offendix

ĭcis, f.

ob, and Sanscr. root bandh, to bind; Goth. binda, a tie; cf. Gr. πεῖσμα

I. the knot of a band, or the band itself: Titius ap. Paul. ex Fest. p. 205 Müll.: offendices dicebant ligaturae nodos, quibus apex retinebatur. Id, cum pervenisset ad mentum, dicebant offendimentum, Paul. ex Fest. p. 204: offendices nodi quibus libri signantur, Gloss. Isid.
Lewis & Short
A Latin Dictionary, 1879
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