in-offensus, a, um, adj., not struck; without stumbling, without hinderance, unobstructed, uninjured (poet. and in postAug. prose). Lit.: cogit inoffensae currus accedere metae, untouched, not grazed, Luc. 8, 201: voluptatis regionisque abundantiam inoffensa transmitteres, Plin. Ep. 6, 4, 2: inoffensum pedem referre, not stumbling, Tib. 1, 7, 62.

— Transf., that goes on without hinderance, without obstacle, unhindered, uninterrupted: lumen oculorum, Pall. 1, 3: inoffensae metam tangere vitae, placid, undisturbed, Ov. Tr. 1, 9, 1: sed mare inoffensum crescenti adlabitur aestu, Verg. A. 10, 292: oratio, Sen. Ep. 52: cursus honorum, Tac. H. 1, 48: litterarum inter se conjunctio, Quint. 1, 1, 31: copulatio vocum, id. 1, 10, 23: tantā temperantiā (vir) ut omnia fere vitae suae tempora valetudine inoffensa vixerit, Gell. 2, 1, 4.

— Adv.: inoffensē, without stumbling, without hinderance, Ambros. Apol. David, 3, § 9; id. in Psa. 118, Serm. 10, 43; Cassiod. Var. 11, 35.

—Comp.: inoffensius, Gell. 6, 2, 8.