno, pŏsui, pŏsĭtum, 3: to s. and as it were connect your expressions, c. et quasi coagmentare verba, Cic. Brut. 17, 68. 5. ordĭno, 1: o. bibliothecam, Suet.: cf. res in ordinem redigere, adducere, Cic.: v. also to arrange, separate, discern, distinguish. Phr.: the worthless cows must be s.'d, rejiculae (vaccae) rejiciendae, Varr. R. R. 2, 5, 17: cf. oves minus idoneas removere, id.: to s. pleasure with the class of goods, voluptatem numerare in bonis, Cic. (v. to number, reckon). B. Intrans.: I. To agree with: consentio, consto, convĕnio (to be consistent with, q. v.: v. also to agree, IV.): concordo, congruo, convĕnio (to be in harmony with: v. to agree, VI.). II. To associate, q. v.: ūtor, conversor, congrĕgo. See also ill-matched.