Notes on the current edition
Res Rustica
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saepe om. R et edd. ante Schn.
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manibus SA.
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reteri R, Lundström: reperiri S: repperiri A: repurgari Ald., Gesn., Schn.: repoliri Pontedera.
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Post vel verba manifeste exciderunt SAR: absumuntur statim vel inserit Bononiensis 2523: statim absumuntur vel Ald., et deinceps omnes praeter Lundström, qui lacunam iudicat.
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crediderit Lundstrōm: ceciderit SA: crediderat R, cett. edd.
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exercere festis diebus SA.
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lavare SA.
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si om. R, edd. ante Lundström.
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qui Gesn., Schn.
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id est salutari om. R aliquot, Ald., Gesn., Schn.
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faro (farao A) instare SA.
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adportatas Warmington: adportata vel apportata R, edd.: adportare SA.
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conditui R plerique, Ald, Gesn., Schn. a The ancient authorities frequently speak, for example, of dipping sheep as a preventive of scab. b Cf. Cato, 2. 4. c Sicilire is defined by Varro (R.R. I. 49. 2) as cutting with a sickle the tufts of grass which the mowers have passed over. d Not the regular pruning (putatio), but the removal of superfluous foliage to admit the light (conlucare, sublucare).
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sepelire vel sepellire R plerique.
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denicalibus R pauci dett.: dentalibus M: devivalibus S: denibalibus A: dominicalibus R plerique.
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percensuerint SA. a But Columella omits Cato's exception, " unless they fall on family festivals "; cf. Cato, 138, Mulis, equis, asinis feriae nullae, nisi si in familia sunt. b Holidays celebrated by the family in honour of its deceased members; cf. Paul. Fest. 61 L, Denicales feriae colebantur, cum hominis mortui causa familia purgabatur. Graeci enim
νέκυν mortuum dicunt;and Fest. 282 L,