Columella Res Rustica 3.13

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

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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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6. Post conseruntur omnes habent Scrobibus vineta sic ponuntur, quae ex lemmate orta Schneider inclusit.
7. autem (aūt A) SAacM, vett. edd.: vitem Ald., Gesn., Schn.
8. scrobum SAac.
9. passim ac, vett. edd.
10. colenti SAcM, et plerique: colendi a, Ursinus, Schn.
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16. sic SAacM, et plerique: spatiis omissis Schn.
17. derigunt SAc: derigant a.
18. infindunt SAaM, Sobel: infundunt c, vett. edd.: infodiunt Ald., Gesn. Schn.
19. vineis SAacM: vinetis edd. omnes.
20. sic Schn.: omne ut S: ut omnem Aac, vett. edd.: ut omne M: Ac primum ex omni sive arbustivo, sive silvestri loco, quem vineis Ald., Gesn.
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25. nisi si (om. ac) tamen scaturigo (scaturrigo SA) SAac, vett. edd.: nisi tamen si scaturigo M, Ald., Gesn.: nisi si statim uligo Schn.
26. sit (fit A) codd., vett. edd.: om. vulgo.
27. erectis acM.
28. coeperit SA.
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35. monendo om. SA, vett. edd.: movendo ac.
36. qua om. SAac.
37. greeae ehi littere (X in marg.) S: X om. AacM.
38. decusabimus SAac: densavimus M. a II. 2. 25, 4. 3. b "Middle " as the meaning here of latus (side) is defended by Gesner and accepted generally by other commentators. c This measuring device is not mentioned by other writers, though Isidore (Orig. XX. 15. 3) says that the Spaniards gave the name ciconia to a well sweep (tolleno) because the motion of the sweep, in drawing water, resembled the actions of the stork. Palladius (II. 10. 4) speaks of the use of the virga alone as a measure of the depth of trenched ground. It appears that the ancient ciconia here mentioned was in the form of the letter T, standing, like a stork, on one leg; though
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