offend Copy link Outline I. To incur any one's displeasure1. offendo, di, sum, 3 (to wound any one's feelings, to affront2. laedo, si, sum, 3 (to injure or wrong in any way3. expr. to be o.'d at by stŏmăchor, 1 (to fret, be irritated at anything)4. (also in pass. sense) aegrē fĕro, pătior (to be annoyed at anything)II. To be displeasing toIII. To transgressIV. To offend against1. vĭŏlo, 1 (to violate laws)2. pecco, 1V. To cause to stumble (morally) • offend: I. To incur any one's displeasure: 1. offendo, di, sum, 3 (to wound any one's feelings, to affront: with acc.): to o. any one by deed, word, look, of. aliquem re, verbo, vultu, Cic. Bal. 26, init.: also with prep., he had o.'d the common people (lost favour with them) in the matter of the treasury, apud plebem de aerario offendisse, id. Att. 10, 4, 2. Foll. by infin.: he was o.'d at anything being composed about him, componi aliquid de se offendebatur, Suet. Aug. 89: Phaedr. (not so in Cic.). 2. laedo, si, sum, 3 (to injure or wrong in any way: stronger than offendo, and indicating the nature of the act by which offence is given; whereas offendo indicates more directly the feeling provoked): what deity being o.'d, quo numine laeso, Virg. Aen. 1, 8: to o. no one by abusive speech, nulli l. os, Ter. Ad. 5, 4, 10: cf. Nep. Att. 11, neque laedebat quenquam, etc. (he never did anything to o. any one). 3. expr. to be o.'d at by stŏmăchor, 1 (to fret, be irritated at anything): the old man was o.'d if I had said anything too harsh, stomachabatur senex si quid asperius dixeram, Cic. N. D. 1, 33, fin.: foll. by ob and acc., Hor. Ep. 1, 1, 104. 4. (also in pass. sense) aegrē fĕro, pătior (to be annoyed at anything): Ter.: Cic. (but the expr. denotes vexation at something that has taken place, rather than offence taken against a person: cf. Ter. Andr. 1, 1, 110, redeo inde iratus atque aegre ferens, angry and mortified or vexed: so moleste, graviter fero): v. VEXED, TO BE. II. To be displeasing to: offendo, 3: to o. the ears (of harsh diction), aures of., Cic. Or. 44, 150. With ref. to that which offends or shocks the moral sense, conscelerare aures, Liv. 40, 8, fin. III. To transgress: pecco, 1: to o. from ignorance, ignoratione (rei) p., Cic. Or. 21. 70: with acc. of neut. pron., so to o., talia p., Ov. Pont. 3, 7, 10. IV. To offend against: 1. vĭŏlo, 1 (to violate laws): v. to break (III.), violate. 2. pecco, 1: foll. by in and acc.: if I have in aught o.'d against you, si quid in te peccavi, Cic. Att. 3, 15, 5: Vulg. Luc. xv. 21 (peccavi in coelum). V. To cause to stumble (morally): only in N. T., scandălīzo, 1: Vulg. Matt. xviii. 6.