offensam
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;
acc. sg. perf. pass. part. - Entry →offensa, offensae:
Feminine · Noun · 1st declension
- Frequency:
- Lesser
offense, displeasure; offense to a person's feelings, resentment;
acc. sg. - Entry →offensus, offensa -um, offensior -or -us, offensissimus -a -um:
Adjective · 1st declension
- Frequency:
- Very Rare
- Dictionary:
- Lewis & Short
offensive, odious;
acc. sg. (f.)
Examples
Liber II
Lucius Annaeus Seneca (Seneca the Younger) from EPISTULAE MORALES AD LUCILIUM
"...dubiae significationis detorquet in peius aut maiorem sibi offensam proponit alicuius quam est, et cogitat non quam iratus..."ad Marciam
Lucius Annaeus Seneca (Seneca the Younger) from DE CONSOLATIONE
"...exilium: alios uret, alios uerberabit, alios ob leuem offensam detruncari iubebit, arcesset ad libidinem mares feminasque et inter..."SATIRICON LIBER
Gaius Petronius Arbiter (Petronius)
"...domine, ubi est asturco?" [LXXXVII] Cum ob hanc offensam praeclusissem mihi aditum quem feceram, iterum ad licentiam redii..."Divus Vespasianus
Gaius Suetonius Tranquillus (Suetonius) from DE VITIS CAESARUM
"...discederet saepius aut praesens obdormisceret, gravissimam contraxit offensam, prohibitusque non contubernio modo sed etiam publica salutatione, secessit..."Liber VI
Marcus Fabius Quintilianus (Quintilian) from INSTITUTIONES
"...posterum spei non erat ratio. VIII. Idem cum offensam vereretur si obiurgaret populi segnitiam in adserenda libertate..."IX
Marcus Fabius Quintilianus (Quintilian) from DECLAMATIONES MAIORES
"...adsueto nec liberaliter data nec diu danda in offensam meam compulerint: quantulum est enim facultatibus divitis, quod..."Liber II
Publius Cornelius Tacitus from HISTORIAE
"...Vitellio sive Othoni obsidem fore: sin rediret, offensam haud dubiam victoris, set incerta adhuc victoria et concedente..."
