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offenso
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Latin
Etymology
From offendō (“hit against something”).
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ɔfˈfẽː.soː]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ofˈfɛn.so]
Verb
offēnsō (present infinitive offēnsāre, perfect active offēnsāvī, supine offēnsātum); first conjugation
- (transitive) to strike or dash against
- (of speech) to falter, stumble over one's words
Conjugation
Derived terms
- offēnsāculum
- offēnsātiō
- offēnsātor
Related terms
References
- “offenso”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “offenso”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- “offenso”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- Carl Meißner; Henry William Auden (1894), Latin Phrase-Book, London: Macmillan and Co.
- (ambiguous) unpopularity: offensa populi voluntas
- (ambiguous) unpopularity: offensa populi voluntas
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