sutor

Latin

Etymology

From suō (“join, fasten together”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA: /ˈsuː.tor/

Noun

sūtor (genitive sūtōris); m, third declension

1. shoemaker, cobbler.
   • Pliny the Elder, Natural History, 35.86 [1] (translation Eugene Ehrlich, Say It in Latin, ISBN 0709056257)

     Ne supra crepidam sutor iudicaret. — The cobbler should not judge above the sandal.

Inflection

Number	Singular	Plural
nominative	sūtor	sūtōrēs
genitive	sūtōris	sūtōrum
dative	sūtōrī	sūtōribus
accusative	sūtōrem	sūtōrēs
ablative	sūtōre	sūtōribus
vocative	sūtor	sūtōrēs

Synonyms

• (shoemaker): calceāmentārius, calceātor, calceolārius, caligārius

Derived terms

sūtōrīcius sūtōrius sūtrīballus

sūtrīnus sūtrīx

Related terms

suō sūtēla sūtilis sūtrīna

sūtrīnum sūtum sūtūra

Descendants

• English: souter