offensus

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Latin

Etymology

Perfect passive participle of offendō.

Pronunciation

Participle

offēnsus (feminine offēnsa, neuter offēnsum, comparative offēnsior); first/second-declension adjective

  1. having been hit, struck
  2. offensive, odious

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

Number Singular Plural
Case / Gender Masculine Feminine Neuter Masculine Feminine Neuter
Nominative offēnsus offēnsa offēnsum offēnsī offēnsae offēnsa
Genitive offēnsī offēnsae offēnsī offēnsōrum offēnsārum offēnsōrum
Dative offēnsō offēnsō offēnsīs
Accusative offēnsum offēnsam offēnsum offēnsōs offēnsās offēnsa
Ablative offēnsō offēnsā offēnsō offēnsīs
Vocative offēnse offēnsa offēnsum offēnsī offēnsae offēnsa

Derived terms

Noun

offēnsus m (genitive offēnsūs); fourth declension

  1. collision, knock, blow

Declension

Fourth-declension noun.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative offēnsus offēnsūs
Genitive offēnsūs offēnsuum
Dative offēnsuī offēnsibus
Accusative offēnsum offēnsūs
Ablative offēnsū offēnsibus
Vocative offēnsus offēnsūs

References

  • “offensus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • “offensus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • offensus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
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