offendix

A New Latin Dictionary by Charlton T. Lewis Ph.D. and Charles Short, LL. D.

offendix, ĭcis, f. [ob, and Sanscr. root bandh, to bind; Goth. binda, a tie; cf. Gr. πεῖσμα],

the knot of a band, or the band itself: Titius ap. Paul. ex Fest. p. 205 Müll.: offendices dicebant ligaturae nodos, quibus apex retinebatur. Id, cum pervenisset ad mentum, dicebant offendimentum, Paul. ex Fest. p. 204: offendices nodi quibus libri signantur, Gloss. Isid.