offensa

French

Verb

offensa

1. third-person singular past historic of offenser

Latin

Etymology

From the past participle of offendere (“to hit against”). Compare repulsa, formed the same way.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ofˈfen.sa/, [ɔfˈfẽːs̠ä]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ofˈfen.sa/, [ofˈfɛnsä]

Noun

offēnsa f (genitive offēnsae); first declension

1. offense, violation of law
2. disfavor, hatred, enmity
3. injury, affront, wrong
4. inconvenience, discomfort

Declension

First-declension noun.

	singular	plural
nominative	offēnsa	offēnsae
genitive	offēnsae	offēnsārum
dative	offēnsae	offēnsīs
accusative	offēnsam	offēnsās
ablative	offēnsā	offēnsīs
vocative	offēnsa	offēnsae

Verb

offēnsā

1. second-person singular present active imperative of offēnsō

References

• “offensa”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “offensa”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• offensa in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
• offensa in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎^[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
  • (ambiguous) unpopularity: offensa populi voluntas