Ancient Latin Agricultural Writers, Vol. IV

How the type of field is explored by taste, Col. Arb. 3. How many forms of field are there, and what are their dimensions? Col. 5, 2. How much land of any type can be cultivated by one day's work? Varr. 1, 18; Col. 2, 13. With how many yokes of oxen? Varr. 1, 19.

Which earth embankment is good? Varr. 1, 14.

To heap up ash, Col. 11, 3. Trees that have been trenched around ought to be heaped up, Col. 11, 2.

Alluvium deposit of rivers saturates valleys, Pall. 2, 13. i.e., mud brought in by rivers. From the reciprocating tide, Pall. 12, 15.

The situation of the farmer is aggravated, Col. 2, 4. Weakness by long journeys, Col. 7, 5.

Agile work, Col. 11, 1. A body agile in appearance, Col. 6, 29.

Agility of running water, Pall. 1, 17.

Agitation tilling of the earth, Col. 2, 2. Agitations of fields, Col. 2, 1.

Driver of a donkey, Col. 7, 1.

To agitate. To shake the head, and to agitate the tail more frequently, Col. 6, 6.

Agnati kinsmen. To be led to the agnati and gentiles, Varr. 1, 2; Col. 1, 3.

Lamb. Care of lambs, Varr. 2, 2; Col. 7, 3; Pall. 12, 13. Mature lambs are marked with a brand, Pall. 2, 15. How should sick ones be helped? Col. 7, 5.

To do/drive. The tree drives forth a small stem, Col. 5, 9. The fig tree drives forth leaves, Col. 5, 10. The lupine drives forth a second, third flower, Col. 2, 16. The world drives forth spring, Col. 10, 210. To drive a horse cited and running through a thousand paces, Col. 6, 6. To drive the tail more frequently, Col. 6, 6. It must be done so that the vine is not dense, Pall. 3, 13. By doing nothing, men learn to do evil, Col. 11, 1.

P. Agrafius, a publican, interlocutor, Varr. 1, 2.

Rustic wild. A rustic matter, i.e., agricultural, Col. 11, 1. Rustic business, Col. 11, 1. Those studious of rustic works, Col. 5, 1. Wild parsnip, Col. 9, 4; 6, 33. Wild doves, Varr. 2, 7; 3, 7. Flocks of peacocks, Varr. 3, 6. How mice may be destroyed, Pall. 1, 35.

Wild or perhaps "grass-like" herb roots, Col. 6, 31. I think common grass is meant, agrostis, called ἄγρωστιν by botanists, which word denotes almost the same thing as "wild," which Dodonaeus notes is also called hamaxitis, aigikon, "blood-herb," and "uniola"; about which see Dioscorides 4, 30. Appositely to this place: "the root applied as a poultice heals smooth wounds."

Wild grape, Col. 8, 5.