offenso
Latin edit
Etymology edit
From offendō (“hit against something”).
Pronunciation edit
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ofˈfen.soː/, [ɔfˈfẽːs̠oː]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ofˈfen.so/, [ofˈfɛnso]
Verb edit
offēnsō (present infinitive offēnsāre, perfect active offēnsāvī, supine offēnsātum); first conjugation
- (transitive) to strike or dash against
- (of speech) to falter, stumble over one's words
Conjugation edit
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References edit
- “offenso”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “offenso”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- offenso in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
- (ambiguous) unpopularity: offensa populi voluntas
- (ambiguous) unpopularity: offensa populi voluntas