(adjective) : ĭn-offensus, a, um
* Not struck; without stumbling, without hinderance, unobstructed, uninjured (poet. and in postAug. prose).
* Lit.: cogit inoffensae currus accedere metae,untouched, not grazed,Luc. 8, 201: voluptatis regionisque abundantiam inoffensa transmitteres,Plin. Ep. 6, 4, 2: inoffensum pedem referre,not stumbling,Tib. 1, 7, 62.
* Transf., that goes on without hinderance, without obstacle, unhindered, uninterrupted: lumen oculorum,Pall. 1, 3: inoffensae metam tangere vitae,placid, undisturbed,Ov. Tr. 1, 9, 1: sed mare inoffensum crescenti adlabitur aestu,Verg. A. 10, 292: oratio,Sen. Ep. 52: cursus honorum,Tac. H. 1, 48: litterarum inter se conjunctio,Quint. 1, 1, 31: copulatio vocum,id. 1, 10, 23: tantā temperantiā (vir) ut omnia fere vitae suae tempora valetudine inoffensa vixerit,Gell. 2, 1, 4.— Adv.: ĭnoffensē, without stumbling, without hinderance, Ambros. Apol. David, 3, § 9; id. in Psa. 118, Serm. 10, 43; Cassiod. Var. 11, 35.—Comp.: inoffensius,Gell. 6, 2, 8.

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