LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
adjectivefirst/second-declension adjective

inoffēnsus

inoffēnsus (feminine inoffēnsa, neuter inoffēnsum, adverb inoffēnsē)
Classical[ɪ.nɔfˈfẽː.sʊs]Ecclesiastical[i.nofˈfɛn.sus]

Meaning

  1. adjectiveunobstructed, unhindered, uninterrupted

Declension

singular
formmasculinefeminineneuter
nominativeinoffēnsusinoffēnsainoffēnsum
genitiveinoffēnsīinoffēnsaeinoffēnsī
dativeinoffēnsōinoffēnsaeinoffēnsō
accusativeinoffēnsuminoffēnsaminoffēnsum
ablativeinoffēnsōinoffēnsāinoffēnsō
vocativeinoffēnseinoffēnsainoffēnsum
plural
formmasculinefeminineneuter
nominativeinoffēnsīinoffēnsaeinoffēnsa
genitiveinoffēnsōruminoffēnsāruminoffēnsōrum
dativeinoffēnsīsinoffēnsīsinoffēnsīs
accusativeinoffēnsōsinoffēnsāsinoffēnsa
ablativeinoffēnsīsinoffēnsīsinoffēnsīs
vocativeinoffēnsīinoffēnsaeinoffēnsa

ĭn-offensus, a, um, adj.,
I. not struck; without stumbling, without hinderance, unobstructed, uninjured (poet. and in postAug. prose).
I. 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.—
II. 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.: ĭnoffensē, 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.

Origins

  1. Proto-Indo-European*né
  2. Proto-Indo-European*n̥-
  3. Proto-Italic*n̥-
  4. Latininoffēnsus

Latin offēnsus Latin inoffēnsus From in- (“un-”) + offēnsus (“struck”).

Descendants
  • Italianinoffeso
  • Spanishinofenso

Quick answers

What does inoffēnsus mean in Latin?
inoffēnsus, a adjective, means “unobstructed, unhindered, uninterrupted”.
How do you pronounce inoffēnsus?
In classical Latin, [ɪ.nɔfˈfẽː.sʊs]; in ecclesiastical (church) Latin, [i.nofˈfɛn.sus].
Where does inoffēnsus come from?
Proto-Indo-European *né → Proto-Indo-European *n̥- → Proto-Italic *n̥- → Latin inoffēnsus.