Publii Virgilii Maronis Georgica. The Georgics of Publius Virgilius Maro; with references and Engl. notes, by J.E. Sheridan |
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... Pliny ( xviii . 20 ) for thus interpreting the passage : QUARTO seri SULCO ( i . e . quartâ aratione ) , Virgilius existimatur voluisse , cum dixit optimam esse segetem , quæ bis solem , bis frigora sensit . Some commentators contend ...
... Pliny ( xviii . 20 ) for thus interpreting the passage : QUARTO seri SULCO ( i . e . quartâ aratione ) , Virgilius existimatur voluisse , cum dixit optimam esse segetem , quæ bis solem , bis frigora sensit . Some commentators contend ...
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... Pliny , who quotes this passage substituting fabam for legumen . The generic term legumen ( χέδροπες , οι ἔσπριον ) , “ legumes , pulse , " comprises under it faba ( rúaμos ) , " the bean , " lupinus ( épuos ) , the lupine , " phasēlus ...
... Pliny , who quotes this passage substituting fabam for legumen . The generic term legumen ( χέδροπες , οι ἔσπριον ) , “ legumes , pulse , " comprises under it faba ( rúaμos ) , " the bean , " lupinus ( épuos ) , the lupine , " phasēlus ...
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... Pliny mentions three sorts of poppies , -the white , the black , and the red . The white was the esculent poppy ; the black was that from which the opium was obtained ; and the red , which he calls cheas , appears to have been the wild ...
... Pliny mentions three sorts of poppies , -the white , the black , and the red . The white was the esculent poppy ; the black was that from which the opium was obtained ; and the red , which he calls cheas , appears to have been the wild ...
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... Pliny ( xvii . 9 ) that ashes formed the manure most commonly used in Virgil's country , Gallia Transpadana . It is also recommended by Columella . The Romans generally scattered it over the land after the seed was sown . 82. Sic quoque ...
... Pliny ( xvii . 9 ) that ashes formed the manure most commonly used in Virgil's country , Gallia Transpadana . It is also recommended by Columella . The Romans generally scattered it over the land after the seed was sown . 82. Sic quoque ...
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... Pliny evidently understood Virgil to allude to the burning of the stubble alone ; for in Lib . xviii . 30 , he says : Sunt qui accendant in arvo et stipulas , magno Virgilii præconio . Summa autem ejus ratio , ut herbarum semen exurant ...
... Pliny evidently understood Virgil to allude to the burning of the stubble alone ; for in Lib . xviii . 30 , he says : Sunt qui accendant in arvo et stipulas , magno Virgilii præconio . Summa autem ejus ratio , ut herbarum semen exurant ...
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