sartore

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Italian

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Etymology

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Expected outcome of Latin sartōrem, while sarto is from the nominative.

Noun

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sartore m (plural sartori, feminine sartora)

  1. (archaic) tailor
    Synonym: sarto
    • 1300s–1310s, Dante Alighieri, “Canto XV”, in Inferno [Hell]‎[1], lines 20–21; republished as Giorgio Petrocchi, editor, La Commedia secondo l'antica vulgata [The Commedia according to the ancient vulgate]‎[2], 2nd revised edition, Florence: publ. Le Lettere, 1994:
      [] e sì ver’ noi aguzzavan le ciglia / come ’l vecchio sartor fa ne la cruna.
      [] and they sharpened their eyes towards us like an old tailor does at the needle's eye.

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Latin

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Noun

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sartōre

  1. ablative singular of sartor