English → Latin
“offence” in Latin
iniūriainjury, wronging, offense, insult, wrong; injustice, wrongdoing; damage, harm, hurt, injuryoffēnsiōoffense, offence; accident, misfortune, mishapcontumēliainsult, reproach, contumely, abuse, mistreatment; affront, invective; humiliation, injury; assault, violencemolestiatrouble, troublesomeness, irksomeness; uneasiness, annoyance; molestationdolorpain, ache, hurt; anguish, grief, sorrow; indignation, resentment, anger, fury, vengeanceoffēnsaoffense, violation of law; disfavor, hatred, enmity; injury, affront, wrongignōminiadishonour, disgrace, degradation, ignominy, shame
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
offence
Displeasure given, in jury done, injuria (injury done; when perspicuity allows it, the person who does the injury, and the person to whom the injury is done, may be placed in the genitive; else say, injuria alicui illata, injuria ab aliquo illata): offensio, offensa (offence; the former, which one feels or receives; the latter, of which one is guilty) ignominia (general term reproach expressed, whether deserved or not): contumelia (reproach unjustly expressed, insult): molestia (unpleasant, of a thing as burdensome or annoying): dolor (the painful feeling of offence). A grievous offence, injuria acerba; offensio gravis; dolor gravis or acerbus: without offence, sine ulla contumelia.
Displeasure received, injury sustained, offensio. To give offence to anyone, offendere aliquem or apud aliquem; in offensionem alicujus incurrere or cadere: I have given great offence to someone, in magna offensa sum apud aliquem: to give great offence by one’s mode of life, esse pessimi exempli: to take offence, offensionem accipere (opposed to offensionem deponere): to take offence at a person or thing, in aliquo or in aliqua re offendere (to have something to object to in a person or thing): fastidire aliquem or aliquid, or in aliqua re (tofeel disgust, to disdain; Vid: Liv., 4, 3, and 34, 5 extr.; Cic., Mil., 16, 42): to avoid offence, offensionem effugere. If I may say so without offence, bona hoc venia tua dixerim; pace tua dixerim.
Cause of offending, stumbling block, res mali (pessimi) exempli.
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for offence?
- The usual Latin words for “offence” are iniūria, offēnsiō, contumēlia; also molestia, dolor, offēnsa. The right choice depends on the sense; see the distinctions below.
Entry from J. E. Riddle & T. K. Arnold, A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon (rev. C. Anthon, New York: Harper, 1864), digitised by Fergus J. P. Walsh, CC BY-SA 4.0; Latin markup adapted by latindictionary.co.