the mind > mental capacity > expectation > foresight, foreknowledge > prediction, foretelling > divination by symbols, letters, figures, etc. > [noun] > by books > choosing passages randomly > in Virgil (2)
In phrases sortes Virgilianae, sortes Homericae, sortes Biblicae: divination, or the seeking of guidance, by chance selection of a passage in…
a method of divination consisting in taking a passage of Virgil at random.