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sutor, a shoemaker, cobbler

sūtor, ōris, m. [suo], a shoemaker, cobbler.
  • I Lit., Plaut. Aul. 1, 1, 34 (73); 3, 5, 39 (513); 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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