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.—
II. Trop., reaper of men: “sator scelerum et messor maxume,” Plaut. Capt. 3, 5, 3; cf. Vulg. Matt. 13, 30 and 39.