vindemiator

Forms

vindēmiātor m (genitive vindēmiātōris); third declension^[1] Also vīndēmitor, and Horace scans it as four syllables.^[2][3]

Etymology

It is from Latin vīndēmia (“grape harvest”) + -tor, through vīndēmiō “to gather grapes”.^[3][1][2] De Vaan treats ⟨vīndēmia⟩, from vīnum “wine”, under emō “to take”.^[4]

Earliest recorded meaning

Köbler's earliest source is Varro, and Gaffiot cites his Dē linguā Latīnā.^[5][6] Köbler dates Varro 116–27 BC.^[5]

Semantic evolution

It meant a grape-picker, vintager, as in Varro, Horace and Columella, and in astronomy the name of a star.^[3][2][6]

In Ecclesiastical Latin it means grape picker.^[7] British Medieval Latin used it also for a vine-dresser.^[8]

Timeline

• 116–27 BC – Varro uses it.^[6][5]
• 65–8 BC – Horace uses it.^[6][5]
• 1st century AD – Columella uses it.^[6][5]

Meanings

Noun

1. A grape-picker, vintager.^[3][2]
2. (astronomy) The name of a star.^[6]

Related words

• vīndēmia
• vīndēmiō
• vīnum

References

1. ^ a b Wiktionary, the free dictionary, https://en.wiktionary.org
2. ^ a b c d Lewis, Charlton T.; Short, Charles (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
3. ^ a b c d Glare, P. G. W., ed. (2012), Oxford Latin Dictionary, 2nd ed., Oxford: Oxford University Press
4. ^ de Vaan, Michiel (2008), Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages, Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series 7, Leiden; Boston: Brill
5. ^ a b c d e Köbler, Gerhard (2010), Lateinisches Abkunfts- und Wirkungswörterbuch für Altertum und Mittelalter, online ed., koeblergerhard.de
6. ^ a b c d e f Gaffiot, Félix (2016), Dictionnaire latin-français, new ed. by Gérard Gréco et al. (Gaffiot 2016), online ed.
7. ^ Stelten, Leo F. (1995), Dictionary of Ecclesiastical Latin, Peabody, Mass.: Hendrickson
8. ^ Latham, R. E., D. R. Howlett, R. K. Ashdowne, et al. (1975–2013), Dictionary of Medieval Latin from British Sources, London: British Academy / Oxford University Press