offendo
Latin
Etymology
From ob- (“against”) + *fendō (“hit, thrust”), from Proto-Indo-European *gʷʰen- (“to strike, to kill”). Compare dēfendō.
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ofˈfen.doː/, [ɔfˈfɛn.doː]
Verb
offendō (present infinitive offendere, perfect active offendī, supine offēnsum); third conjugation
Inflection
Descendants
Inflection
Third declension.
Case | Singular | Plural |
---|---|---|
Nominative | offendō | offendinēs |
Genitive | offendinis | offendinum |
Dative | offendinī | offendinibus |
Accusative | offendinem | offendinēs |
Ablative | offendine | offendinibus |
Vocative | offendō | offendinēs |
References
- offendo in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- offendo in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- offendo in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
- Carl Meissner; Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book, London: Macmillan and Co.
- to meet, come across a person; to meet casually: offendere, nancisci aliquem
- to hurt some one's feelings: offendere aliquem, alicuius animum
- to hurt some one's feelings: offendere apud aliquem (Cluent. 23. 63)
- to feel hurt by something: offendi aliqua re (animus offenditur)
- to have something to say against a person, to object to him: offendere in aliquo (Mil. 36. 99)
- to take a false step in a thing; to commit an indiscretion: offendere in aliqua re (Cluent. 36. 98)
- to meet, come across a person; to meet casually: offendere, nancisci aliquem
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