sortes Virgilianae
zelfstandig naamwoord
Roget 156:
chance,
indetermination,
accident,
fortune,
hazard,
hap,
haphazard,
chance medley,
random,
luck,
raccroc†,
casualty,
contingence,
adventure,
hit;
fate
etc.
(necessity)
601;
equal chance;
lottery;
tombola†;
toss up
etc.
621;
turn of the table,
turn of the cards;
hazard of the die,
chapter of accidents,
fickle finger of fate;
cast of the dice,
throw of the dice;
heads or tails,
flip of a coin,
wheel of Fortune;
sortes†,
sortes Virgilianae†.
probability,
possibility,
odds;
long odds,
run of luck;
accidentalness;
main chance,
odds on,
favorable odds.
contingency,
dependence
(uncertainty)
475;
situation
(circumstance)
8.
statistics,
theory of Probabilities,
theory of Chances;
bookmaking;
assurance;
speculation,
gaming
etc.
621.
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Roget 992:
sorcery;
occult art,
occult sciences;
magic,
the black art,
necromancy,
theurgy,
thaumaturgy†;
demonology,
demonomy†,
demonship†;
diablerie [Fr.],
bedevilment;
witchcraft,
witchery;
glamor;
fetishism,
fetichism,
feticism†;
ghost dance,
hoodoo;
obi,
obiism†;
voodoo,
voodooism;
Shamanism
(Esquimaux),
vampirism;
conjuration;
bewitchery,
exorcism,
enchantment,
mysticism,
second sight,
mesmerism,
animal magnetism;
od force,
odylic force†;
electrobiology†,
clairvoyance;
spiritualism,
spirit rapping,
table turning.
divination
etc.
(prediction)
511;
sortilege†,
ordeal,
sortes Virgilianae†;
hocus-pocus
etc.
(deception)
545.
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Roget 621:
chance
etc.
156;
lot,
fate
etc.
(necessity)
601;
luck;
good luck
etc.
(good)
618;
mascot.
speculation,
venture,
stake,
game of chance;
mere shot,
random shot;
blind bargain,
leap in the dark;
pig in a poke
etc.
(uncertainty)
475;
fluke,
potluck;
faro bank;
flyer [Slang];
limit.
uncertainty;
uncertainty principle,
Heisenberg's uncertainty principle.
drawing lots;
sortilegy†,
sortition†;
sortes†,
sortes Virgilianae†;
rouge et noir [Fr.],
hazard,
ante,
chuck-a-luck,
crack-loo [U.S.],
craps,
faro,
roulette,
pitch and toss,
chuck,
farthing,
cup tossing,
heads or tails cross and pile,
poker-dice;
wager;
bet,
betting;
gambling;
the turf.
gaming house,
gambling house,
betting house;
bucket shop;
gambling joint;
totalizator,
totalizer;
hell;
betting ring;
dice,
dice box.
[person who takes chances]
gambler,
gamester;
man of the turf;
adventurer;
dicer†.
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