vitam impendere veroとは 意味・読み方・使い方

語源

Famously formulated by the 1^st–2^nd-century Roman poet Juvenal.

発音

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈwiː.tam imˈpen.de.re ˈweː.roː/, [ˈwiː.t̪ãˑ ɪmˈpɛn̪.d̪ɛ.ɾɛ ˈweː.ɾoː]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈvi.tam imˈpen.de.re ˈve.ro/, [ˈviː.t̪am imˈpɛn̪.d̪ɛ.rɛ ˈvɛː.rɔ]

成句

vītam impendere vērō

1. to stake one’s life for the truth

   1^st-2^nd cen. CE, Juvenal, Satires, book I, Satire IV:

   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 pay with his life for the truth.