messor

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Latin

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Etymology

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meto (harvest, reap) +‎ -tor (agent noun suffix)

Pronunciation

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Noun

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messor m (genitive messōris, feminine mestrīx); third declension

  1. reaper
  2. mower
  3. harvester

Declension

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Third-declension noun.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative messor messōrēs
Genitive messōris messōrum
Dative messōrī messōribus
Accusative messōrem messōrēs
Ablative messōre messōribus
Vocative messor messōrēs
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Descendants

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  • Italian: messore (learned)

References

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  • messor”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • messor”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • messor in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
  • messor in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.