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(v. a.P. a.) : offendo, di, sum, 3, v. a. and n. obfendo.
* To hit, thrust, strike, or dash against something (syn.: illido, impingo; class.).
* Lit.: offendere caput ad fornicem,Quint. 6, 3, 67: latus vehementer,Cic. Clu. 62, 175: coxam,to hurt himself in the haunch,Col. 5, 9, 1: pedem, Auct. B. Hisp. 23; Ov. F. 2, 720: solido,against something solid,Hor. S. 2, 1, 78: in scopulis offendit puppis,strikes on,Ov. P. 4, 14, 22: in redeundo offenderunt,ran aground,Caes. B. C. 3, 8: in cornua,Sol. 40: ne quem in cursu capite, aut cubito, aut pectore offendam, aut genu,Plaut. Curc. 2, 3, 2: visco,id. Poen. 2, 37.
* Transf., to hit upon, light upon a person or thing, i. e. to come upon, meet with, find (syn.: deprehendo, invenio): si te hic offendero, moriere, Enn. ap. Cic. Rab. Post. 11, 29 (Trag. v. 301 Vahl.); cf. Cic. Att. 7, 26, 1: haec, cum ego a foro revortar, facite ut offendam parata,Plaut. Ps. 1, 2, 30: paululum si cessassem, Domi non offendissem,Ter. Eun. 4, 4, 5: si te in plateā offendero hac post umquam, periisti,id. ib. 5, 8, 34; id. Phorm. 5, 1, 31: imparatum te offendam,will come upon you unawares, will surprise you,Cic. Fam. 2, 3: eundem bonorum sensum,id. ib. 1, 9, 17: nondum perfectum templum offendere,Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 28, § 64: omnia aliter ac jusserat offendit,id. Rep. 1, 38, 59.
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* In gen., to suffer damage, receive an injury: quis est tam Lynceus, qui in tantis tenebris nihil offendat, nusquam incurrat?Cic. Fam. 9, 2, 2: in causis,id. de Or. 2, 74, 301: ad fortunam,Phaedr. 4, 14, 6.
* In partic., to stumble, blunder, make a mistake, commit a fault; to commit an offence, to be offensive (syn.: pecco, delinquo): in quo ipsi offendissent, alios reprehendissent,Cic. Clu. 36, 98: sin quid offenderit, sibi totum, tibi nihil offenderit,id. Fam. 2, 18, 3: offendebant illi quidem apud gravīs et honestos homines, sed populi judiciis florebant,gave offence to,id. Sest. 49, 105: se apud plebem offendisse de aerario,id. Att. 10, 4, 8: neque in eo solum offenderat, quod,Nep. Phoc. 2, 2: legi, to offend against or violate the law, Dig. 22, 1, 1.—Hence (eccl. Lat.), to offend, commit a sin: in multis enim offendimus omnes,Vulg. Jac. 3, 2.— Of things, to be offensive: cum nihil aliud offenderit,Liv. 2, 2, 2; cf. id. 4, 42, 2.
* To find fault with, be displeased with, take offence at any thing: at credo, in Caesarem probatis, in me offenditis,Caes. B. C. 2, 32: si in me aliquid offendistis,have taken any offence at me,Cic. Mil. 36, 99.
* To fail in any thing, i. e. to have a misfortune, to be unfortunate, meet with ill success: apud judices offendere, opp. causam iis probare,Cic. Clu. 23, 63: cum multi viri fortes offenderint,Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 50, § 131: tamquam M. Atilius primo accessu ad Africam offenderit,i. e. met with a calamity,Liv. 28, 43, 17; cf. I. A. supra.—Impers. pass.: sin aliquid esset offensum,Cic. Fam. 1, 7: quoties culpā ducis esset offensum,might have met with a defeat,Caes. B. C. 3, 72; cf.: nullum ejusmodi casum exspectans, quo . . . in milibus passuum tribus offendi posset,id. B. G. 6, 36 Kraner ad loc.: at si valetudo ejus offendissit,failed,Gell. 4, 2, 10.
