pulveratio

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

pulvĕrātĭo, ōnis, f. [pulvero], in vintagers’ lang.,

a reducing to powder , pulverizing of the soil around the vines, Col. 4, 28, 1; 11, 2, 60; Pall. 4, 7, 1; Serv. Verg. G. 2, 418.