offex

Latin

Etymology

From ob- (“against”) +‎ -fex (“suffix representing a maker or producer”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ˈɔf.fɛks]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ˈɔf.feks]

Noun

offex m (genitive officis); third declension

1. hinderer

Declension

Third-declension noun.

	singular	plural
nominative	offex	officēs
genitive	officis	officum
dative	officī	officibus
accusative	officem	officēs
ablative	office	officibus
vocative	offex	officēs

References

• “offex”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• "offex", in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
• “offex”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.