* To shock, offend, mortify, vex, displease one: me exquisisse aliquid, in quo te offenderem,Cic. Fam. 3, 8, 4: tuam existimationem,id. ib. 3, 8, 7: neminem umquam non re, non verbo, non vultu denique offendit,id. Balb. 26, 59: offensus nemo contumeliā,id. Att. 6, 3, 3: ne offendam patrem,id. ib. 6, 3, 9: ut eos splendor offendat,id. Fam. 1, 7, 7: extinctum lumen recens offendit nares,Lucr. 6, 791: offendere tot caligas, tot Milia clavorum,provoke,Juv. 16, 24: polypodion offendit stomachum,disagrees with,Plin. 26, 8, 37, § 58: ne colorum claritas aciem oculorum offenderet,id. 35, 10, 36, § 97.—Pass., to be displeased, feel hurt: multis rebus meus offendebatur animus,Cic. Fam. 1, 9, 10.— With inf.: ut non offendar subripi (ista munera),so that I am not offended at their being taken from me,Phaedr. 4, 11, 6: componi aliquid de se, offendebatur, he took it ill, if, etc., Suet. Aug. 8, 9 fin.—Hence, of-fensus, a, um, P. a.
* Offensive, odious (cf.: invisus, odiosus, infensus): miserum atque invidiosum offensumque ordinem senatorium!Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 62, § 145: offensum et invisum esse alicui,id. Sest. 58, 125.—As subst.: offensum, i, n., the offence: offensum est quod eorum, qui audiunt, voluntatem laedit,Cic. Inv. 1, 49, 92.
* Offended, displeased, vexed, incensed, imbittered: offensus et alienatus animus,Cic. Att. 1, 17, 7: aliena et offensa populi voluntas,id. Tusc. 5, 37, 106: offensos merere deos, Ov. H. 21, 48: offensi animi regum, Auct. B. Alex. 32.—Comp.: quem cum esse offensiorem arbitrarer,Cic. Att. 1, 5, 2: quem sibi offensiorem sciebat esse,id. Clu. 62, 172; id. Att. 1, 5, 5.
* To hit, thrust, strike, or dash against something (syn.: illido, impingo; class.).
* Lit.: offendere caput ad fornicem,Quint. 6, 3, 67: latus vehementer,Cic. Clu. 62, 175: coxam,to hurt himself in the haunch,Col. 5, 9, 1: pedem, Auct. B. Hisp. 23; Ov. F. 2, 720: solido,against something solid,Hor. S. 2, 1, 78: in scopulis offendit puppis,strikes on,Ov. P. 4, 14, 22: in redeundo offenderunt,ran aground,Caes. B. C. 3, 8: in cornua,Sol. 40: ne quem in cursu capite, aut cubito, aut pectore offendam, aut genu,Plaut. Curc. 2, 3, 2: visco,id. Poen. 2, 37.
* Transf., to hit upon, light upon a person or thing, i. e. to come upon, meet with, find (syn.: deprehendo, invenio): si te hic offendero, moriere, Enn. ap. Cic. Rab. Post. 11, 29 (Trag. v. 301 Vahl.); cf. Cic. Att. 7, 26, 1: haec, cum ego a foro revortar, facite ut offendam parata,Plaut. Ps. 1, 2, 30: paululum si cessassem, Domi non offendissem,Ter. Eun. 4, 4, 5: si te in plateā offendero hac post umquam, periisti,id. ib. 5, 8, 34; id. Phorm. 5, 1, 31: imparatum te offendam,will come upon you unawares, will surprise you,Cic. Fam. 2, 3: eundem bonorum sensum,id. ib. 1, 9, 17: nondum perfectum templum offendere,Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 28, § 64: omnia aliter ac jusserat offendit,id. Rep. 1, 38, 59.
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* In gen., to suffer damage, receive an injury: quis est tam Lynceus, qui in tantis tenebris nihil offendat, nusquam incurrat?Cic. Fam. 9, 2, 2: in causis,id. de Or. 2, 74, 301: ad fortunam,Phaedr. 4, 14, 6.
