Writers on Agriculture (Scriptores Rei Rusticae)

Succidia is named from the eating of swine original: "a suibus edendis". Nonius interprets succidium as bacon.
Abortet: to cause a miscarriage.
Tomacinæ: what others call tomacula sausages and tanacæ; a food made from pork.
Petafo is a salted pig's hip with the leg.
Turduli: these are peoples of Spain.
Basculi: likewise, peoples of Spain.
Menalippa: a woman who was brought to Metapontum with her son Bootus, where she had a sacred temple.
Βουπαιδα Boupaida: a large boy.
Βουλιμα Boulima: great hunger.
Βουωπ Bouops: large eyes.
Βουμαστος Boumastos: a large breast.
Noxis præstari: that is, to make satisfaction for damage and to keep the buyer unharmed.
Murenæ flūte Flatæ: lampreys original: "murenæ" were called this in the Sicilian strait; in Greek, they are called plotæ.
Desultor: from which comes desultorii horses original: "equi" and desultores vaulters/riders, who in the past used to manage individual horses during a race, as those do now who train them to run toward a prize.
Ephippium: a covering with which a horse is saddled.
Vari are said to be those with legs turned inward, as we suppose. For those having legs turned toward the outside are called uacciæ cow-legged.
Salire to mount/to salt is properly said of animals lacking reason when males approach the female. From this comes salior; hence, a ewe is said to be "salted" meaning covered or bred. And salax lecherous—the name salacis comes from this—is one who is vigorous and frequent in mating.
Vegrandes: poorly grown, small, and minute.
Ricinus: a worm that has no exit, which irritates dogs and oxen more sharply.
Aestiua: where herds and flocks spend the summer; hyberna: where they spend the winter.
Phrygia and Lycaonia: regions of Asia Minor.
Flocci: particles of wool separated from the fleeces.
διφθεριασ Diphtheria: a shepherd's garment made from the skins of sheep or goats.
Salentini: a people of Calabria.

LIBRI. III.

Cataclysmus: a flood or inundation.
Salaria via: named because salt was accustomed to be carried from it to the Sabines.
Ogyges: king of Thebes, under whom the flood occurred.
Initia in Latin: mysteries in Greek.
Sine afflatu: that is, without the mark of aspiration.
Tectorium: a coating, and as it were a pavement of a wall, or an incrustation.
Lithostratus: if we wish to interpret the Greek word properly, it is a place paved with stones. Truly, lithostrata consisted of tiny chips with which the floor of a pavement was encrusted.
Pauimentum: named from pauiendo beating/ramming, that is, from striking.