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[11] contingit. Cuius praecepta si vel temere ab indoctis, dum tamen agrorum possessoribus, antiquo more administrarentur, minus iacturae paterentur res rusticae; nam industria dominorum 1 2 [p. 10] cum ignorantiae detrimentis multa pensaret, nec quorum commodum ageretur, tota vita vellent imprudentes negotii sui conspici eoque discendi
1 nec animum S.
2 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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