Re: PIE's closest relatives

From: Peter P
Message: 29735
Date: 2004-01-18

--- In cybalist@yahoogroups.com, "Richard Wordingham" >

> I meant with the English word 'agriculture', as opposed
to 'farming'
> which also includes the raising of livestock. The 'ram' (sort of)
> words you gave seem relatively free from the problems you refer
to,
> but are not terms relating to 'agriculture' as a subset of general
> farming.
>
...
> Richard.

Did the 'agricolae' of Roman times only raise crops?

My Funk and Wagnall's (maybe not the best dictionary) for
agriculture says, "the cultivation of the soil; the raising of food
crops; raising and breeding of live-stock..."

Peter P