offenso
āvi, ātum, 1, v. freq. a.
I.
to strike or dash against (not in Cic. or Caes.).
I.
Lit.: sponte suā offensando ut semina rerum, Lucr. 2, 1059; so id. 6, 1053: omnes offensare capita, Liv. 25, 37.—
II.
Trop., to stumble, trip, falter in speaking, Quint. 10, 7, 10.—(Offensatus, Quint. 10, 3, 20, is a false reading for offensator, q.v.).