offendo

offendō fendī, fēnsus, ere

ob+fendo, to hit , thrust, strike, dash against : latus vehementer: caput, L.: offenso pede, having stumbled , O.: in scopulis offendit puppis, strikes on , O.: in redeundo, run aground , Cs.: solido, bite a stone , H.— To hit upon, light upon, come upon, meet with, find, catch : te hic, Enn. ap. C.: imparatum te, come upon you unawares : nondum perfectum templum: omnia aliter ac iusserat offendit.—Fig., to suffer damage, receive an injury : qui in tantis tenebris nihil offendat: in causis.— To stumble, blunder, make a mistake, commit a fault, offend, be offensive : sin quid offenderit, sibi totum, tibi nihil offenderit: apud honestos homines, give offence to : nequein eo solum offenderat, quod, etc., N.— To find fault, be displeased, take offence : si in me aliquid offendistis.— To fail, miscarry, be defeated, suffer misfortune, be unfortunate : apud iudices, lose his cause : primo accessu ad Africam, i. e. met with disaster , L.: si aliquid esset offensum: quo (casu) in milibus passuum tribus offendi posset, a disaster might occur , Cs.— To trespass upon, shock, offend, vex, displease, repel, disgust : Divitiaci animum, Cs.: tuas aurīs: neminem umquam non re, non verbo offendit: hi sermones tuam existimationem non offendunt, injure : si non offenderet unum Quemque limae labor, H.: offendere tot caligas, tot Milia clavorum, provoke , Iu.: multis rebus meus offendebatur animus, was hurt : fidis offendi medicis, H.: ut non offendar subripi (ista munera), am not offended at the loss of , Ph.