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messor

messor, a reaper

messor, ōris, m. [2. meto], a reaper (class.).
  • I 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.—
    • B Personified: deus Messor, the god of the harvest, Serv. ad Verg. G. 1, 21.—*
  • II Trop., reaper of men: sator scelerum et messor maxume, Plaut. Capt. 3, 5, 3 (661); cf. Vulg. Matt. 13, 30 and 39.

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