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offenso

offenso, to strike, dash against

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.).

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