offensus

Latin

Etymology

Perfect passive participle of offendō.

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ofˈfen.sus/, [ɔfˈfẽːs̠ʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ofˈfen.sus/, [ofˈfɛnsus]

Participle

offēnsus (feminine offēnsa, neuter offēnsum, comparative offēnsior); first/second-declension adjective

1. having been hit, struck
2. offensive, odious

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

Number	Singular				Plural
Case / Gender	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	offēnsus	offēnsa	offēnsum		offēnsī	offēnsae	offēnsa
Genitive	offēnsī	offēnsae	offēnsī		offēnsōrum	offēnsārum	offēnsōrum
Dative	offēnsō		offēnsō		offēnsīs
Accusative	offēnsum	offēnsam	offēnsum		offēnsōs	offēnsās	offēnsa
Ablative	offēnsō	offēnsā	offēnsō		offēnsīs
Vocative	offēnse	offēnsa	offēnsum		offēnsī	offēnsae	offēnsa

Derived terms

• inoffēnsus

Noun

offēnsus m (genitive offēnsūs); fourth declension

1. collision, knock, blow

Declension

Fourth-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	offēnsus	offēnsūs
Genitive	offēnsūs	offēnsuum
Dative	offēnsuī	offēnsibus
Accusative	offēnsum	offēnsūs
Ablative	offēnsū	offēnsibus
Vocative	offēnsus	offēnsūs

References

• “offensus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “offensus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• offensus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.