[1118] “Durus acinus,” or, according to some readings, “duracinus.”
[1119] From the Greek βουμαστὸς, a cow’s teat, mentioned by Virgil, Georg. ii. 102.
[1120] Or finger-grape.
[1121] From the Greek λεπτορᾶγες, “small-berried.”
[1122] Pensili concamaratæ nodo.
[1123] We have no corresponding word for the Latin “dolium.” It was an oblong earthen vessel, used for much the same purpose as our vats; new wine was generally placed in it. In times later than that of Pliny the dolia were made of wood.
[1124] Hardouin speaks of these grapes as still growing in his time in the Valtelline, and remarkable for their excellence.
[1125] “A patientia.” Because they have suffered from the action of the heat.
[1126] From the thinness of the skin.