Terram cum primum arant, proscindere appellant, cum iterum, offringere dicunt, quod prima aratione glaebae grandes solent excitari; cum iteratur, offringere vocant.
When they plough the first time they say they are breaking up, the second time that they are breaking down, because at the first ploughing large clods are usually turned up, and when the ploughing is repeated they call it breaking down.
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