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[4] earum, quam sunt nobis equarum. Neque tamen ullum est in hoc pecore aut animo aut forma 1prae- 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 [p. 218] stantius, quam quod seminavit asinus 11quamvis 12possit huic aliquatenus comparari 13quod progenerat onager, nisi et indomitum, et servitio 14contumax silvestris mores, strigosumque 15patris praefert 16habitum. Itaque eiusmodi admissarius nepotibus magis quam filiis utilior est. Nam ubi asina et onagro 17natus admittitur equae, per gradus infracta 18feritate quicquid ex eo provenit, paternam 19formam et modestiam, fortitudinem celeritatemque avitam
2 superiectum Lundström: -u SAR.
3 est et AR: et est S.
4 labore ed. pr.: laborare SAR.
5 exercitatione ed. pr.: excitatione SAR.
6 marem a: mare SA 1R.
7 quadam ed. pr.: quadram SA.
8 principis SA.
9 mula S: multa AR.
10 formam SA: forma a. a In the translation of this part of Columella, ass is the female donkey. b R.R., II. 1. 27. c Sec Book I. 1. 10.
Columella, Lucius Junius Moderatus. On Agriculture, Volume 2. E.S. Forster. Edward H. Heffner. London. Cambridge. William Heinemann; Harvard University. 1954. Keyboarding.
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