Note 878 — MENSIS SEXTILIS.
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Cf. Pliny, N. H. 18. 284. ‘Tria namque tempora fructibus metuebant, propter quod instituerunt ferias diesque festos, Robigalia, Floralia, Vinalia.’ I do not see why the Vinalia here should not be the Vinalia Rustica. Cp. Virg. Georg. 2. 419 ‘Et iam maturis metuendus Iuppiter uvis.’ Hartmann, Röm. Kal. 137 foll.