* In partic., to stumble, blunder, make a mistake, commit a fault; to commit an offence, to be offensive (syn.: pecco, delinquo): in quo ipsi offendissent, alios reprehendissent,Cic. Clu. 36, 98: sin quid offenderit, sibi totum, tibi nihil offenderit,id. Fam. 2, 18, 3: offendebant illi quidem apud gravīs et honestos homines, sed populi judiciis florebant,gave offence to,id. Sest. 49, 105: se apud plebem offendisse de aerario,id. Att. 10, 4, 8: neque in eo solum offenderat, quod,Nep. Phoc. 2, 2: legi, to offend against or violate the law, Dig. 22, 1, 1.—Hence (eccl. Lat.), to offend, commit a sin: in multis enim offendimus omnes,Vulg. Jac. 3, 2.— Of things, to be offensive: cum nihil aliud offenderit,Liv. 2, 2, 2; cf. id. 4, 42, 2.
* To find fault with, be displeased with, take offence at any thing: at credo, in Caesarem probatis, in me offenditis,Caes. B. C. 2, 32: si in me aliquid offendistis,have taken any offence at me,Cic. Mil. 36, 99.
* To fail in any thing, i. e. to have a misfortune, to be unfortunate, meet with ill success: apud judices offendere, opp. causam iis probare,Cic. Clu. 23, 63: cum multi viri fortes offenderint,Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 50, § 131: tamquam M. Atilius primo accessu ad Africam offenderit,i. e. met with a calamity,Liv. 28, 43, 17; cf. I. A. supra.—Impers. pass.: sin aliquid esset offensum,Cic. Fam. 1, 7: quoties culpā ducis esset offensum,might have met with a defeat,Caes. B. C. 3, 72; cf.: nullum ejusmodi casum exspectans, quo . . . in milibus passuum tribus offendi posset,id. B. G. 6, 36 Kraner ad loc.: at si valetudo ejus offendissit,failed,Gell. 4, 2, 10.
* To shock, offend, mortify, vex, displease one: me exquisisse aliquid, in quo te offenderem,Cic. Fam. 3, 8, 4: tuam existimationem,id. ib. 3, 8, 7: neminem umquam non re, non verbo, non vultu denique offendit,id. Balb. 26, 59: offensus nemo contumeliā,id. Att. 6, 3, 3: ne offendam patrem,id. ib. 6, 3, 9: ut eos splendor offendat,id. Fam. 1, 7, 7: extinctum lumen recens offendit nares,Lucr. 6, 791: offendere tot caligas, tot Milia clavorum,provoke,Juv. 16, 24: polypodion offendit stomachum,disagrees with,Plin. 26, 8, 37, § 58: ne colorum claritas aciem oculorum offenderet,id. 35, 10, 36, § 97.—Pass., to be displeased, feel hurt: multis rebus meus offendebatur animus,Cic. Fam. 1, 9, 10.— With inf.: ut non offendar subripi (ista munera),so that I am not offended at their being taken from me,Phaedr. 4, 11, 6: componi aliquid de se, offendebatur, he took it ill, if, etc., Suet. Aug. 8, 9 fin.—Hence, of-fensus, a, um, P. a.
* Offensive, odious (cf.: invisus, odiosus, infensus): miserum atque invidiosum offensumque ordinem senatorium!Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 62, § 145: offensum et invisum esse alicui,id. Sest. 58, 125.—As subst.: offensum, i, n., the offence: offensum est quod eorum, qui audiunt, voluntatem laedit,Cic. Inv. 1, 49, 92.
* Offended, displeased, vexed, incensed, imbittered: offensus et alienatus animus,Cic. Att. 1, 17, 7: aliena et offensa populi voluntas,id. Tusc. 5, 37, 106: offensos merere deos, Ov. H. 21, 48: offensi animi regum, Auct. B. Alex. 32.—Comp.: quem cum esse offensiorem arbitrarer,Cic. Att. 1, 5, 2: quem sibi offensiorem sciebat esse,id. Clu. 62, 172; id. Att. 1, 5, 5.
Charlton T. Lewis, Charles Short, A Latin Dictionary
Lewis Short
offendo (noun F) : 1. offendo
* An offence, Afran. ap. Non. 146, 32 (offendo, offensio, Non.).
* An offence, Afran. ap. Non. 146, 32 (offendo, offensio, Non.).
Charlton T. Lewis, Charles Short, A Latin Dictionary
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