offensus
ūs, m.
I.
a striking against, a shock (poet. and in post-class. prose).
I.
Lit., Lucr. 2, 223; 4, 359; Tert. adv. Marc. 4, 39.—
II.
Transf.
a.
A lighting upon, meeting with: per offensus armorum, Stat. Th. 12, 283.—
b.
An offence, vexation, annoyance: sin vita in offensu est, Lucr. 3, 941.