NH 2.11
Chiara Palladino / Pliny, Naturalis Historia
- Created on 2022-03-11 12:05:41
- Translated by H. Rackam, 1952
- Aligned by Chiara Palladino
Latin
English
ita mutuo conplexu diversitatis effici nexum et levia ponderibus inhiberi quo minus evolent , contraque gravia ne ruant suspendi , levibus in sublime tendentibus . sic pari in diversa nisu in suo quaeque consistere , inrequieto mundi ipsius constricta circuitu , quo semper in se recurrente imam atque mediam in toto esse terram , eandemque universo cardine stare pendentem , librantem per quae pendeat , ita solam inmobilem circa eam volubili universitate ; eandem ex omnibus necti eidemque omnia inniti .
Thus
the
mutual
embrace
of
the
unlike
results
in
an
interlacing
,
the
light
substances
being
prevented
by
the
heavy
ones
from
flying
up
,
while
on
the
contrary
the
heavy
substances
are
held
from
crashing
down
by
the
upward
tendency
of
the
light
ones
.
In
this
way
owing
to
an
equal
urge
in
opposite
directions
the
elements
remain
stationary
,
each
in
its
own
place
,
bound
together
by
the
unresting
revolution
of
the
world
itself
;
and
with
this
always
running
back
to
its
starting-point
,
the
earth
is
the
lowest
and
central
object
in
the
whole
,
and
stays
suspended
at
the
pivot
of
the
universe
and
also
balancing
the
bodies
to
which
its
suspension
is
due
;
thus
being
alone
motionless
with
the
universe
revolving
round
her
she
both
hangs
attached
to
them
all
and
at
the
same
time
is
that
on
which
they
all
rest
.