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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.
A Latin Dictionary. Founded on Andrews' edition of Freund's Latin dictionary. revised, enlarged, and in great part rewritten by. Charlton T. Lewis, Ph.D. and. Charles Short, LL.D. Oxford. Clarendon Press. 1879.

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    • New Testament, Matthew, 13.30
    • Ovid, Metamorphoses, 14.643
    • Plautus, Captivi, 3.5
    • Cicero, On Oratory, 3.12
    • Columella, Res Rustica, 2.18
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