The Eclogues and Georgics of Virgil . i., 9, 5, and 22, 35.) In theGeoponica (iii., 10, scq.) it is likewise stated, that the dust of Julyand August ripens the grape, and makes it large of size.— lord of the air, and, therefore, the parent of storms. 420-421. Contra, non ulla, &c. On the other hand, there is no NOTES ON THE GEOKGICS. BOOK II. 329 culture (required) for the olives. Having shown the great labourwhich attends the care of the vineyard, he now opposes the oliveto this, which requires hardly any culture. He says the same ofthe fruit-trees, &c, which are produced abundantl
The Eclogues and Georgics of Virgil . i., 9, 5, and 22, 35.) In theGeoponica (iii., 10, scq.) it is likewise stated, that the dust of Julyand August ripens the grape, and makes it large of size.— lord of the air, and, therefore, the parent of storms. 420-421. Contra, non ulla, &c. On the other hand, there is no NOTES ON THE GEOKGICS. BOOK II. 329 culture (required) for the olives. Having shown the great labourwhich attends the care of the vineyard, he now opposes the oliveto this, which requires hardly any culture. He says the same ofthe fruit-trees, &c, which are produced abundantly; and thencehe infers that, if nature affords us so many useful plants, we oughtnot to be backward in turning our attention unto the culture ofthese.—Procurvam falcon. The pruning-hook curved in lower figure in the annexed wood-cut is taken from the Columella, and represents the pruning-hook of the curvature in the fore part of the blade is expressed by Virgilin the phrase procurva 422-425. Aurasque tulerunt. And have stood the blasts.—Ip-sa. Of itself. Equivalent to sponte sua.— Satis. Unto theyoung plants. Not the adverb, but the dative plural (sata, -orum),and referring to the young olive plants, the verb sero referring aswell to planting as to sowing. (Compare verses 275, 299.)—Denteunco. By the crooked tooth of the drag. — Et gravidas, cum vo-mere, fruges. And (yields) a heavy crop of olives when (it isopened) by the share. With cum supply rechiditur from the pre-vious clause. According to Columella (v., 9, 12), the olive groundsrequired ploughing twice a year.—Hoc nutritor. On this account,nurture. Nutritor is said to be an old form for nutri. Thus, Pris-cian remarks that the early Romans used bellor for bello, comperiorfor comperio, copulor for copulo, &c., and so, also, nutrior for nutrio(viii, 5, 26 ; p. 798, Putsch.). It is more than probable, however,E e 2 330 NOTES ON THE GEORGICS. BOOK II. that these are all t
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