vitam impendere vero

      Latin

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      Etymology

      Famously formulated by the 1st–2nd-century Roman poet Juvenal; vītam (“to life”), accusative singular form of vīta (“life”) + impendere (“to devote”), present active infinitive form of impendō (“I devote”) + vērō (“to truth”), dative singular form of vērum (“reality”, “fact”, “truth”).

      Phrase

      vītam impendere vērō

      1. to devote one’s life to truth
        • Juvenal ([1])
          Ille igitur nunquam direxit brachia contra // Torrentem; nec civis erat, qui libera posset // Verba animi proferre, et vitam impendere vero.
          He never was that citizen who would attempt to swim against the torrent; who would freely deliver his opinion, and devote his life for the truth.

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