stumble (subs.) Copy link Outline I. Lit.1. pedis offensio2. pes offensus3. lapsusII. Fig.1. offensio2. offensātio • stumble (subs.): I. Lit.: 1. pedis offensio: Cic. Div. 2, 40, 84: Plin. 2. pes offensus: Tib. 1, 3, 20: Ov. Met. 10, 452. 3. lapsus: v. fall. II. Fig.: 1. offensio: that we may not be hindered by even a slight stagger or s., ut ne parvula quidem titubatione aut o. impediremur, Auct. Her. 2, 8, 12. 2. offensātio: s.s of memory, memoriae o., Sen. Ben. 5, 25.