English → Latin
“offend” in Latin
offēnsiōoffense, offence; accident, misfortune, mishappeccōto sin, transgress, commit a wrongdoing; to mess upoffendōto hit, thrust, strike against something; to meet, encounter (someone); to suffer damage, receive an injury
The English word offend itself goes back to Latin fendō, through offendō.
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
offend
TRANS., To displease, offendere aliquem (also, IMPROP., alicujus aures, etc.): to be offended, offendi: to have grievously offended anybody, magna in offensa esse apud aliquem (Cic.); facere aliquem iratum; irritare aliquem or alicujus iram; exacerbare aliquem. I am offended at anything, aliquid mihi stomacho est; aliquid aegre fero (comedy, aliquid mihi or meo animo aegre est); aliquid mihi molestum est; aliquid me pungit; aliquid me male habet.
To be offensive to, offensioni esse; offensionem or offensam habere; offensionem afferre (alicui).
INTRANS., To transgress, peccare.
To offend against (= violate) rules, laws, etc. Vid. VIOLATE, TRANSGESS.
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for offend?
- The usual Latin words for “offend” are offēnsiō, peccō, offendō. 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.