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cake. Plin. (Warn eripuisse ploranti- 
bus liberis. Cic. Avis in offam pultis 
invadit. Virg. Melle soporatam et 
medicatis frugibus offam objicit. Varr. 
Off® glomerantur ex ficis, et farre mixto. 
CWum. Cibus autem prebetur hordea- 
cea farina, qu® cum est aqua conspersa, 
et subacta, formantur off®, quibus aves 
saginantur. Id. Off® panis vino made- 
fact® celerius opimant turtures. - 
IT Also, a piece of flesh, chop, steak, &c. 
Plant. Tolle hanc patinam, remove per- 
nam, aufer illam offam penitam, h. e. a 
niece of meat with the tail, a tail-piece. 
—— IT Also, any round mass, lump, ball. 
Plin. Gummi in offas convolutum. Id. 
Stimuli uritur offis bubuli fimi circum- 
litum. — Hence, a bunch, swelling, weal. 
Juvenal. -IT Also, a shapeless mass, 
unformed lump. Plin. (de leporc marino) 
In nostro mari offa inforinis. Juvenal. 
of abortions. Pcrs. Qiuantas robusti 
carminis offas ingeris?-IT Proverb. 
Cato. Inter os et offam multa interve- 
niunt, h. e. ’turixt cup and lip. Sec. 
BFFaRCINaTRS (ob & farcino), a, um, 
3 partic. or adj. stuffed full, loaded. Tertull. 
DFFaTIM (offa), adv. in small pieces or 
3 bits, XcTTTopepMf. Plant. Jam ego te 
ottatim conficiam, will cut you to pieces ,* 
will make minced-meat of you. 
oFFeCTIS (officio ; which, however, 
3 does not occur in this sense), onis, f. a 
staining, coloring, dyeing. Arnob. 
OFFeCTuS, a, uin, particip. from officio. 
oPFeCTOS (officio), us, m. evil fascina¬ 
tion or bewitching. Oral. 
OFFeNDICOLUM (offendo), i, n. an ob- 
2 staclc, objection, stumbling-block, hin- 
derance, nposKoppa. Plin. Ep Sunt 
enim in hac offendicula nonnulla. 
dFFeND 5, Inis, f. same as Offcnsio. 
3 Afran. ap. JVon. 
5FFENDS (ob & fendo, obsol.), is, di, 
sum, n. and a. 3. I. Intransitively, to 
hit against, strike against, run foul of. 
Horat. Fragili qusrens illidere dentein, 
offendit solido, something solid. — With 
prepositions. Ovid. Puppis offendit in 
scopulis, strikes. Phatdr. Simul offen¬ 
dit ad fortunam, frangitur (figur.). So- 
lin. in cornua.—Also, absolT Cic. dui 
in tantis tenebris nihil offendat. — 
Hence, figur. to make a mistake, err, com¬ 
mit a fault, do amiss. JVepos. Neq ue in 
eo offenderat, quod, &c. Cic. In eodem 
genere, in quo ipsi offendissent. Id. 
Si quid offenderit, sibi totum, tibi nihil 
offenderit. Id. Se apud ipsam plebem 
offendisse de ®rario, h. e. had offended 
them. — Also, to run foul of some thing 
or person, h. c. to be dissatisfied with, he 
displeased or offended, to find fault with, 
blame, take offence at. Cces. Si Casarem 
probatis, in me offenditis. Cic. Si quis 
est, in quo jam offenderis. Id. Si quid 
in homine offendendum sit. Id. Si in 
me aliquid offendistis. — Also, to be of¬ 
fensive, give offence, displease. Liv. 
duum consulare nomen offenderet. 
Id. Auferre, quod offendat in eo (juve- 
ne). — Also, to be unfortunate, fail, meet 
with ill success. Cic. Cum multi viri 
fortes, in communi incertoque periculo 
belli, et terra et mari stepe offenderint. 
Id. Sin aliquid esset offensum. Cats. 
duoties culpa ducis in exercitu esset 
offensum. Cic. Offendere apud judices, 
h. e. to be condemned. Cces. Naves in 
redeundo offenderunt. Liv. Tan- 
quam Atilius primo accessu ad Africam 
offenderit, h. c. be unfortunate, suffer a 
defeat, be discomfited. — II. Transitively. 
-- IT To hit or strike against. Liv. 
caput, to strike the head against some¬ 
thing, or to strike one’s head. Quintal. 
caput ad fornicem. Ovid. Pes offensus, 
having struck something. Plaut. aliquem 
cubito, to hit, run foul of, with the elbo w. 
Liv. scutum, against the shield. Apul. 
lapidem, to hit against, slrine against. — 
Hence, Cic. Offensi suspicion®, trans- 
tulnnus, &c. struck with suspicion. — 
Particip. Offensus, a, um, is used figur. 
m the sense of, at which offence has been 
taken, which is an offence, offensive, dis¬ 
rated, odious. Cic. Si falsutn sit, si offen- 
smn. Id. Offensum est, quod eortim, 
qm audiunt, voluntateml®dit, offensive, 
displeasing. Id. Si me meis civtbus 
frffeiisuni \ iderem. Horat. Nec semel 
offens® cedet constantia form® (but 
Bentl. reads offensi, hurt, offended, de¬ 
pending on constantia). -IT Also, to 
hit upon, light upon, find, come upon. Cic. 
