Sartorius Definition

sär-tôrē-əs
sartorii
noun
A narrow muscle of the thigh, the longest in the human body, that passes obliquely across the front of the thigh and helps rotate the leg to the cross-legged position.
Webster's New World
Synonyms:
  • musculus sartorius
  • sartorius muscle

Other Word Forms of Sartorius

Noun

Singular:
sartorius
Plural:
sartorii

Origin of Sartorius

  • New Latin from Late Latin sartor tailor (from its producing the cross-legged position of a tailor at work) from sartus past participle of sarcīre to mend

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

Sartorius Sentence Examples

  • His physician recommended a sojourn in Italy, for the benefit of his health, and Weber and Sartorius von Waltershausen obtained from the government leave of absence and means to defray the cost of the journey.

  • Sartorius, who had been sent ahead with twenty Hausa only, found Kumasi still deserted.

  • Captain Sartorius and his twenty men marched 50 m.

  • For two years he stayed with a Lutheran clergyman of the name of Sartorius, whilst attending the lectures of the Athenaeum Illustre.

  • Pedro in Oporto from July 1832 to July 1833, when the duke of Terceira and Captain Charles Napier, who had succeeded Sartorius, effected a daring and successful diversion which resulted in the capture of Lisbon (July 24, 1833).

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