Vitruvius, Marci Vitruvii Pollionis De architectura libri decem : ope codicis Guelferbytani, editionis principis, ceterorumque subsidiorum recensuit, et glossario in quo vocabula artis propria Germ. Ital. Gall. et Angl. explicantur, 1800

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            habent terreni, minus humoris, caloris temperate, et aëris multum. </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s936" xml:space="preserve">Igi-
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            tur levioribus principiis compoſitae, facilius in aëris impetum nituntur.
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            <s xml:id="echoid-s937" xml:space="preserve">Aquatiles autem piſcium naturae, quod temperatae ſunt a calido, pluri-
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            mumque ex aëre et terreno ſunt compoſitae, ſed humoris habent oppido
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            quam paulum, quo minus habent e principiis humoris in corpore, ſacilius
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            in humore perdurant. </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s938" xml:space="preserve">Itaque cum ad terram perducuntur, animam cum
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            aqua relinquunt. </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s939" xml:space="preserve">Item terreſtria, quod e principiis ab aëre caloreque
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            ſunt temperata, minusque habent terreni, plurimumque humoris, quod
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            abundant humidae partes, non diu poſſunt in aqua vitam tueri. </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s940" xml:space="preserve">Ergo ſi
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            haec ita videntur, quemadmodum propoſuimus, et ex iis principiis ani-
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            malium corpora compoſita ſenſu percipimus, et exuberationibus aut de-
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            fectionibus ea laborare diſſolvique indicavimus: </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s941" xml:space="preserve">non dubitamus quin di-
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            ligentius quaeri oporteat, uti temperatiſſimas coeli regiones eligamus, cum
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            quaerenda ſuerit in moenium collocationibus ſalubritas. </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s942" xml:space="preserve">Itaque etiam
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            atque etiam veterum revocandam cenſeo rationem. </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s943" xml:space="preserve">Majores enim e pe-
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            coribus immolatis, quae paſcebantur in iis locis, quibus aut oppida aut
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            caſtra ſtativa conſtituebantur, inſpiciebant jecinora, et ſi erant livida et
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            vitioſa prima, alia immolabant, dubitantes utrum morbo, an pabuli vitio
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            laeſa eſſent. </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s944" xml:space="preserve">Cum pluribus experti erant, et probaverant integram et
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            ſolidam naturam jecinorum ex aqua et pabulo, ibi conſtituebant munitio-
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            nes. </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s945" xml:space="preserve">Si autem vitioſa inveniebant indicio, transſerebant. </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s946" xml:space="preserve">Idem in hu-
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            manis corporibus peſtilentem futuram nascentem in iis locis aquae cibi-
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            que copiam: </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s947" xml:space="preserve">et ita transmigrabant, et mutabant regiones, quaerentes
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            omnibus rebus ſalubritatem. </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s948" xml:space="preserve">Hoc autem ſieri, uti pabulo ciboque ſalu-
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            bres proprietates terrae videantur, licet animadvertere et cognoscere ex
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            agris Cretenſium, qui ſunt circa Pothereum ſlumen, quod eſt Cretae inter
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            duas civitates Gnoſon et Gortynam. </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s949" xml:space="preserve">Dextra enim et ſiniſtra ejus ſluminis,
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            pascuntur pecora: </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s950" xml:space="preserve">ſed ex iis, quae pascuntur proxime Gnoſon, ſplenem
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            habent: </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s951" xml:space="preserve">quae autem ex altera parte, proxime Gortynam, non </s>
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