Columella

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Cŏlŭmella, ae, m., a Roman cognomen in the gens Junia; so,

I M. Junius Moderatus Columella, of Hispania Baetica , uncle of the following. —

II L. Junius Moderatus Columella, a well-known writer on husbandry , in the first century of the Christian era. He was of Gades , and a companion of Seneca and Celsus; his writings, De Re Rustica and De Arboribus, are yet extant; v. Schneid. Scriptt. Rei Rust. II. 2 praef.; Col. 7, 2, 4; 7, 10, 185; Plin. 8, 41, 63, § 153; 17, 9, 6, §§ 51 and 52; Pall. 1, 19, 3.

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A New Latin Dictionary by Charlton T. Lewis Ph.D. and Charles Short, LL. D.