offendiculum
From LSJ
αὐτὸν κέκρουκας τὸν βατῆρα τοῦ λόγου → you have struck the very threshold of the argument, you have struck the most important and chiefmost point
Latin > English
offendiculum offendiculi N N :: obstacle, stumbling block, hindererance; cause of offence (L+S)
Latin > English (Lewis & Short)
offendĭcŭlum: i, n. 1. offendo,
I a stumbling-block, obstacle, hinderance, cause of offence (post-Aug.): sunt enim in hac offendicula nonnulla. Plin. Ep. 9, 11, 1; Vulg. 1 Cor. 8, 9; id. Isa. 57, 14; Paul. Nol. Carm. 27, 96.
Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)
offendĭcŭlum,¹⁶ ī, n. (offendo), pierre d’achoppement, obstacle : Plin. Min. Ep. 9, 11, 1.
Latin > German (Georges)
offendiculum, ī, n. (offendo), der Anstoß, das Bedenken, das Hindernis, Plin. ep. 9, 11, 1. Cypr. de mort. 12. Vulg. 1. Cor. 8, 9 u.a. Eccl.
