Columella Res Rustica 2.9.12

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

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[12] Neque enim dubium est ex robusto semine posse fieri non robustum; quod vero protinus ex levi ¹natum sit, numquam robur accipere manifestum est, ideoque Vergilius cum et alia tum et hoc de seminibus praeclare sic disseruit: Vidi lecta diu et multo spectata labore Degenerare tamen, ni vis humana quotannis Maxima quaeque manu legeret; sic omnia fatis In peius ruere ac retro sublapsa referri. ²³⁴

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

2. habeto R plerique.

3. sic SA1, Lundström: adhibeatur R, et vulgo.

4. exile R, et vulgo ante Schn. a Cf. Varro, R.R. I. 2. 25. b Georg. I. 197-200.

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