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offensaculum

offensācŭlum, i, n. [offenso], a striking against, a tripping, stumbling (post-class.).
  • I Lit.: crebris offensaculis contusa crura, Ap. Met. 9, 9, 6.—
  • II Transf., the object against which one stumbles, a stumbling-block: lapis ecce nostro fixus offensaculo est, Prud. Apoth. 45; so, adversarius nostris offensacula pedibus latenter opponit, Lact. Opt. D. 1.

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