offĕro — Lewis & Short
offĕro (obf-), obtŭli, oblātum, v. a.ob-fero,
I to bring before; to present, offer; to show, exhibit (class.; cf. obicio, ostendo).
I In gen.:
incommode illis fors obtulerat adventum meum,Ter. Hec. 3, 3, 10; cf.:
opportune te obtulisti mihi obviam,id. Ad. 3, 2, 24; id. Hec. 5, 3, 10; Cic. Att. 3, 10, 2:
strictamque aciem venientibus offert,presents, opposes, Verg. A. 6, 291:
speciem offerre,to present a false appearance, Cic. Div. 1, 37, 81.—In pass.: offerri, mid., to show one's self, appear; to meet, encounter:
multis in difficillimis rebus praesens auxilium ejus (numinis) oblatum est,Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 49, § 108:
oblata religio est,a religious scruple struck him, id. Fam. 10, 12, 3:
metu oblato,id. ib. 15, 1, 5:
lex quaedam videbatur oblata,id. Phil. 1, 2, 4.—
II In partic.
A To offer, expose; to bring forward, adduce:
ne offeramus nos periculis sine causā,Cic. Off. 1, 24, 83; so,
se morti,Caes. B. G. 7, 77:
se ad mortem,Cic. Tusc. 1, 15, 32:
obtulimus nos ad prima pericula,Ov. M. 13, 42:
vitam in discrimen,Cic. Sest. 28, 61:
moram offerre alicui,Plaut. Poen. 4, 2, 30:
nam tu nunc vides pro tuo caro capite carum offerre me meum caput vilitati,id. Capt. 2, 2, 34:
sponte suā leto caput obvius optulit ipse,Lucr. 3, 1041; cf. Cic. Sull. 30, 84; id. Sest. 1, 1; Liv. 3, 1; 31, 50:
criminibus oblatis,brought forward, adduced, Cic. Lael. 18, 65.—
B To offer, proffer; to bring, cause, occasion, confer, bestow; to inflict, etc. (cf. promitto, recipio, infero):
foedus,Verg. A. 12, 109:
in omnia ultro suam offerens operam,Liv. 40, 23:
di tibi semper omnia optata offerant,Ter. Ad. 5, 9, 21:
alicui optatissimum beneficium,Caes. B. G. 6, 42:
hoc tantum boni, quod vobis ab dis immortalibus oblatum et datum est,Cic. Imp. Pomp. 16, 49:
datum atque oblatum,Cic. Verr. 1, 1, 1; 2, 4, 49, § 103: ut nunc hac re mihi opem et auxilium offeras, bring me aid and assistance, help me, Lucil. ap. Non. 360, 25:
laetitiam,to procure, Ter. Hec. 5, 3, 18:
alicui injuriam,id. ib. 5, 1, 14:
vitium virgini,id. ib. 3, 3, 23:
stuprum alicui,Cic. Phil. 2, 38, 99:
mortem alicui,id. Sest. 21, 48: sibi molestiam atque aerumnam offerre, to bring, procure, occasion, Lucil. ap. Non. 360, 23: occasio ad occupandam Asiam oblata, Cic. Imp. Pomp. 2, 4:
seque offert suscepturum,offers, Tac. A. 11, 33:
rusticus offerebat se intercessurum senatus consulto,id. ib. 16, 26:
oblatā facultate in castra sese receperunt,Caes. B. G. 1, 72.—
2 In eccl. Lat.
(a) To offer to God, to consecrate, dedicate, Prud. Cath. 5, 150; Vulg. Exod. 38, 24; 39, 32.—
(b) To offer up, sacrifice, Sulp. Sev. Dial. 2, 2:
Domino,Vulg. Gen. 4, 3:
pro filio,id. ib. 22, 13:
ex scelere,id. Prov. 21, 27:
semet ipsum Deo,id. Heb. 9, 14 et saep.