[i] nec dēfuēre geōmetrae quī interpretārentur, significāre epistulam ā mediō terrārum orbe missam, quod deorsum ab summō longissimum esset spatium et īdem pilae medium (Pliny the Elder)
Nor
were there any lack of geometricians who would interpret it, to signify
that the letter was sent from the middle of the earth's globe, because
the longest distance from the top downwards was the same as the middle
of the sphere.
[ii]
Fōrmam eius in speciem orbis absolūtī globātam esse nōmen
in prīmīs et cōnsēnsūs in eō mortālium orbem appellantium (Pliny the
Elder)│ That its form is rounded into the appearance of an
absolute globe is first and foremost the name and the consensus of
mortals who call it a globe
[iii]
gentibus est aliīs tellūs data līmite certō: / Rōmānae spatium est
urbis et orbis īdem (Ovid) │ To other nations, land has been allotted
with a certain limit / The extent of the Roman city and of the
world is the same.
[iv] cuius cōnsēnsuī nē orbis
quidem terrārum possit obsistere (Caesar) │ the union of which not even the whole
world could withstand
- orbis, -is [3/m]: [i] ring, circle; [ii] globe, sphere, the latter often expressed as orbis terrārum [literally: the sphere / circle of lands]
- pila, -ae [1/f]: [i] ball; [ii] globe, sphere
- spatium, -ī [2/n]: space, room, extent, distance [between points], period of time
- speciēs, -ēī [5/f]: (here) appearance; general outline or shape
in
speciem orbis absolūtī globātam
│ rounded in(to) the form of an absolute globe
Pliny
the Elder referring to comets …
in
speciem barbae
longae promittitur iuba │ The mane is extended into the appearance of a
long beard
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