Columella, Res Rustica, ed. Harrison Boyd Ash, ed. E. S. Forster, ed. Edward H. Heffner, 8.16.8

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[8] balanis, vel sphondylis.¹At arenosi gurgites planos quidem non pessime,²sed ³⁴⁵⁶⁷⁸⁹¹⁰¹¹ pelagios melius pascunt, ut auratas ac dentices, Punicasque et indigenas umbras: verum conchyliis minus apti. Rursus optime saxosum mare nominis sui pisces nutrit, qui scilicet, quod in petris stabulentur, saxatiles dicti sunt, ut merulae turdique, nec minus melanuri.

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

3. sestertium Aac: sestertiis S.

4. defertur SA: deferantur ac.

5. insulas ac: in insula SA.

6. mercatus a: mercatur SA.

7. precipere non potuerit ac: percipuerit ut SA.

8. conchiliis ac: conciliis SA.

9. Warmington: muricibus et ostreis, purpurarumque tum concharum prior. edd.

10. pectunculi, balani vel sphondili codd.

11. pessime a: spessime S: spissime A: proxime c. a Scipio Africanus Minor. b P. Servilius Vatia. c According to Pliny, IX. § 168, Sergius Orata established the first oyster-beds at Baiae near Naples.

Columella Res Rustica 8.16.8

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