Columella Res Rustica 4.24.12

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

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[12] ¹Quare medio in bracchio commodissime palmae summittentur, ²³⁴⁵⁶⁷ quae nec spem videmiae destituant nec emacient stirpem suam. Non nulli fructus avidius eliciunt, extrema et media flagella summittendo, nec minus proximum duro sarmentum in custodem resecando; quod faciendum, nisi permittentibus soli et trunci viribus, minime censeo. Nam ita se induunt uvis ut nequeant maturitatem capere ⁸si benignitas terrae atque ipsius trunci laetitia non adsit.

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. melius SAa.

3. adfixerit SA.

4. pedes acM: pedum SA: pendens Ald.

5. constet retunde SA.

6. dilectus SAac: delectus M, et vulgo.

7. se extendunt vulgo: extendunt (se om.) cM, vett. edd.: ostendunt (se om.) SAa. a Rustic dialect for faucaneus.Cf. Palladius, III. 12. 2, Focaneus etiam, qui inter duo bracchia medius nascitur, debet

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