Vindemia, vindemiæ f. g. Virg.The gathering of grapes to make wine: sometime gathering of other things.Mitis in apricis coquitur vindemia saxis Vir.Vindemia mellis. Plin. The gatheting of hony.Vindemia oliuarum. Plin. The gathering of oliues to make oyle.Cogere vindemias. Vlp. To lay togither grapes that are gathered in hatuest.Modicas vindemias colligere. Pli.iun. Pendentem vindemiam emere. Iulian. To bie grapes veon a price as they hang.Spumat plenis vindemia labris. Vir. Administrare vindemias, Vide ADMINISTRO.Vindemíola vindemíolæ, f. g. pen. cor. Diminut. Cic.A little harueft of grapes.
Lewis and Short: Latin dictionary
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.