naturalis historia in English

noun

(Latin) Natural History, encyclopedia written by Pliny the Elde

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1. According to the Naturalis Historia of Pliny the Elder, the Basilisk of Cyrene is a small snake, "being not more than twelve fingers in length," that is so venomous, it leaves

2. Ancient Greek authors, such as Diphilus and Mnesitheus, described its meat as "light" and "easily digestible", and Pliny the Elder noted in his Naturalis Historia (77–79 AD) that its rough skin was valued by craftsmen for polishing wood and ivory.

3. Ex Africa semper Aliquid novi "(There is) always something new (coming) out of Africa" Pliny the Elder, Naturalis Historia, 8, 42 (unde etiam vulgare Graeciae dictum semper Aliquid novi Africam adferre), a translation of the Greek «Ἀεὶ Λιβύη φέρει τι καινόν»