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The Satires of Juvenal, Persius, Sulpicia, and Lucilius

Note 726 — JUVENAL'S SATIRES. (continued 3)

Lewis Evans translation

Asparagi, called "corruda," Cato, de R. R., 6. The wild asparagus is still very common on the Italian hills. Cf. Mart., Ep. xiii., 21, "Inculti asparagi." See Sir William Hooker's note on Badham's version.

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