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messor
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Lewis Short
messor (noun M) : id.
* A reaper (class.).
* Lit., Cic. de Or. 3, 12, 46: durus,Ov. M. 14, 643: feniseca,a mower,Col. 2, 18: dura messorum ilia,Hor. Epod. 3, 4: parce messoribus illis qui saturant urbem,Juv. 8, 117.
* Personified: deus Messor,the god of the harvest,Serv. ad Verg. G. 1, 21.—*
* Trop., reaper of men: sator scelerum et messor maxume,Plaut. Capt. 3, 5, 3; cf. Vulg. Matt. 13, 30 and 39.
* A reaper (class.).
* Lit., Cic. de Or. 3, 12, 46: durus,Ov. M. 14, 643: feniseca,a mower,Col. 2, 18: dura messorum ilia,Hor. Epod. 3, 4: parce messoribus illis qui saturant urbem,Juv. 8, 117.
* Personified: deus Messor,the god of the harvest,Serv. ad Verg. G. 1, 21.—*
* Trop., reaper of men: sator scelerum et messor maxume,Plaut. Capt. 3, 5, 3; cf. Vulg. Matt. 13, 30 and 39.
Charlton T. Lewis, Charles Short, A Latin Dictionary
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