Columella Res Rustica 8.11.5

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

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[5] Hoc genus avium, cum trimatum explevit, optime progenerat. Siquidem tenerior aetas, aut sterilis, aut parum fecunda est. Masculus pavo gallinaceam salacitatem habet, atque ideo quinque feminas desiderat. Nam si unam vel alteram fetam saepius compressit, vix dum concepta in alvo vitiat ova, nec ad partum ¹sinit perduci: quoniam immatura geni- ²³⁴⁵⁶⁷⁸

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. locis ac: om. SA.

3. clauditur a: cluditur SAc.

4. quales SA: qualis ac: qualia Schneider.

5. paxilli ac: taxilli SA.

6. inducantur ac: induantur SA.

7. deductae Aac: eductae S.

8. ad partum ac; partum A: parte S.

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