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[2] Nec infitior plerosque ante me rusticarum rerum magistros tribus fossuris contentos 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 [p. 436] fuisse; ex quibus Graecinus, qui sic refert: potest videri satis esse constitutam vineam ter fodere. Celsus quoque et Atticus consentiunt tres esse motus in vite seu potius in omni surcido naturales: unum, quo germinet; alterum, quo floreat;8tertium, quo maturescat. Hos ergo motus censent fossionibus concitari. Non enim natura quod vult satis efficit, nisi eam labore 9cum studio iuveris. Atque haec colendarum vinearum cura finitur vindemia.
1 dapsili (dapsilis aM, dacili SA) proventu (probentur SAM, probantur a) religatam vitem requiescere SAacM, Sobel: d. p. fatigata (fatigatam Cod. Laurent. 53. 27, teste Sobel) vitis fuerit, requiescere vulgo.
2 paruerit SA: par fuerit Sobel: patitur a.
3 si SAacM, vett. edd., Sobel: et sic vulgo.
4 definge SA: defringe a.
5 satos c: si post SAa: siccos M.
6 steriles M, edd.: similes SAac.
7 pulverationi c: pulveratione M: nudare ... pulverationibus om. SA. a I.e. the stripping off by hand of useless leaves and twigs (pampini), an operation described just above and frequently mentioned (e.g. Chap. 6, above; De Arb. 11. 2), and called pampinatio, as distinguished from putatio or pruning with
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