‖ 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.
| 1704 J. 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.] 1728 Chambers Cycl. s.v. Virgo, Stars in the Constellation Virgo [include].., Upper of North Wing, Vindemiatrix. 1843 Penny Cycl. XXVI. 373/1 Of the bright stars in this triangle, Vindemiatrix is the one nearest to the line joining Arcturus and β Leonis. 1860 Olmsted 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).