offendebatur
Dictionary entries
- Entry →offendo, offendere, offendi, offensus:
Verb · 3rd conjugation
- Frequency:
- Very Frequent
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
offend, give offense (to); displease/annoy/vex; trouble/upset, hurt (feelings);; strike/knock against; bump into; stumble upon; check, stop short; spoil/harm;; come upon, meet, find, encounter, be faced with; run aground; violate/wrong;
sg. imperf. pass. ind. 3rd
Examples
Domitianus
Gaius Suetonius Tranquillus (Suetonius) from DE VITIS CAESARUM
"...animum meum probastis et vultum." Calvitio ita offendebatur, ut in contumeliam suam traheret, si cui alii ioco..."Liber XXXIX
Titus Livius (Livy)
"...quoque grauiorem esse quam uellet minorem filium aiebat. offendebatur interdum concursu Macedonum ad eum, et alteram..."