Notes on the current edition
Res Rustica
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sic Lundstrōm cum S (m. pr.) et R nonnullis: censebat in inspiciendo agro 8 (m. ait.) A et R nonnulli: censebat in emendo inspiciendo agro cod. Lips. Bibi. Comm. I.f. 13: c. i. e. inspiciendoque a. vulgo.
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vicinam R: viam et aquam vicinam vett. edd: v. et a. et vicinum vulgo. a The substance of these words is found in Cato I. 2-3; but the passage as a whole bears a closer resemblance to Varro, R.R. I. 2. 8. b A legal expression. Cf. Varro, loc. cit., quorum si alterutrum decolat et nihilo minus quis vult colere, mente est captus adque agnatos et gentiles est deducendus. Under the Laws of the Twelve Tables the agnati (blood relatives on the father's side)
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non om. Schn.
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quia S, Lundstrōm: qui AR: quem edd. vulgo.
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nobis eum Lundstrōm: nobiscum SAR, cett. edd.
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diversae om. SAa: inc. Schn.
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sed etiam R aliquot, et vulgo: etiam om. SA, Lundstrōm. a Lundström justifies this interpretation of the unanimous reading nec non nihil of the Mss.; cf. " Småplock ur Columellas språk: 22. Tredubbel negation," Eranos, XV. 205.
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finitissimis S.
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ne earbonẽ SA.
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pedamentum vel pedainenti vel pedamenti quicquam R plerique, edd. ante Lundström. a The master-thief of Greek mythology, son of Hermes (Mercury) and maternal grandfather of Odysseus. Autolycus possessed the gift of making himself and his stolen property invisible or of changed appearance. b A monster of Roman legend, who stole from Hercules the
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velint Pontedera, Schneider, Lundstrōm: velit SAR, et alii.
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plebi Schn.
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retulere SAR.
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tanta M'. Lundstrōm, praeeunte Madvigio:tanta vel tantam codd. plerique. a Vergil, Georg. II. 412-413. b Cf. Palladius I. 6. 8, Fecundior est culta exiguitas quam magnitudo neglecta. c The first Roman agrarian law, made by Romulus, allotted to every citizen two iugera of land (Varro, R.R. I. 10. 12; cf. Pliny, N.H. XVIII. 7).For the seven iugera, cf. Varro,
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flagitiosum R aliquot, et vulgo ante Lundstrōm.
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sic SA, et R aliquot, Lundstrōm: adhibebitur vel adhibetur alii.
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poteremur S, Lundstrōm.
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quoque codd., vett. edd., Lundstrōm: equis quidem vulgo.
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ac populandos om. SA.
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sic codd., vett. edd., Lundstrō cuique moderata voluntas vulgo, sed moderata inc. Schn.
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om. SA.