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LNS

offensātiō, offensātiōnis

offenso

noun (f., 3^rd declension)

a hitting or striking against
a stumbling, tripping
a slip, blunder

Abbreviations

offensātio, ōnis, f. id., a hitting or striking against any thing (post-Aug.). Lit., Plin. 28, 16, 62, § 221: ut offensatione illā (hastae) commoneretur (Demosthenes), Quint. 11, 3, 130.

— Trop., a stumbling, tripping; a slip, blunder: debemus patienter ferre offensationes memoriae labentis, Sen. Ben. 5, 25, 6.