Columella Res Rustica 7.12.12

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

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[12] Catulos sex mensibus primis, dum corroborentur,¹emitti non oportet, nisi ad matrem lusus ae lasciviae causa. Postea catenis per diem ²³⁴⁵⁶⁷⁸⁹¹⁰ continendi, et noctibus solvendi. Nec unquam eos, quorum generosam ¹¹volumus indolem conservare, patiemur alienae nutricis uberibus educari: quoniam semper et lac et spiritus maternus longe magis ingenii atque incrementa corporis auget.¹²Quod si effeta ¹³lacte deficitur, caprinum maxime conveniet praeberi catulis,¹⁴dum fiant ¹⁵mensum quattuor.

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. debeat quare status om. SA.

3. celeritate bestiam R: celeriteratem bestii A1: celeriter autẽ bestii S.

4. consectandi ceteri R: consectam dicere SA.

5. sustineat SA.

6. est R: et SA.

7. fervens R: nam ferventi S: non aferventi A.

8. veteres SA.

9. nec om. SA.

10. corroboretur SA.

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