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[4] idoneus. Vineae non sic altos quemadmodum 1latos et lacertosos viros exigunt, nam hic habitus fossuris et putationibus ceterisque earum culturis magis aptus. Minus in hoc officio quam in ceteris agrico- 2 3 4 5 [p. 98] latio frugalitatem requirit, quia et in turba et sub monitore vinitor opus facere debet ac plerumque velocior animus est improborum hominum,6quem desiderat huius operis conditio. Non solum enim fortem, sed et acuminis strenui ministrum postulat, ideoque vineta plurimum per alligatos excoluntur.
2 operibus Gesn., Schn.
3 effecit SA.
4 maiorem SA, et R nonnulli.
5 quomodo AaM. a The bubulcus was, in a restricted sense, as here and often, a ploughman (= arator) or ox-driver; in the wider sense, as just below and elsewhere, a herdsman in general charge of the cattle. b See Bks. VII. 1-7 and VI. 1-26.
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