The corpus record — Latin

Messor

Messor · m

a reaper

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Where it lives

Eclogues 2 · 4.41/10k
Epodon 1 · 3.33/10k
de Bello Gothico 1 · 2.48/10k
In Rufinum 1 · 1.75/10k
Troades 1 · 1.47/10k
Cathemerina 1 · 1.36/10k
Captivi 1 · 1.16/10k
Epistularum 1 · 1.1/10k
Carmina 1 · 0.78/10k
Georgicon 1 · 0.71/10k
Ex Ponto 1 · 0.48/10k
Epistulae. Selections. 2 · 0.46/10k

Densest 12 of 20 attested works shown, by occurrences per 10,000 attested tokens.

What it meant

messor — Lewis & Short

messor, ōris, m.id.,

I 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; cf. Vulg. Matt. 13, 30 and 39.

Where it came from

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