Imparatum te offendam, I shall come up¬ 
on you unawares. Id. Non offendes eun- 
dem bonorum sensuin, quern reliquisti, 
find, meet with. Plin. Cn. Terentium 
offendisse arcum, fell in with, found. 
JVepos. duum aliquem offensum fortu- 
na videret, h. e. as some explain it, 
whom he had accidentally met; as others, 
unfortunate. -IT Also, to hurt, injure, 
damage. Cic. Cecidisse ex equo, et la- 
tus offendisse vehementer. Id. existi- 
mationem. Id. Offensus contumelia. 
Martial, duies offensa linguis, dis¬ 
turbed. Cels, duoties offensum corpus 
est, is unwell. - IT Also, to offend. 
Cic. aliquem, or aiicujus animum. — 
Figur. Cic. Eos splendor offendit. Plin. 
Colorum claritas aciem oculorurn offen¬ 
dit. Id. Polypodion offendit stomachum, 
is troublesome, oppressive, doss not agree 
with. — Also, Pass. Offendi, to become 
put out. Horat. Fidis offendar vnedicis. 
Cic. animi, h. e. in animo. — So, Offen¬ 
sus, a, um, offended, displeased, angry, 
provoked, put out, embittered, estranged, 
hostile. Cic. Alienatus et offensus ani¬ 
mus. JVepos. Offensa in eutn militum 
voluntate. Justin. Offensus rrudelita- 
te aiicujus. Cic. Offensior aiicui. Id. 
due in quumesse ofl'ensiorem arbitrarer. 
oFFeNSa (offendo), ®, f. a striking 
1 against, hitting against. Plin. Nulla 
dentium offensa, h. e. so that the teeth 
find nothing hard and resisting. - 
IT Hence, figur. disfavor, dislike, hatred, 
enmity, displeasure. Cic. Magna in 
offensa sum apud Pompeium. Ctrl, ad 
Cic. Offensam subire. Quintil. II®c 
res habet offensam, li. c. invidiam, 
causes hatred. -IT Also, an injury re¬ 
ceived. offence, mortification. Veiled. In 
offensis exorabiiis. Ovid. Vindicare 
ense offetisas suas.- IT Also, hurt, 
harm, detriment, inconvenience, unpleas¬ 
ant accident. Petron. Postero die cum 
sine offensa corporis animique consur- 
rexissem. Cels. Si quid offens® in cce- 
na sensit, vomere debet, indisposition. 
Colurn. Sine offensa gustus. Senec. Si¬ 
ne offensa, without inconvenience. 
OFFeNSaCOLUM (offenso), i, n. a st.ri- 
3 king against. Apul. -IT Also, what 
one strikes against, a stumbling-block, 
T7p6sKcipjia. Lactant. 
oFFeNSaTIS (Id.), onis, f. a striking or 
2 hitting against, nodgKoipi;. Plin. Per- 
niones contusi oflensatione, by striking 
something, or by a fall. Quintil. Ut 
offensatione ilia commoneretur, by hit¬ 
ting that. — Figur. Senec. Offensatio- 
nes memori® labentis, trippings, slips, 
blunders. 
OFFeNSaTOR (Id.), oris, m. one who 
2 often trips. Quintil. 
OFFeNSTRILIS (offendo), e, adj. liable to 
2 trip, tripping, stumbling. Lactant. 
SFFeNSIQ (Id-), onis, f. astrildng against, 
tripping, stumbling, nposicoipis. Cic. 
Pedis offensio. —- IT Also, that which 
may be hit or stumbled upon, that offers re¬ 
sistance to the touch, something projectin g. 
Cic. Mundurn ita tornavit, nihii ut as- 
peritatis haberet, nihil offensionis.- 
IT Also, hurt, harm, inconvenience, inju¬ 
ry, attack of sickness, indisposition, dis¬ 
ease. Cic. Graves solent offensiones 
esse ex gravibus morbis. Id. Corpo- 
rum offensiones sine culpaaccidere pos- 
sunt, indispositions, disorders, distempers. 
-IT Also, offence at something, disfa¬ 
vor, aversion, dislike, disgust., hatred. 
Cic. Sapiens Prietor offensionem vitat. 
Id. Suscipere invidiam atque offensio¬ 
nem apud aliquem. Id. In odium offen- 
sionemque, aiicujus incurrere. Id. ca- 
dere. Id. Offensionem excipere, h. e. 
subire. Id. accipere, et deponere. Id. 
Ut in rem gravis offensio concitetur. 
Id. Mihi offensioni sunt, h. c. molesti®. 
Id. Habere ad res aliquas offensionem 
atque fhstidium, h. e. aversari et fasti di¬ 
re. Plin. Hoc apud alios offensionem 
habet, h. e. dispiicet aliis. Cic. Offen¬ 
sio acute dictorum, h. e. on account of. 
