vindēmĭa, ae, f. [vinum-demo], a grape - gathering, vintage.
I Lit., Varr. L. L. 5, § 37 Müll.; id. R. R. 1, 54, 1; Plaut. Curc. 1, 2, 16; Col. 3, 21, 5; 11, 2, 70; Plin. 18, 31, 74, § 315.— Plur. , Plin. Ep. 9, 20, 2; Suet. Caes. 40.—
II Transf.
A Grapes , wine , vintage : non eadem arboribus pendet vindemia nostris, Verg. G. 2, 89: mitis, id. ib. 2, 522; cf.: spumat plenis vindemia labris, id. ib. 2, 6: ursi fruge, fronde, vindemiā, pomis vivunt, Plin. 10, 73, 93, § 199.—
B Plur. , the time of grape-gathering , the vintage season , M. Aurel. ap. Fronto , Ep. ad M. Caes. 5, 23 and 47.—
C The gathering or harvest of similar things: olearum, Plin. 15, 1, 2, § 5: turis, id. 12, 14, 32, § 58: mellis, Col. 9, 15, 1; Plin. 11, 14, 14, § 35.