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The leaf-gatherer original: "Frondator"; a worker who prunes trees to collect fodder is a pruner of trees who cuts back branches and makes bundles of foliage to offer to the animals for food throughout the winter. And he who uses his hands [therein] is said to be in the forest where the heat of the sun [is kept away].
Cicero Whether the material Latin: "materia"; often refers to timber or the "stuff" of the world hangs. And the wood-pigeon, which nests in the foliage—he calls that Arcadia OCR reads "arvadiam"; likely referring to the idyllic Greek setting of the Eclogues. [Regarding the wood-pigeons and doves], which the common people call sotas a vulgar or colloquial term for the birds, as if it were a Latin diminutive; but by the authority of many, these [etymologies] are foolish. It is an impulse of error which is written with such stylistic flourishes original: "calamastra"; literally curling irons, used metaphorically for overly ornate or artificial speech.
plants Now it is written that the sea is boiling; the wood-pigeons are said to leave the [heights]... [the song] of the turtledove is described. It is declined as both masculine and feminine, which will cease [to be said] of the tree. And the man is presented with plants.
From ethnos likely a corruption of a Greek term for wood or species, or perhaps "ethos"—the wood which is produced under the vine. Smeared with dew, the branches [will remain] while the tired birds fly over the sea...
The Arar and the Rhone the nature of this dew will be changed first. We are able to drink from the Arar the Saône river in France, [the memory] having been made into an oblivion; it leaves the rest confused by the error of severity. He says the "Arar" refers to the Germans, just as the "Persians" [refer to the Tigris], where it is understood that they are two [distant nations]. Between the many [peoples], the Germans drank from the river...
Arar.
Rhone. before it falls or is handed over to oblivion? The Arar is the most greedy original: "avarissimus"; likely a transcription error for "lentissimus" (slowest), as the Saône was famous for its slow current, though "greedy" may imply it "swallows" the land river of Gaul, flowing into the river Rhone. This river [the Arar] belongs to the German tribe due to the proximity of the regions and the Rhine, by which they are distinguished. Or, it suffices to demonstrate its uniqueness. From this, rare things are written, which are easily mistaken regarding rivers, places, and provinces. The river Tigris...
Tigris