Ancient Latin Agricultural Writers, Vol. IV

teeth against the master i.e., to attack the master's flock, Varr. 2, 9. Very much, Col. 3, 10. By bringing, the tree equaled the vow of fertility, Pall. 8, 3.

Attached fences/enclosures of the villa, Varr. 3, 3. Thus Victorius restored this from ancient books in place of the common reading "fixed" affixa. Compare Varr. 3, 9; also "fictis" for "fixed" 3, 7, "fixed boards." The Medicean manuscript has "deficta" 3, 7, "with fastened/fixed twigs"; where it is commonly read as "fixed" defixis.

Driven brought to the villa, Varr. 3, 12.

Affinity connection, Varr. 1, 16.

Blast/Breath. That they may be protected from every blast, Col. 11, 3. i.e., wind. Varro 3, 1 uses "afflatum" for the aspiration of the letter H.

A tree afflicted by old age or a storm, Col. 5, 6.

Lupine afflicts herbs, Pall. 2, 9.

To blow on. Constant smoke blows upon the granaries, Pall. 7, 3. Odor, Veg. 3, 4. With the neighborhood of another's sickness blowing upon it, Veg. 1, Pref. It is pestilential to be blown upon by a serpent, Col. 8, 5. More in Rhodius Lex. Scribon.

They pour the roots with the pouring of a medicinal draught, Pall. 3, 28.

He calls it Africa, Varr. 2, 1. which he had just called Libya, the homeland of the Hesperides. Africa [is] Numidia, Col. 1, Pref. The goodness of Africa, Col. 2, 12; fertility, Col. 3, 8.

African hens, Col. 8, 2. Figs, Cat. 8; also Varr. 1, 41; Col. 5, 10.

Aphronitrum saltpeter, Veg. 3, 3 b.

Ounce of agalloch aloeswood, Veg. 3, 24. Is it agaric or anagallis?

By the art of Agelada, Col. 10, 30.

Summer having been passed, Varr. 3, 16.

How a field ought to be bought and prepared, Cat. 1; Col. 1, 3; Pall. 1, 7. Which is the best, and which is next to it, Varr. 1, 4 & 7; Col. 1, 2. Level, hilly, mountainous, Varr. 1, 6. Cultivated, wild, humid, grassy, dry, dirty, Col. 1, Pref. Grain-producing, Cat. 6. Misty, colder, thinner, ibid. In which places is it to be compared? ibid. & Pall. 1, 5. To be cared for primarily, Cat. 6; Col. 1, 7. How to be cultivated? Cat. 61. With what materials? Varr. 1, 17. When can it be plowed? Pall. 2, 3. When should rich and grassy land be plowed? Pall. 6, 3. Grassy and cold land when? Pall. 7, 3. When and how should uncultivated land be opened? Pall. 6, 3. How should wild land be cleared? Pall. 8, 1. How is it usually trenched? Col. 3, 13. At what times to be manured? Col. 2, 10. How to be prepared for sowing? Col. 2, 11. When should it begin to be sown? Pall. 10, 1. So that it is not damaged by water during winter, Cat. 155. How it should be purified lustrated, Cat. 141. By what remedies should it be cured? Pall. 1, 35.