noun

offensācŭlum

gen. offensācŭli · gender neuter · decl. 2nd

a striking against; a tripping; stumbling

a striking against, a tripping, stumbling (postclass.).

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Lit.: crebris offensaculis contusa crura, App. M. 9, p. 221, 3.—

a stumbling-block by extension •

Transf., the object against which one stumbles, a stumbling-block: lapis ecce nostro fixus offensaculo est, Prud. Apoth. 45; so, adversarius nostris offensacula pedibus latenter opponit, Lact. Opt. D. 1.

Perseus ID: n32362 Key: offensaculum