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Juvenal on satire

10/27/2026
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Juvenal Satires 1.1.79

Sī nātūra negat, facit indignātiō versum.


Sī: if

nātūra: nature

negat: refuses

facit: makes, does

indignātiō: indignation, outrage

versum: a line of verse


If nature denies, outrage makes the verse. 


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