ἡ δὲ γεωργία πέττει καὶ ἐνεργὸν ποιεῖ τὴν τροφήν → tillage brings to maturity and calls into action the nutritive properties of the soil
pālĭtans: antis, Part., from the obsol. palito,
I wandering about: quom (haec oves) eunt sic a pecu palitantes, Plaut. Bacch. 5, 2, 4; v. Ritschl ad h. l.