offendiculum

Latin

Etymology

From offendō (“to stumble; to commit an offence”) +‎ -culum.

Noun

offendiculum n (genitive offendiculī); second declension

1. stumbling block, obstacle, hindrance

Declension

Second-declension noun (neuter).

	singular	plural
nominative	offendiculum	offendicula
genitive	offendiculī	offendiculōrum
dative	offendiculō	offendiculīs
accusative	offendiculum	offendicula
ablative	offendiculō	offendiculīs
vocative	offendiculum	offendicula

References

• “offendiculum”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “offendiculum”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• offendiculum in Ramminger, Johann (16 July 2016 (last accessed)), Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700‎, pre-publication website, 2005-2016