offenso, āvi, ātum, 1, v. freq. a. [1. offendo], to strike or dash against (not in Cic. or Caes.).
I Lit.: sponte suā offensando ut semina rerum, Lucr. 2, 1059; so id. 6, 1053: omnes offensare capita, dash their heads against the wall , Liv. 25, 37.—
II Trop., to stumble , trip , falter in speaking, Quint. 10, 7, 10.—(Offensatus, Quint. 10, 3, 20, is a false reading for offensator, q.v.).