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[4] neque arborem conlucare, sed ne sementem quidem administrare, nisi prius catulo feceris, nec faenum secare aut vincire aut vehere; ac ne vindemiam quidem cogi per religiones pontificum feriis licet nec ovis tondere, nisi si catulo feceris. Defrutum quoque facere et vinum defrutare licet. Uvas itemque olivas conditu 1legere licet.Pellibus oves vestiri 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 [p. 222] non licet. In horto quicquid holerum causa facias, omnelicet. Feriispublicishominem mortuum
2 lavare SA.
3 si om. R, edd. ante Lundström.
4 qui Gesn., Schn.
5 id est salutari om. R aliquot, Ald., Gesn., Schn.
6 faro (farao A) instare SA.
7 adportatas Warmington: adportata vel apportata R, edd.: adportare SA.
8 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).
Columella, Lucius Junius Moderatus. On Agriculture, Volume 1. Harrison Boyd Ash. London. Cambridge. William Heinemann; Harvard University. 1940. Keyboarding.
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