offensio

Latin

Etymology

From offendō +‎ -tiō.

Noun

offēnsiō f (genitive offēnsiōnis); third declension

  1. offense, offence
  2. accident, misfortune, mishap

Declension

Third-declension noun.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative offēnsiō offēnsiōnēs
Genitive offēnsiōnis offēnsiōnum
Dative offēnsiōnī offēnsiōnibus
Accusative offēnsiōnem offēnsiōnēs
Ablative offēnsiōne offēnsiōnibus
Vocative offēnsiō offēnsiōnēs

References
  • “offensio”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • “offensio”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • offensio in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  • Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎, London: Macmillan and Co.
    • to hurt some one's feelings: in offensionem alicuius incurrere (Verr. 1. 12. 35)
    • to give offense to, to shock a person (used of things, vid. sect. V. 18): offensionem habere
    • there is something repulsive about the thing: res habet aliquid offensionis
    • unpopularity: offensio populi, popularis
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