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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

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4. effectum R.
5. om. R.
6. humi R. a An Epicurean theory; cf., e.g., Lucretius, II. 1150-1174. Columella holds to the Aristotelian theory.
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9. violentia SA, Lundstrōm: intemperantia R, plerique edd.
10. tractaverit R, plerique edd. a Cf. Lucretius, V. 826-827, sed quia finem aliquam pariendi debet habere, destitit ut mulier spatio defessa vetusto.
11. So Pliny (N.H. XVIII. 19-21), who attributes the former plenty to cultivation of the soil by the hands of generals, consuls, tribunes, and senators.
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21. fericula S, Lundstrōm.
22. profitentur M.
23. res prima SA 1.
24. fuere R, plerique edd.
25. prodigio codd., Lundstrōm: prodigii vulgo.
26. minime Schn. cum Pontedera.
27. retinendique R, Ald., Gesn.
28. perosis vulgo: per obsessa Lundstrōm (cum codicibus, ut videtur).An optabilior om. If.
29. alia SAa.
30. fluctibus pendeat Lundstrōm (cum duobus codd. dett.): fluctibus tendere 8A: se fluctibus pendeat a: fluctibus
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33. nec animum S.
34. dixerim R nonnulli. a The expression is attributed by Sallust (Hist. Fr. 2. 37 Dietsch) to Appius Claudius, censor in 312 B.C, and refers, of course, to the profession of the snarling causidici; cf. also Quint. XII. 9. 9. Lactantius (Div. Inst. VI. 18. 26) accuses even Cicero of canina eloquentia. b I.e. at the salutatio or early morning call. c The bundles of rods carried by attendants of high officials as symbols of authority.
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42. ignorat S, Schn.
43. facultatium SA, Lundstrōm.
44. mercennariis vel mercenariis R: merccdariis SA.
45. quia vectigali S, Lundstrōm: q vectigali A: qui (vel q) vectigalis R, et vulgo: quia (qui) possit incl. Gesn. et Schn. veluti glossam.
46. posset SA, Lundstrōm.
47. pudenda, aut inhonesta videatur ingenuis vulgo.
48. pluribus, Gesn., Schn.
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50. sic codices recentiores et fere omnes ex Varrone, E.E. II. Praef. 3: vineis SA, Lundslrōm. a According to tradition, Cincinnatus was called from the plough to the dictatorship in 458 B.C, To save the Roman army besieged by the Aequians on Mt. Algidus. He delivered the consul Minucius and his army, resigned the dictatorship, and returned to his little farm after holding the office only sixteen days.Cf. Livy, III. 26-29. b One iugerum—about three-fifths of an acre. c Consul in 282 and 278 B.C., his noble conduct toward Pyrrhus, king of Epirus, led to the evacuation of Italy by that king.
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55. laconicis R plerique, edd.: lactucis A, Lundstrōm: lacticis S.
56. videmus SA, Gesn.: vidimus alii (viderunt Cato apud Sen. Epist. 122. 2).
57. qui in villis R plerique: quae inutilis SA: vilis in utiles qui M.
58. administrarentve opera colonorum om. SA, vett. edd. a The Laconicum, or sweat-chamber, was so called because thought to have been first used by the Laconians; though
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64. arcessiebantur S, Lundström: arcessabantur A.
65. hosticis SA.
66. parcius SA.
67. cultus R.
68. nullis S: nullo R.
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76. subtilitatem dispicio (dispitio S) SA, Lundstrōm: numerum recenseo R, alii.
77. excipiat M.
78. umidum autumnum Lundström, cum SA et R plerisque ut vid.
79. quoto Madvig, "forsitan recte" dicit Lundstr¯m: quanto SA, Schn., Lundstrōm: quando Gesn., cum Ald., sed quanto vel quoto maluit: quid R.
80. contingit SA et R plerique, et edd. ante Schn.: contingent M: contigit duo codd. dett., Schn., Lundstrōm.
81. his 8A, Lundstrōm: aliis R, et vulgo.
82. lubrica SAR Lundstrōm: rubrica alii.
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85. Numidiaque Lundstrōm: numidia codd., et plerique edd.: Numidiae Schn.
86. nosceret R. a In Asia Minor, south of the Propontis (Sea of Marrnara); now a part of Turkey. b On the sheep of Tarentum (in southern Italy) see VII. 4, and Palladius, XII (November) 13. 5.Sheep of this breed were covered with skins to protect their fine wool; cf. Varro, R.R. II. 2. 18, and Horace, Od. II. 6. 10.
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97. negligantur R plerique, edd. ante lundstrōm.
98. coeperunt R aliquot, edd. ante Lundstrōm.
99. describemus codd., vett. edd., Lundstrōm: deacribimus vulgo.
100. tardatum iri omnes post Ald.: tardat ut rei SA et R plerique: tardi ab rei studio discedent M.
101. nolent M, edd.: nollent SA et R plerique.
102. tentare R plerique, edd. ante Lundstrōm.
103. sic codd., Lundstrōm: speravimus vulgo.
104. culmen AR, edd. ante Lundstrōm.
105. Nam Schneider ex Cie. Orat. 1.
106. om. S.
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109. Catulo R nonnulli, Ald., Gesn.: Catullo R pauci.
110. sic vulgo: consummatae sit et Lundstrōm cum vett. edd. et codd. vt videtur (praeter consummataest S). a Cf. Cicero, Ad Fam. IX. 21. 1. b Five famous Roman orators, younger contemporaries of Cicero. c Homer. d Three celebrated Greek painters of the fourth century B.C. c I.e. the chryselephantine statue of Zeus at Olympia and of Athena in the Parthenon. f Bryaxis, Lysippus and Praxiteles (all of the fourth cent. B.C.) and Polyclitus (fifth cent, B.C.) were, like Phidias who overtopped them, distinguished Greek statuaries.