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[8] ostreis,1pectunculis, balanis, vel sphondylis.2At arenosi gurgites planos quidem non pessime,3sed 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 [p. 406] pelagios melius pascunt, ut auratas ac dentices, Punicasque et indigenas umbras: verum conchyliis minus apti. Rursus optime saxosum mare nominis sui pisces nutrit, qui scilicet, quod in petris stabulentur, saxatiles dicti sunt, ut merulae turdique, nec minus
4 sestertium Aac: sestertiis S.
5 defertur SA: deferantur ac.
6 insulas ac: in insula SA.
7 mercatus a: mercatur SA.
8 precipere non potuerit ac: percipuerit ut SA.
9 conchiliis ac: conciliis SA.
10 Warmington: muricibus et ostreis, purpurarumque tum concharum prior. edd.
11 pectunculi, balani vel sphondili codd.
12 pessime a: spessime S: spissime A: proxime c. a Scipio Africanus Minor. b P. Servilius Vatia. c According to Pliny, IX. § 168, Sergius Orata established the first oyster-beds at Baiae near Naples.
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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