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‖ Vindemiatrix|vɪndiːmɪˈeɪtrɪks|
[med. or mod.L. fem. of vindēmiātor vintager, star in Virgo, f. L. vindēmiāre: see vindemiate v.]
1. A bright fixed star in the constellation Virgo.
1704J. Harris Lex. Techn. I, Vindemiatrix, a Fixed Star of the third Magnitude, in the Constellation Virgo, whose Longitude is 185 degr. 23 min. Latitude 16 degr. 15 min. [Hence in later Dicts.]1728Chambers Cycl. s.v. Virgo, Stars in the Constellation Virgo [include].., Upper of North Wing, Vindemiatrix. 1843Penny Cycl. XXVI. 373/1 Of the bright stars in this triangle, Vindemiatrix is the one nearest to the line joining Arcturus and β Leonis. 1860Olmsted Mech. Heav. 347 Twenty degrees north of Spica, is Vindemiatrix, in the arm of Virgo, a star of the third magnitude.
2. ‘A female vintager’ (Bailey, 1721). |