-IT Also, ill-success, disappointment, 
misfortune , calamity, mishap. Cats. Offen- 
sione permotus. Cic. Offensionem ti- 
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mere, sc. in suing for an office; conse 
quently, repulse. Id. Non offensionibus 
belli, sed victoriis eruditus, the calami¬ 
ties, defeats, discomfitures. - -IT Also, 
Cic. Offensiones judiciorum, corruption 
which made them odious. 
oFFeNSIuNCOLA (dimin. from offen- 
1 sio), ®, f. some little disgust or offence. 
Cic. Si qua offensiuncula facta est ani¬ 
mi tui, if you are a little displeased. - 
IT Also, ill-success, disappointment, spoken 
slightingly of. Cic. In ista ®dilitate 
offensiuncula accepta, having sustained 
a small failure or r/pulse. 
OFFeNSQ (frequentat. from offendo), as, 
2 avi, atum, a. 1 . to hit or strike againstre- 
peatedly. Lucrct. Spcnte sua offensan- 
do semina rerum, &c. h. e. occursando, 
et unum in alterum impingendo, et 
incurrendo. Id. Offensare pnisareque 
fluctu ®rea texta suo. Liv. Flere om- 
nes repente, et olfensare capita, struck 
their heads, or struck their heads against 
the wall. — Figur. to strike, stumble. 
Quintil. Intersistentes offensantesque. 
oFFeNSOR (offendo), oris, m. an offender, 
3 injurer. Arnob. Cum suis offensoribus, 
those who have injured them. 
oFFeI'JSOS (Id.), us, m. a striking against, 
3 impact : a lighting upon, meeting with. 
Lucrct. Cogit hebescere eum crebris 
offensibus aer. Stat. Per offensus ar 
•norum.- IT Figur. offence, dissatis¬ 
faction, hatred. Lucret. Sin vita in 
oft'ensu est, is an offence, is odious. 
oFFeNSOS, a, um, particip. and adj. from 
offendo. See Offendo. 
OFFEReNTI A (offero), ®, f. the offering, 
3 presenting. Tertull. causarum, h. e. 
caus®, qua sese offerunt. 
OFFERS (ob & fero), fers, obtuli, obla- 
turn. irreg. a. to bring or bear to meet one, 
bring before, present, show, oppose, pro¬ 
duce, exhibit designedly. Virg. Strictam 
aciem venientibus offert, presents, op¬ 
poses. Cic. Qui cum aecusatoribus se¬ 
dates, atque os tuum non modo osten- 
deres, sed etiam offerres, h. e. show 
yourself purjiosely, expose yourself to 
view. Liv. Nec diis cordi fuisse pcenam 
ejus oblatain prope oculis suis, inflicted 
before their eyes. Cic. Dii ipsi se nobis 
non offerunt, do not appear in person to 
us. Terent. Opportune te offers, you 
meet me in very good time. Id. Te obtu- 
Iisti mihi obviam. Cic. Ipsi occurrent 
orationi: ipsi se offerent, will come of 
their own accord. Id. se advenientibus, 
show one’s self, go to meet. Id. Auxili- 
uin ejus oblatum est, has shown itself, has 
appeared, has been rendered. Id. Oblata 
religio Cornuto est, a religious scruple 
struck his mind, offered itself. Id. Dift'u- 
giunt, metu oblato, raised, moved in them. 
— Also, Offerre se, to set one’s self 
against in a hostile manner, to oppose, 
meet or go to meet as an enemy. Liv. So, 
Cic. Statim me obtuli Antonii sceleri,se£ 
myself against, opposed. - IT Also, to 
expose. Cic. se periculis. Liv. se in- 
vidi®. Cic. se morti, and ad mortem. 
Id. salutem in discrimen.- IT Also, 
to bring forward against any one. Cic. 
Ah uliquo oblatas criminationes repelle- 
re, brought against, him. Liv. Oblato 
folso crimine insontem oppressit. - 
IT Also, to offer, proffer, tender, promise. 
Liv. In omnia suam offerens operam. 
- IT Also, to give or bestow of one’s 
own accord, confer freely. Cces. aiicui 
optatissimum beneficium. Terent. Dii 
tibi omnia optata offerant. Horat. Cui 
dens obtulit quod satis est. — Hence, to 
do to one, commit or perpetrate on one, in¬ 
flict, bring. Cic. mortem hostibus. Id. 
mortem parenti. Terent. injuriam im- 
merenti. Id. vitium virgini, to violate. 
Cic. stuprum, or stuprum aiicui. Lucil. 
ap. JVon. aiicui opem et auxilium, h. e. 
to help. — Also, to cause, occasion, bring 
to one. Terent. ketitiam aiicui. Colull. 
luctum aiicui. Cic. Domus ardebat non 
fortuito, sed oblato incendio, caused 
from without, applied designedly. Id. 
Impulsi oblata extririsecus, given or 
communicated from without. Liv. erro- 
rein. — Also, among Christian writers, 
to present, hallow, consecrate to God or 
the church. Prudent. — Hence, to bring, 
offer. Sulpic. Sev. sacrificium, h. e. to 
perform, mass. - IT Gell. Fortum oi l a 
