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|lshtext=<b>offendo</b>: di, [[sum]], 3, v. a. and n. obfendo.<br /><b>I</b> to [[hit]], [[thrust]], [[strike]], or [[dash]] [[against]] [[something]] (syn.: [[illido]], [[impingo]]; [[class]].).<br /><b>I</b> 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.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>B</b> 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, id. Verr. 2, 4, 28, § 64: omnia [[aliter]] ac jusserat offendit, id. Rep. 1, 38, 59.—<br /><b>II</b> Trop.<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>A</b> 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.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>B</b> 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.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>C</b> 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.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>D</b> 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, id. 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.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>E</b> 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.<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>A</b> 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.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>B</b> 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.<br /><b>offendo</b>: ĭnis, f. 1. [[offendo]],<br /><b>I</b> an [[offence]], Afran. ap. Non. 146, 32 ([[offendo]], [[offensio]], Non.).