offendo
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. pres. act. ind. 1st
Examples
Liber III
Lucius Annaeus Seneca (Seneca the Younger) from EPISTULAE MORALES AD LUCILIUM
"...sunt. Utar libertate tota: non amo illum nisi offendo. 'Quid ergo?' inquis 'quadragenarium pupillum cogitas sub tutela..."XVII
Marcus Fabius Quintilianus (Quintilian) from DECLAMATIONES MAIORES
"...animum? non decet gaudium me[um]: exaspero hilaritate, offendo tristitia. capto sermonem; invisus sum, tamquam adroganter insultem doloris..."