Columella Res Rustica 1.1

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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. quoniam Lundstrōm: quoniam (in abbr.) vel quom vel cum codd..: quandoquidem vulgo. a A mythical character, said to have been the founder of agriculture and the inventor of the plough (Servius on Vergil, Georg. I. 163). b Son of Apollo and the nymph Cyrene, said to have taught mankind the management of bees and cattle and the cultivation of the olive. e Writers on husbandry, often cited by Varro and Columella: i.e. Cn. Tremelius Scrofa (cf. Varro, R.R. I. 2. 9-10, II. 4); the
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5. om. R plerique, edd. praeter Lundström.
6. tam SAa, Lundström.
7. iam om. A.
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15. sive R.
16. sunt om. Schn.
17. quae om. S, Schn.
18. disciplina Ursinus (teste Schn.), Lundstrōm cum Cod. Laurent. 53. 27: disciplinam SAR. plerique edd.
19. repperiuntur SAa, Lundstrōm.
20. cuius add. Lundstrōm: om. SAR.
21. e qua Lundstrōm: eaquae SA: aeque vel eque R: e queis vulgo. a One of the earliest Greek poets, said by Pliny (XVIII. 201) to have been the first writer of agricultural precepts.
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26. Chaerestaeus Varro, R.R. I. 1. 8.
27. Euphronius Lundstrōm praeeuntibus Reitzensteinio, Ursino, Pontedera: euphrontis SAR: Euphronis vulgo.
28. Mnasias S, Lundstrōm: manassias A: manasseas R.
29. dadis vel eladis vel cladis R: dandis SA.
30. et Plentiphanes Lundstrōm: Pleutiphanes vulgo: euantiphanes (et om.) SA: alii alia in R.
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35. virgilium R.
36. carmine R. a Regarded by Pliny (N.H. XVII. 199) as the most ancient and most distinguished husbandmen after Cato. b A contemporary of Varro and one of the speakers in Varro's agricultural treatise. c Marcus Terentius Varro. d A slave whose duty it was to guard his master's children, escort them to school, and perhaps give some elementary instruction at home. c Freedman and librarian of Augustus, and a writer of great versatility. Two works, dealing with mythology and astronomy, survive under his name.
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42. discitur S.
43. cesserit R aliquot.
44. significante 8. a Cf. the maxim of Cato, 4, frons occipitio prior est; Pliny, N.H. XVIII. 31 frontemque domini plus prodesse quam occipitium; and Palladius, I. 6.1, praesentia domini provectus est agri.
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