offensus, ūs, m. 1. offendo, a striking against, a shock (poet. and in post-class. prose). Lit., Lucr. 2, 223; 4, 359; Tert. adv. Marc. 4, 39.

— Transf. A lighting upon, meeting with: per offensus armorum, Stat. Th. 12, 283.

— An offence, vexation, annoyance: sin vita in offensu est, Lucr. 3, 941.