Note 3 — Chapter xiii · THE HARICOT-WEEVIL
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Now, if I consult my dictionary, I find: faselus, phaselus, faseolus, phaseolus, haricot. Learned vocabulary, permit me to tell you that your translation is wrong: phaselus or phaseolus cannot mean haricot. And the incontestable proof is in the Georgics3 where Virgil tells us the season at which to sow the faseolus. He says: