Columella Res Rustica 1.5.5

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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.)

Notes on the current edition

Res Rustica

1. repit, et Lundstrōm.: repet SAR: repit vulgo.
2. dummodo (vel dumodo) R, edd. ante Lundstrōm.
3. profluente R plerique, edd. ante Lundström.
4. quom vel cum R et multi edd., ut saepe. a Cf. Palladius, I. 17. 4, nam caelestis aqua ad bibendum omnibus antefertur. So by most authors rain-water was considered most wholesome. b The common advice of all authorities.