Columella Res Rustica 1.3.8

ed. Harrison Boyd Ash, ed. E. S. Forster, ed. Edward H. Heffner

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[8] Nos ad cetera praecepta illud adicimus, quod sapiens unus de septem in perpetuum posteritati pronuntiavit, adhibendum modum mensuramque rebus, idque ut non solum aliud acturis, sed et agrum paraturis dictum intellegatur, ne maiorem, ¹²³ quam ratio calculorum patitur, emere velint.⁴Nam huc pertinet praeclara nostri poetae sententia: laudato ingentia rura. Exiguum colito.

Res Rustica. Columella. ed. Harrison Boyd Ash, ed. E. S. Forster, ed. Edward H. Heffner. London. 1941-1955.

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Res Rustica. Books I-IX (Columella. On agriculture, Volume 1-2. Ash, Harrison Boyd; Foster, Edward Seymour; Heffner, Edward H., editors. Cambridge, MA; London: Harvard University Press; William Heinemann, Ltd., 1941.)

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Res Rustica

1. finitissimis S.

2. ne earbonẽ SA.

3. pedamentum vel pedainenti vel pedamenti quicquam R plerique, edd. ante Lundström. a The master-thief of Greek mythology, son of Hermes (Mercury) and maternal grandfather of Odysseus. Autolycus possessed the gift of making himself and his stolen property invisible or of changed appearance. b A monster of Roman legend, who stole from Hercules the

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