| 释义 |
> as lemmasVirgilian lots Virgilian lots, Biblical lots, etc.: passages from the specified text selected at random as a means of divination or seeking guidance; divination by such passages; cf. sortes Virgilianae at sortes n., sortes Biblicae at sortes n., sortes Homericae at sortes n.Virgilian lots Virgilian lots n. [translating Latin sortes Virgilianae] a method of divination consisting in taking a passage of Virgil at random.< |