Georg. 2.73Nec modus īnserere atque oculōs inpōnere simplex.Nor is the way of grafting and of budding a single one. Georg. 2.74Nam quā sē mediō trūdunt dē cortice gemmae
75et tenuīs rumpunt tunicās, angustus in ipsō
fit nōdō sinus: hūc aliēnā ex arbore germen
inclūdunt ūdōque docent inolēscere librō.For where the buds push out from the middle of the bark and burst their thin sheaths, a narrow slit is made in the knot itself: into this they enclose a bud from another tree and teach it to grow into the moist inner bark. Georg. 2.78Aut rūrsum ēnōdēs truncī resecantur et altē
finditur in solidum cuneīs via, deinde ferācēs
80plantae inmittuntur: nec longum tempus, et ingēns
exsilit ad caelum rāmīs fēlīcibus arbōs
mīrāturque novās frondēs et nōn sua pōma.Or again, knotless trunks are cut back, and a path is split deep into the solid wood with wedges; then fruitful scions are put in: and before long a huge tree shoots up to the sky with fruitful branches, and marvels at its new leaves and fruits not its own.
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Georgics 2.73–82
Methods of grafting and budding
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| neque or nec, conj. | and not, nor; neque ... neque, neither ... nor; neque enim, for ... not |
| modus, -ī, m. | way, manner |
| īnserō, -ere, -seruī, -sertum | put in, insert |
| atque, ac (conj.) | and; after comparisons: as, than (ac only before consonants) |
| oculus, -ī, m. | eye |
| impōnō, -pōnere, -posuī, -positus | place or lay upon, impose; embark |
| simplex, -icis | simple, unmixed, pure |
| nam, conj. | for |
| quā, adv. | in which place, where |
| suī, sibi, sē or sēsē, reflexive pron. | himself, herself, itself, themselves |
| medius, -a, -um | mid, middle |
| trūdō, -ere, trūsī, trūsus | push, thrust, shove |
| dē, prep, with abl. | down from, from, out of; about, concerning, of |
| cortex, -icis m. | bark |
| gemma, -ae f. | jewel, precious stone; bud |
| et, conj. | and; et ... et, both ... and |
| tenuis, -e | thin |
| rumpō, rumpere, rūpī, ruptus | break, burst |
| tunica, -ae f. | tunic |
| angustus, -a, -um | narrow, cramped |
| in, prep. with acc. and abl. | with acc.: into, onto, against; with abl.: in, on |
| ipse, ipsa, ipsum, intensive pron. | self, himself, herself, itself, themselves; often to be rendered by very |
| fīō, fierī, factus sum | be done or made, become, happen |
| nōdus, -ī m. | knot; knob, joint |
| sinus, -ūs, m. | bosom, lap |
| hūc, adv. | to this place, hither |
| aliēnus, -a, -um | belonging to another, out of place |
| ex, ē (prep. + abl.) | out of, from; of (ē only before consonants) |
| arbor, -oris, f. | tree |
| germen, -inis n. | bud, shoot, sprout; offspring |
| inclūdō, -clūdere, -clūsī, -clūsus | shut up in, inclose, imprison |
| ūdus, -a, -um | wet, damp, moist |
| que, enclitic conj. | and |
| doceo, -ēre, -uī, -tus | teach, explain |
| inolēscō, -ere, -olēvī, -olitum | grow into, become ingrained |
| liber, librī m. | inner bark (of a tree) |
| aut, conj. | or; aut ... aut, either ... or |
| rūrsus, adv. | again |
| ēnōdis, -e | free of knots, smooth |
| truncus, -ī m. | tree trunk |
| resecō, -āre, -secuī, -sectus | cut back, cut off |
| altē (adv.) | high; deep |
| findō, -ere, fidī, fissus | split, cleave |
| solidus, -a, -um | whole, complete, solid |
| cuneus, -ī m. | wedge; a wedge-shaped formation of troops |
| via, -ae, f. | road, way |
| deinde, adv. | then, next |
| ferāx, -ācis | fertile |
| planta, -ae f. | sole of the foot; a young shoot, plant |
| immittō, -mittere, -mīsī, -missus | send or let in |
| longus, -a, -um | long; tedious |
| tempus, temporis, n. | time, season |
| ingēns, -gentis, adj. | huge, vast |
| exsiliō, -silīre, -siluī | leap out or forth |
| ad, prep. with acc. | to, toward; at, near; for |
| caelum, -ī, n. | heaven, sky |
| rāmus, -ī, m. | branch, bough |
| fēlīx, -īcis | fortunate, lucky, happy |
| mīror, -ārī, -ātus | wonder, wonder at |
| novus, -a, -um | new; novissimus, last |
| frōns, frondis f. | leafy branch, foliage |
| nōn, adv. | not |
| suus, -a, -um | his, her, its, or their own; his, her, its, their |
| pōmum, -ī, n. | fruit, apple |
Vergil, Georgics. Latin text: J. B. Greenough, The Bucolics, Aeneid, and Georgics of Virgil (Boston, 1881), public domain; digital text from the Perseus Digital Library, CC BY-SA. Word analysis: drafted by our own tagger (trained on the hand-checked texts on this site), with every doubtful word checked by hand. English translation and section titles: written for this app, each checked against the Latin by a second reader.