sutor

A New Latin Dictionary by Charlton T. Lewis Ph.D. and Charles Short, LL. D.

sūtor, ōris, m. [suo], a shoemaker, cobbler.

I Lit., Plaut. Aul. 1, 1, 34; 3, 5, 39; Asell. ap. Gell. 13, 21, 8; Varr. L. L. 5, § 93 Müll.: crepidarius, Asell. ap. Gell. 13, 21, 8: SVTORVM COLLEGIVM, Inscr. Donat. 1, 131; Mart. 3, 16, 1; 9, 75 in lemm. al.—To denote people of the lower class: id sutores et zonarii conclamarunt, Cic. Fl. 7, 17; Juv. 3, 294. — Prov.: sutor, ne supra crepidam (judicaret), let the cobbler stick to his last , Plin. 35, 10, 36, § 85; cf. Val. Max. 8, 12, ext. 3. — *

II Transf., a cobbler , patcher up of things: fabularum, Sid. Ep. 3, 13.

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