noun
offensātĭo
Meaning
- a hitting
offensātĭo, ōnis, f. id.,
I. a hitting or striking against any thing (post-Aug.).
I. Lit., Plin. 28, 16, 62, § 221:
ut offensatione illā (hastae) commoneretur (Demosthenes), Quint. 11, 3, 130.—II. Trop., a stumbling, tripping; a slip, blunder:
debemus patienter ferre offensationes memoriae labentis, Sen. Ben. 5, 25, 6.