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.
stumble (v.) Copy link Outline I. Lit.1. offendo, di, sum, 3 (lit. to strike against)2. lāborII. Fig. • stumble (v.): I. Lit.: 1. offendo, di, sum, 3 (lit. to strike against): who is so lynx-eyed as not to s. in such utter darkness? quis est tam lynceus qui in tantis tenebris nihil offendat? Cic. Fam. 9, 2, 2: your foot gave warning by s.ing on the threshold, pes tuus offenso limine signa dedit, Ov. Her. 13, 88. 2. lābor: v. to fall. II. Fig.: to s. upon: incĭdo, cĭdi, casum, 3: I s.d on the man quite unexpectedly, homini praeter opinionem improviso incidi, Cic. Verr. 2, 74, 182: v. to fall in with.
STUMBLE Copy link • STUMBLE 1. v. PROP., pedem offendere: vestigio falli (to slip, make a false step): labi (to stumble so as to fall). To stumble against or upon, incurrere in aliquid: offendere ad aliquid (general term, to strike against); allidi ad aliquid (to be dashed against with violence): to stumble blindly upon anybody, caeco impetu incurrere in aliquem. ImPROP., To stumble upon anything (= fall upon anything, meet with it accidentally), imprudentem incidere in aliquid (with adverb, huc, etc., Cic., of stumbling on a word he did not intend to use, Verro, 2, 4, 20); de improviso incidere in aliquem (Cic., of stumbling on a person). 2. s. offensio pedis: lapsus.