NH 2.5
Chiara Palladino / Pliny, Naturalis Historia
- Created on 2022-03-11 11:36:30
- Translated by John Bostock, 1855
- Aligned by Chiara Palladino
Latin
English
Formam eius in speciem orbis absoluti globatam esse nomen in primis et consensus in eo mortalium orbem appellantium , sed et argumenta rerum docent , non solum quia talis figura omnibus sui partibus vergit in sese ac sibi ipsa toleranda est seque includit et continet nullarum egens compagium nec finem aut initium ullis sui partibus sentiens , nec quia ad motum , quo subinde verti mox adparebit , talis aptissima est , sed oculorum quoque probatione , quod convexu mediusque quacumque cernatur , cum id accidere in alia non possit figura .
That
it
has
the
form
of
a
perfect
globe
we
learn
from
the
name
which
has
been
uniformly
given
to
it
,
as
well
as
from
numerous
natural
arguments
.
For
not
only
does
a
figure
of
this
kind
return
everywhere
into
itself
and
sustain
itself
,
also
including
itself
,
requiring
no
adjustments
,
not
sensible
of
either
end
or
beginning
in
any
of
its
parts
,
and
is
best
fitted
for
that
motion
,
with
which
,
as
will
appear
hereafter
,
it
is
continually
turning
round
;
but
still
more
,
because
we
perceive
it
,
by
the
evidence
of
the
sight
,
to
be
,
in
every
part
,
convex
and
central
,
which
could
not
be
the
case
were
it
of
any
other
figure
.