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offensa

offensa · f

a striking

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What it meant

offensa — Lewis & Short

offensa, ae, f.1. offendo, like repulsa, from repello,

I a striking or grating against any thing.
I Lit. (very rare): donec cerussae similis fiat, nulla dentium offensa, and does not grit against the teeth, Plin. 34, 10, 22, § 104: sine offensis fricantium, id. 35, 15, 52, § 184.—
II Trop.
A Offence, disfavor, displeasure, hatred; enmity: quin magnā in offensā sim apud Pompeium, Cic. Att. 9, 2, a, 2: quod offensae fuerit in istā cunctatione, te subisse, to incur hatred, Cael. ap. Cic. Fam. 8, 16, 2: gravissimam contrahere, to fall into disgrace, Suet. Vesp. 4: offensam meruisse, Ov. P. 4, 1, 16: habere, to cause hatred, Quint. 9, 2, 72: ne minus gratiae quam offensae mereamur, id. 4, 2, 39: sinceri et sine offensā in diem Christi, Vulg. Phil. 1, 10.—
2 An offending against or violating a law, an offence, crime (mostly in jurid. Lat.): offensa edicti, Dig. 3, 1, 6: levis offensae contrahere culpam, Cod. Th. 4, 11, 1: sub quālibet culpae aut erroris offensā, ib. 6, 10, 1: offensae veteris reus atque tacendae, Juv. 4, 105.—
B An injury received, an offence, affront, wrong (perh. only since the Aug. per.): gustus, Col. 12, 21, 6: offensas vindicet ense suas, Ov. Tr. 3, 8, 40: in offensis exorabilis, Vell. 2, 29, 4: per ejusmodi offensas emetiendum est confragosum hoc iter, Sen. Ep. 18, 4, 2.—
2 Of a state of injury, a complaint, inconvenience, indisposition: sine offensā corporis animique, Petr. 131: si quid offensae in cenā sensit, indisposition, Cels. 1, 6; Sen. Ep. 7, 1; cf. in plur., id. Tranq. An. 2, 1.

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