Columella Res Rustica 2.21.4

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

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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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Current edition Perseus

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

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2. lavare SA.
3. si om. R, edd. ante Lundström.
4. qui Gesn., Schn.
5. id est salutari om. R aliquot, Ald., Gesn., Schn.
6. faro (farao A) instare SA.
7. adportatas Warmington: adportata vel apportata R, edd.: adportare SA.
8. conditui R plerique, Ald, Gesn., Schn. a The ancient authorities frequently speak, for example, of dipping sheep as a preventive of scab. b Cf. Cato, 2. 4. c Sicilire is defined by Varro (R.R. I. 49. 2) as cutting with a sickle the tufts of grass which the mowers have passed over. d Not the regular pruning (putatio), but the removal of superfluous foliage to admit the light (conlucare, sublucare).
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