messor, ōris, m. [2. meto], 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.—
B Personified: deus Messor, the god of the harvest , Serv. ad Verg. G. 1, 21.—*
II Trop., reaper of men : sator scelerum et messor maxume, Plaut. Capt. 3, 5, 3; cf. Vulg. Matt. 13, 30 and 39.