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Sartor

and Sarcinātor (ἀκεστής). A tailor; but not in the modern sense of the word, as ancient garments did not need to be cut out and fitted. The word, therefore, means one who patches and repairs clothes (Alciphr. Epist. iii. 27; Plaut. Aul. iii. 5, 41).

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