Columella Res Rustica 8.2.3

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

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[3] Sed ex his tribus generibus cohortales feminae proprie appellantur gallinae, mares autem galli, semimares capi, qui hoc nomine ¹²³⁴ vocantur, cum sunt castrati libidinis abolendae causa. Nec tamen id patiuntur amissis genitalibus, sed ferro candente calcaribus inustis, quae cum ignea vi consumpta sunt, facta ulcera dum consanescant, figulari creta linuntur.

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

1. post pascuntur add. quod sint genera gallinarum ac.

2. ambigatur c: ambigantur SAa.

3. cohortalium A; chortalium S.

4. capite om. S. a Variously identified as hazel-hen, heath-hen, field-hen and red-legged partridge. b This island is still called by this name and lies off Albengo, three miles E. of Alassio on the Italian Riviera. c Probably the guinea-fowl.

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