vindemiator Latin · revision 10049

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=derivation|attested=Varro|origins=la vīndēmia}}

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''vindēmiātor''' ''m'' (genitive vindēmiātōris); third declension^(Wiktionary)

+ Also ''vīndēmitor'', and Horace scans it as four syllables.^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(OLD 2012)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is [[af|la|vīndēmia|-tor|t1=grape harvest]], through [[vīndēmiō]] “to gather grapes”.^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)^(Lewis & Short 1879) De Vaan treats ⟨vīndēmia⟩, from [[vīnum]] “wine”, under [[emō]] “to take”.^(de Vaan 2008)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ Köbler's earliest source is Varro, and Gaffiot cites his ''Dē linguā Latīnā''.^(Köbler 2010)^(Gaffiot 2016) Köbler dates Varro 116–27 BC.^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ It meant a grape-picker, vintager, as in Varro, Horace and Columella, and in astronomy the name of a star.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Gaffiot 2016)

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+ In Ecclesiastical Latin it means grape picker.^(Stelten 1995) British Medieval Latin used it also for a vine-dresser.^(DMLBS)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * 116–27 BC – Varro uses it.^(Gaffiot 2016)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 65–8 BC – Horace uses it.^(Gaffiot 2016)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 1st century AD – Columella uses it.^(Gaffiot 2016)^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Noun===

+ # A grape-picker, [[m|en|vintager]].^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)

+ # ''(astronomy)'' The name of a star.^(Gaffiot 2016)

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[vīndēmia]]

+ * [[vīndēmiō]]

+ * [[vīnum]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}