vindemiator
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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
Related words
References
- ^ a b Wiktionary, the free dictionary, https://en.wiktionary.org
- ^ a b c d Lewis, Charlton T.; Short, Charles (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- ^ a b c d Glare, P. G. W., ed. (2012), Oxford Latin Dictionary, 2nd ed., Oxford: Oxford University Press
- ^ de Vaan, Michiel (2008), Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages, Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series 7, Leiden; Boston: Brill
- ^ a b c d e Köbler, Gerhard (2010), Lateinisches Abkunfts- und Wirkungswörterbuch für Altertum und Mittelalter, online ed., koeblergerhard.de
- ^ a b c d e f Gaffiot, Félix (2016), Dictionnaire latin-français, new ed. by Gérard Gréco et al. (Gaffiot 2016), online ed.
- ^ Stelten, Leo F. (1995), Dictionary of Ecclesiastical Latin, Peabody, Mass.: Hendrickson
- ^ 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