LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
noun · masculinethird declension

sūtor

sūtor m (genitive sūtōris, feminine sūtrīx)
Classical[ˈsuː.tɔr]Ecclesiastical[ˈsuː.tor]

Meaning

  1. shoemaker, cobbler.
    Ne supra crepidam sutor iudicaret. — The cobbler should not judge above the sandal.77, Pliny the Elder, Natural History, 35.86 http://penelope.uchicago.edu/Thayer/L/Roman/Texts/Pliny_the_Elder/35*.html (translation Eugene Ehrlich, Say It in Latin)

Declension

declension
formsingularplural
nominativesūtorsūtōrēs
genitivesūtōrissūtōrum
dativesūtōrīsūtōribus
accusativesūtōremsūtōrēs
ablativesūtōresūtōribus
vocativesūtorsūtōrēs

sūtor, ōris, m. id.,
I. 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.

Origins

From suō (“to sew, stitch, join, fasten together”).

Elsewhere
  • Italiansotularo
  • Italiancostorefrom Vulgar Latin *consūtor
  • Middle Frenchsueurfrom Old French suor
Borrowings
  • Italiansutore
  • Proto-West Germanic*sūtārī

Quick answers

What does sūtor mean in Latin?
sūtor, a noun, means “shoemaker, cobbler.”.
What is the genitive of sūtor?
The genitive singular is sūtōris. sūtor is masculine, third declension.
How do you pronounce sūtor?
In classical Latin, [ˈsuː.tɔr]; in ecclesiastical (church) Latin, [ˈsuː.tor].